Does the dog die?
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Bloodborne
Video Game • 2015 • Horror
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Anonymous
Werewolves in various stages of transformation are common enemies, as are rabid dogs.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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nixdigo
Not all NPC's do this but quite a few can no longer say goodbye
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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DungeonManager
Father Gascoigne goes mad during the Hunt, and his wife leaves her daughter to find him. You can speak to her through the window at her house, and she asks you to find her parents.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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LadyMaria
Not overtly, but there are quite a lot of dogs in cages that were left outside on the night that the game takes place on, something that led to those dogs turning into extremely hostile beasts.
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Abuse
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DungeonManager
It is implied that Father Gascoigne kills his wife in his madness.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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umbravas
The game is extremely violent and several characters die regardless of gender. Women are not specifically singled out, but the overall atmosphere is grim and brutal. Gender, femininity, menstruation, and pregnancy are all major underlying themes. Potentially triggering events (spoilers):
-The Queen of Yharnam is depicted with her wrists bound and wearing a wedding dress. She is pregnant and covered in blood near her womb.
-A female character is a prostitute. If she survives until the game's third act, she gives birth to an eldritch creature.
-The Queen of Yharnam is depicted with her wrists bound and wearing a wedding dress. She is pregnant and covered in blood near her womb.
-A female character is a prostitute. If she survives until the game's third act, she gives birth to an eldritch creature.
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Hexagoner
A major theme of the game is that beast hunters become starved for blood, and become beasts themselves
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Is someone gaslighted?
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nixdigo
I think this question is very loaded considering how Bloodborne's story is about lies and uncovering them.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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nixdigo
You can kill enemies with a whip like weapon but it's not a belt
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BenSalom
There's several eldritch alien babies you can kill, though they don't really look like babies.
Especially not the Orphan of Kos, who is newborn but also looks like an old man.
Especially not the Orphan of Kos, who is newborn but also looks like an old man.
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Anonymous
The magicked blood used as a health potion can canonically also be drank to get inebriated, but you can't actually do this in-game.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Hexagoner
"In Yharnam, they produce more blood than alcohol. as the former is the more intoxicating"
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Animal
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Does a horse die?
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Anonymous
Rotting horse carcasses are common setpeices.
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Anonymous
Mutant crows are a common enemy.
Scourge-infected pigs are another.
Scourge-infected pigs are another.
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LadyMaria
Dogs fight *you* and are, unfortunately, quite hostile.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Anonymous
Rotting horse carcasses are common setpeices.
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Are there spiders?
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Anonymous
The boss Rom the Vacuous Spider is a huge, spider-like Great Old One. She also periodically summons a horde of spiders. These appear as regular enemies in the Nightmare of Mensis area.
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Are there snakes?
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ChristinaPaino
Forbidden woods has lots of snakes. Many are deformed. Giant snakes also appear.
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Are there sharks?
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Anon883
In Fishing Hamlet (DLC), there are shark giants as enemies as well as fish people.
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Assault
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You can unequip your weapon and karate chop the female bosses
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Is rape mentioned?
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The word "Rape" is never explicitly mentioned, but there is a note saying that a "womb will be blessed with child." The woman to whom this is referring does not seem have had any say in the matter.
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Is someone restrained?
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nixdigo
There are many dead bodies bound in various non-sexual positions. You don't see anyone alive being bound
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Anonymous
Women are unwillingly impregnated by Eldritch Abominations. This usually happens by magic shennanigans instead of direct assault, but I'd say unwilling impregnation counts as sexual assault.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Several characters wear mouth covering headwear to keep their faces clean and blood free
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Anonymous
Bladed weaponry used in battle.
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Are there dislocations?
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nixdigo
You don't dislocate or sever any limbs
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Is there throat mutilation?
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nixdigo
Some enemies have open wounds in their throats, some of the dead bodies are bound and drained via their neck
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Is there decapitation?
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LadyMaria
Of particular note is the DLC boss fight against Ludwig the Accursed/Holy Blade. After his defeat, his head is severed (though he remains alive after that until someone, either you or a different NPC, finishes him off.)
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Is there cannibalism?
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Anonymous
The Beggar is seen eating corpses.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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nixdigo
You can be crushed to death
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Is someone burned alive?
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Anonymous
A flametrower and torch are equippable offhand weapons.
Firebombs appear as combat items.
Firebombs appear as combat items.
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Is there body horror?
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umbravas
Body horror features predominantly among various enemies. A beast plague transforms infected victims into horrifying creatures.
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Is there amputation?
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Paracosm
One version of the bloodletting beast, found in the Lower Pthumeru Chalice (Layer 4) and the Great Pthumeru Ihyll Chalice (Layer 2) is headless, and the muscle inside of its neck is visible.
