Silent Hill 2

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Does the dog die?
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angrydoberman
An antagonist, Eddie Dombrowski, graphically describes how he killed a dog.
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Unanswered Triggers
Are there heart attacks?
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Are there tsunamis?
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Is there audience participation?
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Is there smoke or haze?
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Abandonment
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Jadeeclipse13
Characters frequently run off without a proper goodbye and frequently it is not clear if they'll show up again
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
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Is someone gaslighted?
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FennByers
Angela's story largely revolves around how her parents abused her
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Is a child abused?
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kottoburini
Angela is revealed to be a CSA survivor prior to a boss battle.

The youngest member of the cast, Laura, is not abused. It's implied she does not experience the effects of Silent Hill in the way that James, Eddie or Angela do.
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Is someone stalked?
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Tenxia
The main character will be put into rooms with enemies who will stalk him in an attempt to hurt/kill him. There are also boss/mini-boss battles that involve a large figure with a giant knife stalking after the main character. This happens at least twice in the game.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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frootsnak
A woman is smothered to death by her husband with a pillow while she's asleep in bed, shown in a flashback
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Addiction
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Jadeeclipse13
The main character James uses an ampoule with unknown contents as a healing item. Maria takes what seems to be prescription drugs
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bitchboynaughty
Alcohol abuse is not shown on-screen, but there is optional text that suggests the main character used to abuse alcohol.
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Is there addiction?
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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CrowsiePosie
There's a brief scene involving an elevator crawling with roach-like bugs.
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Assault
Is someone held under water?
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Is someone drugged?
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NightmareLyra
The player can be restrained by various monsters. One cutscene involves a character being tied up and ready to be executed
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there pedophilia?
143 supporters
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FennByers
Angela's father sexually abused her
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Does a woman get slapped?
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FennByers
not really, it's implied through backstory but not really shown, there's also a scene where James watches Pyramid Head kill an enemy in an oddly sexualised manner
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Jadeeclipse13
Massive spoilers

James smothered Mary with a pillow and there is a cutscene of some of it, along with other potential visual references to the event
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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DAEMONVISION
Angela was sexually abused by her father. It is implied through dialogue and a horrific monster that represents the abuse.
Pyramid head is shown throttling female enemies in a way that looks more like he is... well... in fact, that might be what he's doing.
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Bodily Harm
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teapotcutie
There is a scene where a character is shown contemplating stabbing or cutting herself with a knife, but she decides against it.
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Are any hands damaged?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Are there dislocations?
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8scoot8
Throughout the game the main character can kick or step on enemies to finish them off. This could be interpreted as the body or head being squashed, though nothing explicitly shows it and it more accurately appears to just be a kick
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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Anonymous
A character name Angela walks up a staircase engulfed in flames to kill herself. She never exits from it, insinuating she died.
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frootsnak
No but the player must jump into an open grave in a graveyard to progress
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Is there body horror?
71 supporters
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MovieWatcher10
Many of the monsters in the game rely on body horror to unsettle the player.
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Is there amputation?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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CapnJack
One of the game’s puzzles involves pulling a number of nooses to eye level in a certain order.
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Tenxia
The imagery of the main character's wife being smothered to death is shown in a very late scene in the game. There is no audio however the video makes it unmistakable what is happening.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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arcadebun
the player character can fall down stairs
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FennByers
there are multiple scenes where James jumps from very tall heights, but he survives all of them
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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xoxocharr
Angela is 17 and it is implied she dies, so it depends if you think teens are kids
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does someone die?
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Does a major character die?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a parent die?
28 supporters
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CapnJack
In a newspaper clipping and in a cutscene, a girl killing her abusive father is discussed, never shown on screen.
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teapotcutie
James' wife is dead. Angela's dad and brother are also dead. Laura's parents died and she also saw Mary as a mother.
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Does someone cheat?
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Tenxia
There are references and illusions to cheating however the main character is never said to or shown to have cheated.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
Are there razors?
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Jadeeclipse13
A boss battle occurs in a room with many holes in the walls
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Is there a shower scene?
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FennByers
one of the main enemies is 2 pairs of mannequin legs stacked on top of each other
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Jadeeclipse13
The lake is a central feature of the town. The park where an important cutscene occurs is next to it with a good view of it. The main character also has to row across the lake at one point in a playable section
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Are there clowns?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Jadeeclipse13
In the sub-campaign Maria encounters and speaks to what seems to be ghosts
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Gross
Is someone eaten?
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Is there audio gore?
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Does someone vomit?
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kottoburini
When you first encounter Eddie in the apartments, he is seen vomiting in a cutscene.

Vomit is not shown, but there are very detailed and realistic noises - even nauseating to those without emetophobia - and he is hunched over a toilet.

The bathroom is very grimy, so this adds to the air of disgust.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
40 supporters
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FennByers
no cops in the game whatsoever
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sadanimegirlpng
There is a stage taking place in a prison.
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LGBTQ+
Is there bisexual cheating?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
60 supporters
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
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Tenxia
The main character's wife is suffering from a very unspecific illness that is incurable. There are no mentions of it being specifically cancer, however, it may still trigger anyone who has experienced someone they know/care about going through a similar thing.
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there menstruation?
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kottoburini
An entire level takes place in a hospital - both in the Fog World and the Otherworld.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Mental Health
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kottoburini
Two side characters - Angela and Eddie - are shown to be portrayed as violent, albeit with different contexts.

