Horizon Zero Dawn
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Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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One ally loses a limb fairly early in the game. This becomes a key part of the characters personal journey in the rest of the story. The actor doing the voice and motion capture for this character is not physically handicapped, but the character is very well developed in the plot and is treated with dignity and respect.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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While it is not necessarily stalking, in the early to mid stages of the game the protagonist Aloy does get spied upon by another character through her focus. The character listens in on Aloy’s conversations and will occasionally interact with Aloy about things she’s seeing or hearing without her consent.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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It's referenced that a side character, Erend, is struggling with an alcohol addiction and it has been further exacerbated by the death of his sister
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Does a cat die?
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Foxes and robots somewhat resembling mountain cats are killed but that's it.
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The player can kill foxes, rats, raccoons, boar, rabbits, goats, owls, geese, turkey, squirrels and badgers. These animals drop meat and skin resources which are used to craft items or buy clothing. Although it is optional within the main quests, the first side quest (and many more) given to the player is a hunting quest.
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Is there a dead animal?
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you hunt and kill animals frequently
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Does a horse die?
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This game doesn't have any horses, but there are robotic horses called 'Striders' that can be killed by the player or passing machines.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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You must hunt/kill rabbits in the game to upgrade certain things.
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Are there spiders?
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One of the machines, the Corruptor, kinda resembles a spider if you squint. It walks spider-like on several long limbs and can jump like a spider might. Otherwise it bears no resemblance.
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Are there bugs?
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Not at all that are focused on, but dragonflies and butterflies can be seen in the background/in nature. Scripted enemy encounters in the story resemble scorpions
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Are there snakes?
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One of the robots resembles a giant cobra that is mostly slow moving, but leads to some very intense fights when it can wrap around buildings and strike quickly at the player
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Robot alligators make swimming in deep water very tense and scary especially for younger players.
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Is someone restrained?
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Multiple NPCs are shown kneeling with their hands tied behind their back on various occasions.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone tortured?
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We see people who have been tortured, but the torture itself is not shown.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Two men are in a fight, one man knees the other in the groin, the man collapses and loses the fight. This is fast and shown from slightly far away so easy to miss.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Some enemies use fire attacks which can kill your character. Moreover, one of the more effective ways to kill human enemies is fire attacks. Some machine enemies in the early game are best killed by fire. Choosing not to use fire will make those early challenges much harder.
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Is there cannibalism?
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While not pictured a group's cannibalism is mentioned multiple times.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Some cut-scenes feature large buildings or statues falling and instantly killing antagonists. Nothing graphic is shown.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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In a cutscene, the player character is held in the air and choked, then dropped to the ground where she struggles to breathe even more and passes out
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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YES. While it happened in the past, it is replayed for Aloy via hologram. Multiple named characters are gathered in a room. The room is then sealed shut and the atmosphere is forced out, causing all of them asphyxiate and die.
This is shown during late-game quest The Mountain That Fell.
When Aloy enters the room, she mentions that the air from outside rushed in.
This is shown during late-game quest The Mountain That Fell.
When Aloy enters the room, she mentions that the air from outside rushed in.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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There is a scene where Aloy doesn't fall to her death but tumbles off a cliff after an explosion and is gravely injured.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Multiple times to Aloy in cut-scenes, most notably near the beginning of the game after the Proving, and much later in the game after delving into the ruins under the Sun Ring.
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Does a kid die?
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YES, during a trial to become a "brave" most of the contestants (mostly teenagers) get killed.
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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SPOILER: Aloy's father dies
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Most notably after The Proving, near the beginning of the game.
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Family
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Rost, while not her biological father, raised and cared for Aloy since she was born. Rost is killed early in the game saving Aloy.
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Does a family member die?
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Early-game spoilers: Rost, Aloy's father figure and only family she's ever known, dies after Aloy completes the Proving.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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A sidequest involves finding and freeing the quest giver's kidnapped sister.
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Are there ghosts?
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There are no ghosts but there are prerecorded holograms to watch of people who have died or die during the holograms. These are part of the main quest so can't be skipped.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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You can listen to several audio recordings in the Zero Dawn Facility that take place between patients and counselors and depict mental health crises. If I remember correctly, there is an instance where one of the patients in the recording is restrained/sedated by staff. This section can be reminding of mental institution scenes - but technically speaking they aren’t. There are no visuals for this.