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Is there a hanging?
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ChristinaPaino
Some hanged corpses are seen in the fishing hamlet area of the DLC
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Does someone become unconscious?
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CS_Leko
If the player is killed by a certain enemy during a certain part of the game, it is implied that they are actually knocked unconscious. During a scene from the player's POV, they awaken while being dragged in a cloth bag to a new area.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Anonymous
The Church Giant's Stomp attack drives its tibias out through the top of their knees.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Myniko
You can accidentally fall and die. And to start a boss, you have to fall from not an insignificant height into water
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Paracosm
Beasts with multiple/too many eyes are fought commonly late in the game, and though there is no detailed eye gore, this can still be upsetting to somebody with trypophobia or a fear of things with too many eyes.
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Is someone stabbed?
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LadyMaria
There are many someones stabbed.
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Is there excessive gore?
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The game is about blood, so yes, but it's THEMATICALLY APPROPRIATE excessive gore
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Discussed. Mergo, the child of Queen Yharnam, is said to have been "ripped from her womb," and there are implications that they were either miscarried or stolen by the Old Ones, but it is never clarified.
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Does a kid die?
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LadyMaria
While the previous comment is correct with regard to the fate of Father Gascoigne's daughters, it is incorrect with regard to their names. Neither girl has a canonical name. "Violet" is likely derived from the canonical name of their mother, Viola (found on the brooch that the younger daughter requests for you to find and return) and "Adelle" would be immensely confusing given that there is another NPC named Adella.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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umbravas
Spoilers: If you pursue Eileen the Crow's questline, she dies at the end of it.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Hunters are often described as 'blood drunk' and go mad/turn into beasts from overuse of the old blood
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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LadyMaria
Father Gascoigne, called that in reference to the fact that he has two daughters, is a required boss under normal circumstances. Neither of his daughters are named.
Furthermore, his wife (who does have a name, and it is Viola) is found dead after you are tasked to look for her by one of their daughters.
Furthermore, his wife (who does have a name, and it is Viola) is found dead after you are tasked to look for her by one of their daughters.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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BenSalom
*You* get kidnapped.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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ChristinaPaino
In Cainhurst Castle
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Are there jump scares?
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Ninjaganon
ehh sorta but they're not that scary, its just enemies appearing from behind corners
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Anon883
You are required to jump into the water to progress the game.
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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DreaPuckett
The entire game is triggering. The whole of the what area is teeth itchingly bad but there are a dozen or more monsters and sequences that either rub up against trypophobia or outright are there to trigger. Miyazaki gravitated towards trypophobia triggers for squick factor in all of his games.
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Are there mannequins?
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DungeonManager
There is a living human sized doll NPC, but she looks mostly human and is not an enemy
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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voidkatzen
The larger enemies with blankets on them will v* graphically onto the player if they catch you in a grab.
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Is someone eaten?
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Caitlin1998m
You may come across an npc eating corpses in the forbidden woods. Also in the fishing hamlet there are giant whale enemies that have an attack which will swallow your character whole.
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Does someone spit?
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ChristinaPaino
Giant spitting cobras
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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LadyMaria
Technically, yes; if you die to an enemy called a Snatcher, you wake up in the Hypogean Gaol and have to fight (or sneak) your way back to a lantern. While the Snatchers are far from law enforcement, the Gaol is very much a jail in every sense of the word, even if it is a poorly maintained one.
Additionally, an NPC you can meet in the Gaol implies that 1) she had been there for a very long time 2) there were others taken with her that aren't around any longer and likely died there.
Additionally, an NPC you can meet in the Gaol implies that 1) she had been there for a very long time 2) there were others taken with her that aren't around any longer and likely died there.
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Paracosm
Electric attacks are used, but not in a medical setting.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Anonymous
The basic healing item is a syrette of magicked blood the player character injects into their thigh.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Anon883
In the DLC, the Research Hall is a mental institution.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Anonymous
The game starts in a back-alley clinic after getting a dodgy blood transfusion.
Iosefka's Clinic.
Iosefka's Clinic.
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Is there menstruation?
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nixdigo
The game is about blood and blood letting menstruation isn't by name mentioned but it can be inferred
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Does someone have cancer?
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jinxjpg
An NPC is implied to have a terminal illness, but it isn't clarified what illness
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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Many characters both major and minor exhibit symptoms of mental illness
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BenSalom
Debatably you can "self-harm" by pressing up on the D-pad. Doing this sacrifices HP for extra "blood bullets," with an accompanying blood mist effect.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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BluePlant
In a later level in the dlc, patients that were driven mad attack you on sight.
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DungeonManager
More than an attempt, if Father Gascoigne's daughter is sent to either the Clinic or the Chapel, her older sister will throw herself from a ledge when she finds out her family is all dead.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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LadyMaria
It worsens the further a player goes into the game.