Eddie displays homicidal behaviour and describes killing a dog and enjoying it, and killing people because they "looked at [him] wrong".

Angela is not actively violent towards anyone - at most, she comes off as threatening and manipulative towards the end of the game. However, she is shown to be violent towards a boss enemy - kicking it and throwing a TV on it. In saying that, the boss is the manifestation of her trauma (see warnings for "Is there sexual abuse?")

Out of the two characters, Eddie is the main one that fits this question.
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Jadeeclipse13
Massive spoilers

Angela ends up seemingly committing it after walking up a staircase ingulfed in flames

In one ending James can also commit suicide and it's implied his original reason for coming to the town was to do so
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Tenxia
It is not shown in-game but there are very many mentions of self-harm with the character Angela, along with being gifted the knife that she has been presumably using to do so.
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Is there misophonia?
37 supporters
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The suspense relies a lot on eerie sounds in the game’s environment. Especially if you have headphones in!
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Angela, one of the main characters, was a victim of rape at the hands of her father and brother. As a result of this trauma, she breaks down on several occasions when the (male) protagonist reaches out towards her/approaches her.
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Jadeeclipse13
It is implied that the main character experiences this
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Jadeeclipse13
No, but scrapped concepts seemed to have been going this way before being scrapped
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LadyLavender
Angela very clearly suffers from PTSD due to being sexually abused by her father and brother when she was young. She is afraid of people suddenly approaching her and is implied to be having a flashback during a boss fight in which she pleads with her father (who is not in the room) to not harm her
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It is implied that one of the main characters, Eddie, has an eating disorder. However, this is never explicitly shown or talked about.
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MovieWatcher10
Not really. It can be said that Angela wearing a full length shirt/covering up as much skin as possible, is in response to her CSA past, making her uncomfortable in her own skin.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Jadeeclipse13
Almost every major character does, which is depicted on screen
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Anonymous
There is an ending where the main character drives off a bridge into a lake, killing himself.
Another character in the game (Angela) carries a knife and makes comments about suicide, you later acquire the knife and see it has blood on it, implying it could be her blood. Later on this same character ascends into a staircase engulfed in flames, killing herself.
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Jadeeclipse13
Many of the levels are claustrophobic due to the small space and fixed camera angles
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SkylarSnow
Eddie, one of the side characters, is implied to have body dysmorphia. There is no direct mentions of this, but some may relate to the symptoms he exhibits.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Yes
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Noxious
Is there screaming?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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The only true underwater scene is a still backdrop as the ending text (for the In Water ending) is displayed.
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Does a baby cry?
23 supporters
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Jadeeclipse13
There is a sound at one point in a basement (i believe in the hospital) that might be a baby crying, though it is unconfirmed. No baby's are ever seen in game
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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Pregnancy
Are there abortions?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Is a baby stillborn?
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Prejudice
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Jadeeclipse13
There are no black characters in the game
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Jadeeclipse13
There are no canonically lgbtq+ characters
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Are there fat jokes?
56 supporters
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Tenxia
Side character Eddie repeats jokes and abuse that was said to him for being bigger than his peers.
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Is there hate speech?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Is there aphobia?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
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arcadebun
in the prison section, the videotape of mary, and one of the endings (this one you can only get on a repeat playthrough though.)
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
Is there BDSM?
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The designs of many of the monsters were inspired by BDSM.
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Is there bestiality?
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Are there nude scenes?
58 supporters
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
99 supporters
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DAEMONVISION
Angela's father was sexually abusive. It's implied that her brother was, too, or at the very least enabled it.
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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LadyLavender
The character of Maria acts and dresses provocatively and there are many sexual scenes involving the monsters in the game. Pyramid Head is shown making thrusting motions against a feminine monster and mimicking oral sex upon another. The nurse monsters wear tight and short dresses
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Sexism
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Sickness
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MovieWatcher10
The wife of the main character has a chronic illness.
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Yes, the game centers around a man whose wife passed from an incurable illness. She is shown on her deathbed in several scenes. The main character deals with lots of complicated thoughts and emotions surrounding the fact that his wife is terminally ill. This game could definitely be very triggering for those that are sensitive to the topic of terminal illness.
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Is someone homeless?
1 supporters
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
36 supporters
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Spoiler
Are there end credit scenes?
56 supporters
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Yes
27
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kottoburini
There are multiple endings to this game - all are upsetting in some manner due to the context of Mary's death.

There are some exceptions though - there are some light-hearted and comedic secret endings. However, these are only accessible on a second playthrough and you have to actively look for certain items that are not available in a first-time save.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
9 supporters
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3
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Does a plane crash?
20 supporters
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Is someone hit by a car?
1 supporters
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Does a car crash?
1 supporters
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Anonymous
There is an ending to the game where the main character drives his car off a bridge into a lake
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Violence
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Jadeeclipse13
You can use guns as a weapon, a side character is often seen with a gun, and a boss uses a gun as their main weapon
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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DuccDoesTheDootDoot
The majority of the game has gory manifestations of the main character's psychy. It's also a Silent Hill game so there's a lot of blood and gore.
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Does someone drown?
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Tenxia
There is an ending where the main character kills himself by drowning. The ending name is "In Water" and can be avoided.
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