Mass Effect 2
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The remains of all enemies may be briefly visible. Including varren the dog like aliens.
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Similar to Mass Effect 1, Varren, Mass Effect's version of attack dogs, make frequent appearances as enemies and must be killed to proceed with many missions.
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Jade37
Animal-like aliens die, such as varren. One of the (optional) missions in Tuchanka involves killing monkey-like pests that are raiding the food supply.
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artbyhobo
On a certain planet, you can bet on Varren fights.
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Nick Hood
The antagonists of the game use swarms of bugs to paralyze their victims.
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Hanzo
Some of the enemies encountered in game look very similar to spiders
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lkuntz
Multiple times in the game, there is reference to a drug called red sand". Additionally, there are references to drug use on some side quests.
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During a story mission, you can encounter a minor villain from the previous game, provided their life was spared. You learn they have become a serious alcoholic ever since their encounter with Commander Shepard.
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During one mission, you are required to interrogate someone who has their limbs restrained. If you cannot get them to talk, you have the option to physically assault them to get information.
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During a side-mission with one of your crew members, you are ambushed by pirates. Your player has the option to preemptively shoot a tank of explosive gas during the pirate leader's monologue. If this option is taken, the leader is set aflame and dies screaming.
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Not mutilation, per se, but one character (who is being tortured and experimented on by their brother) does have their eyelids held open with clamps.
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Nick Hood
Commander Shepard is horribly disfigured during the opening sequence of the game. During their recovery you can see on x-rays that they broke several bones during the ordeal.
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The player character can cheat on their previous love interest from the first game (if they pursued a romance), but it's unfortunately ambiguous whether the relationship is still happening due to a conflict between you and your LI. Your LI refuses to join Shepard and is disappointed in their choices, and after this Shepard can confide into other characters that they're no longer together.
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Jack discusses as part of her backstory that she was kidnapped as a young child.
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Jade37
Indoctrination can be viewed as a type of possession.
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artbyhobo
Garrus's romance scene begins with Shepard in the shower.
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You have the option of awakening Grunt from his preservation chamber. Upon waking up, he collapses and vomits preservation fluid.
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Jade37
While not a hospital, a significant part of the opening has to do with work on a body in a lab.
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Jade37
If you spoke to Talitha in ME1 and were able to get her help, she will send you an email in this game mentioning that she is receiving professional help for her trauma (further details unknown)
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lkuntz
After the opening scene, there is surgery scene with needles, syringes, scalpels, etc. The inside of veins and organs are seen briefly, but if you are easily freaked out by medical things, I'd advise skipping the scene or looking away.
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One of your squadmates in the game suffers from what is essentially his species' version of Cancer. He is given an estimated life expectancy of several months as there is no cure for their condition.
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"Ah yes, Reapers. The immortal race of sentient starships allegedly waiting in dark space. We have dismissed that claim." (Outright denial of the antagonists that were blatantly in the first game)
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hokeyreligions
In the Overlord DLC, an autistic character is heavily experimented upon in an attempt to exploit certain abilities of theirs. It's possible to rescue them.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Jade37
If you consume alcohol you will temporarily get a shaky cam effect
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Jade37
the mass effect games come with epilepsy warnings
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lkuntz
In the game, a type of alien called Krogan are affected by a disease that causes only a few babies to be able to hatch. While it isn't exactly miscarrying, I would consider it similar enough to warrant a caution to anyone sensitive to miscarriage.
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Nick Hood
You have the option to form relationships and have sexual intercourse with many of your squadmates.
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hokeyreligions
Jacob's loyalty mission involves saving a group of women, controlled by a plant that impairs their cognitive processes, from a man who uses them as his harem.
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Nick Hood
An alien character in the game is distinctly anti-human, and preaches his negative views on humanity in the streets.
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Jade37
This could potentially happen depending on actions taken during the Suicide Mission.
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Jade37
In the Overlord DLC, an autistic individual experiences abuse
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Dependent on the choices player makes in game
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Dependent on the choices the player makes in game
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beesinspace
The player's ship crashes at the beginning of the game. A DLC mission allows you to explore the crash site.
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Nick Hood
If enough poor choices are made throughout the game and final mission, the main character, Commander Shepard, can fall to their death in the final mission.
Additionally, during one story mission you have the option to push someone out the window of a high rise.
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Nick Hood
During one of the DLC missions, a car crash occurs and an occupant of one of the cars is seriously injured and bleeding.
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Jack, one of your squadmates, was the victim of extensive abuse and scientific experimentation as a child. One of her missions involves going back to where all this occurred and has her reliving painful memories.
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lkuntz
one of the first scenes in the game shows a medical procedure, in which blood and organs are shown.
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Nick Hood
A side-mission with a crew mate ends with a nuclear bomb being detonated.
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hokeyreligions
During the opening sequence, your ship gets attacked and needs to be evacuated. You fail to make it in time, get spaced, and are forced to watch as your character's oxygen tank is damaged, and they slowly asphyxiate.
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Jade37
In Lair of the Shadow Broker, one of the video logs shows a turian getting hit by a car (non-graphically)
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