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Is there misophonia?
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tigrex
The sounds from the blood and gore could trigger someone and I think some enemies can be heard eating corpses? There's also an enemy with a machine gun that makes a really grating noise
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Anonymous
The Frenzy status effect reduces the PC to a failing wreck.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Anonymous
No dysphoria. Lots of body horror, which this used to be used as an ersatz warning area for until it got its own space.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Paracosm
The chalice dungeons tend to be closed in and, in some places, tightly packed. Fortunately, the dungeons are entirely avoidable and are used mostly for grinding.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Anonymous
The Beggar is seen eating corpses.
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SPOILERS FOR LATE GAME CONTENT
In the Old Hunter's DLC, a character named Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower is shown slumped in a chair with a slit throat, though she does grab your wrist a begin speaking to you when you approach her. As you find her in an alternate plane of reality where several confirmed dead characters are "alive" and trapped as a form of punishment, it is heavily implied she killed herself only to become trapped also (possibly intentionally).
In the Old Hunter's DLC, a character named Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower is shown slumped in a chair with a slit throat, though she does grab your wrist a begin speaking to you when you approach her. As you find her in an alternate plane of reality where several confirmed dead characters are "alive" and trapped as a form of punishment, it is heavily implied she killed herself only to become trapped also (possibly intentionally).
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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jinxjpg
A boss fight requires you to jump into a big body of water, but the fight takes place on the waters surface rather than underwater
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Does a baby cry?
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BluePlant
In one of the last levels of the game, you hear a baby constantly crying in the background.
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Is there screaming?
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nixdigo
The beast scream
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Anonymous
Well, the Old Ones' inability to bear or beget viable offspring is a huge plot point, and the final boss is the undead remains of their latest attempt.
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Does someone miscarry?
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Anonymous
Weeeeellllll... the baby is a perfectly healthy starborne horror whose birth drove their mother gigglingly bonkers, but it's not a miscarriage... it is, however, vastly accelerated, taking about 6 hours from conception to birth.
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Is there childbirth?
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luobinghe
Always off-screen but Arianna gives birth to an Eldritch baby if she survives long enough, and it is implied several women in the game get pregnant, including one you run into two or three times as an "apparition" of sorts.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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SPOILERS FOR LATE GAME CONTENT
Not technically a peroson, but Kos, an Eldritch extraplaner being known as a "Great One," died for unknown reasons while pregnant, leading to a postmortem birth.
Not technically a peroson, but Kos, an Eldritch extraplaner being known as a "Great One," died for unknown reasons while pregnant, leading to a postmortem birth.
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Prejudice
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Does an LGBT person die?
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2
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Myniko
There is a prostitue who serves both genders, and if you take blood from her in front of the religious lady too much, she will kill her
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Are there fat jokes?
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CS_Leko
"Fatty" is one of the words players can use to write messages, and can frequently be found next to passages that are too narrow for the player's character to enter.
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Does the black guy die first?
0 supporters
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Anonymous
The game is set in a central-European town with no POC except for the Player Character, IF you build them with dark skin.
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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A character who is an old man in present day is shown to have had inappropriate obsessive feelings, most likely of a romantic nature, for a character who was his student when she was a young adult. Given that she has been dead for many years and he has an unnaturally prolonged lifespan, we do not know their relative ages during the period of their (one-sided) "relationship", but the visual ages of the character models could be seen as having a substantial age difference.
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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jinxjpg
A substantial part of the game surrounds a ministration called The Healing Church, with many themes and titles referencing a traditional Christian church
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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LadyMaria
Given the nature of the Beast Plague, it could be presumed that any of the beasts you fight on the streets of Yharnam are terminally ill, but of particular note is Gilbert, a man you only speak to through a window near the beginning of the game. His coughing is loud enough to be heard from the nearby lantern, and he is quite polite and helpful to the player. Unfortunately, regardless of the player's actions, Gilbert eventually succumbs to the plague himself and transforms into a beast that is as hostile to you as to any other.
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
0 supporters
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Anonymous
Progressive insanity
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Social
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Spoiler
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Are there end credit scenes?
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LadyMaria
I'm not sure "end credit scenes" is the right word for "cutscene that plays between the ending you achieve and NG+."
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Anonymous
Multiple endings, some happy some not.
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
21 supporters
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Anonymous
The game is set in the mid/late 1800's.
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Does a plane crash?
16 supporters
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Anonymous
The game is set in the mid/late 1800's.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Anonymous
Blood and gore are big plot elements. Blood from wounds, blood that heals, blood that freezes into jewels, blood that never clots offered in sacrifice.
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Is there gun violence?
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Anonymous
Guns are a common weapon. Used both by the player and enemies.
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