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Mental Health
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During the main quest, the player listens to audio recordings where medical euthanasia is offered as an option to experts recruited to the Zero Dawn project. Two request it. Their deaths are not included in the audio log.
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In past audio recordings: It's worth mentioning that multiple characters choose to medically euthanize in light of the unending war against the machines and discuss this. This is brought up very early in the game. There is also an audio file in this early segment where you can hear a man speak and then load and fire a gun, killing himself.
In Aloy's time: During the side-quest Sun and Shadow, a parent is worried his daughter drowned herself. She didn't, but at the end of the quest the daughter implies that she will attempt suicide. Aloy talks her through it and the daughter lives and reconciles with her father.
In Aloy's time: During the side-quest Sun and Shadow, a parent is worried his daughter drowned herself. She didn't, but at the end of the quest the daughter implies that she will attempt suicide. Aloy talks her through it and the daughter lives and reconciles with her father.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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the quest "The Forgotten" features a man implied to be schizophrenic who murdered someone because "the voices told him to." he frequently talks about his desire to kill people because of "the voices."
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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In the side quest "The Forgotten" (which is very early in the game, still in the sacred lands) a suicidal character standing at the top of a large rock formation threatens to kill himself in order to avoid hurting someone. He is talked down
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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A key ally in the second half of the game discusses prolonged psychological torture while in captivity and displays a few hallmark symptoms of ptsd when initally talking to other allies. The other characters treat this character with dignity even when they struggle to find the right words to say to initially help this character.
Another side quest involves rescuing an elderly former soldier who is suffering from severe trauma symptoms stemming from a traumatic experience from a war he served in decades ago.
Another side quest involves rescuing an elderly former soldier who is suffering from severe trauma symptoms stemming from a traumatic experience from a war he served in decades ago.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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There's a couple of tight cave-exploring segments early on, but can be progressed through quickly
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Multiple characters from past audio recordings are heard struggling with heavy topics, so depression, PTSD, anxiety and other illnesses come up then.
While in Aloy's time, there's no names for mental illness, various characters do exhibit symptoms
While in Aloy's time, there's no names for mental illness, various characters do exhibit symptoms
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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During the tutorial, when you play as young Eloy something about the camera placement in relation to the shorter character made me slightly motion sick.
I almost quit, but there was much less bouncing when I got to grown-up Eloy and I was able to play without discomfort.
I almost quit, but there was much less bouncing when I got to grown-up Eloy and I was able to play without discomfort.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Watcher enemies attack with a bright disorienting flash and a loud noise.
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Paranoia
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It is revealed mid-game that a character has been listening in on Aloy's conversations and watching her actions through her Focus device.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Not explicitly mentioned, but as the entirety of the human race is killed hundred of years prior to the events of the game, an even which is talked about numerous times, there was surely many pregnant people killed
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Mostly just as background NPCs.
It's revealed mid-game that embryos were stored and saved in high-tech facilities where they were artificially developed into babies, who were cared for and grew up into adults. The facilities are no longer functional in Aloy's time.
It's revealed mid-game that embryos were stored and saved in high-tech facilities where they were artificially developed into babies, who were cared for and grew up into adults. The facilities are no longer functional in Aloy's time.
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The player has the option to ask a character implied to be a trans man about how they were able to become a soldier in a military that does not allow women to serve. The player character does not misgender him again after being corrected.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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A side question a man calls himself a slur because he became injured
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Does an LGBT person die?
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A sidequest involves helping three NPCs memorialize deceased loved ones. One of the three is a man seeking to pay respects for his male partner.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Appropriation of Indigenous culture in the game’s aesthetic. Trans masc played by cis woman.
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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The religion discussed is all unique to the world of the game, but some real-world parallels will likely come to mind for any player. Aloy treats many religious and spiritual practices with skepticism as, in this world, it stems from people not knowing how the ancient technology around them works.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is someone homeless?
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A large number of homeless refugees live in tents outside the city of Sunfall
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Does a plane crash?
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You can find wreckage of plane crashes, but they're all from the distant past.
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Violence
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The majority of the game is spent fighting machines but you can fight bandits. There is a small amount of blood splatter but there is no gore. You also kill animals. Somebody is blown up and the description of their body is described but never shown.
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Is there gun violence?
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Certain uncommon enemies use a heavy automatic firearm.
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