Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Video Game • 2009 • Adventure
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Needs More Answers
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Are there tsunamis?
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The ship in which the cast is on begins to flood at the beginning and a large wave surges down a hallway towards the protagonist, but it's a very small moment and not inherently a tsunami. Worth mentioning though
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Backstory reveals that some characters' parents are deceased, but they were not abandoned by them.
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Abuse
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The backstory of four of the characters is that they were kidnapped as children to participate in a game that could lead to some of their deaths. This game is shown in flashbacks in the story.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Tricky, but no. Worth noting, though, that (SPOILERS) Zero was previously a victim of one of the Nonary Games, and one of the people who put Zero in that situation was also a victim.
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Addiction
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Characters are subjected to drugs against their will by a villain, another character willingly injects drugs in an attempt to sacrifice themself (non-fatally).
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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Not depicted visually, but described in a flashback. Specifically: rabbits and a kitten.
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Does a cat die?
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There is an attempt made on the life of a cat off-screen in a flashback but no actual death.
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In a flashback, there are dead rabbits.
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Does a pet die?
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Some pet rabbits die.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Off-screen death of rabbits, on-screen there is a dead shark.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Off-screen, but rabbit death does occur.
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Are there sharks?
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A dead shark is shown in one escape room
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Assault
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While nothing explicit is said, one character is said to have had twins young "...after some things happened," which one could interpret as such.
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Is someone restrained?
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If you go through Door 2, you solve a puzzle which involves a character being restrained to a chair, though you do not see this. Said character is released at the end of the puzzle, unharmed. In the true end, the murderer is tied up and gagged, being sent to prison. You do not see this happen either, though you can hear his muffled complaints every now and then.
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Is someone held under water?
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A character is forced to drown after getting stabbed.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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We see the aftermath of it in a flashback, a child character is bruised and missing a tooth
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Bodily Harm
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Is someone tortured?
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In addition to the whole conceit of the game basically being torture, there is also a room specifically called "the torture room."
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Are any teeth damaged?
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During one scene, a character is shown with missing teeth after a fight.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Near the end of certain routes, there is an incineration chamber where some characters may die depending on the route.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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No but characters are held with a knife to their necks
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Is someone buried alive?
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[SPOILER] a character is locked in an above-ground coffin for a prolonged period of time, but is not buried and is released unharmed.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Graphic, detailed descriptions of the protagonist struggling to breathe as he dies during the endings where he dies.
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Does someone break a bone?
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There is a scene in a bathroom where the protagonist mentions details of a corpse including it's broken bones. But the player doesn't get to see it, it's just in text.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Graphic textual/visual depictions of drowning, suffocation via gas, and struggling to breathe after fatal injury. The game cannot be completed without seeing at least one of these endings.
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Is there amputation?
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A character is revealed to have a prosthetic arm, due to losing their arm before the events of the game, but no amputation occurs on screen.
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Is someone stabbed?
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In multiple endings, multiple people can get stabbed - including the protagonist in one.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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In an early scene, a tremor causes a girl to fall down a set of stairs, though she is promptly caught unharmed.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Everyone is knocked out via sedative before arriving on the boat. Ace also self-administers some sedative to himself.
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Is there excessive gore?
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A corpse is found in a room resembling a shower, and the characters openly discuss a certain bone fracture in detail. Other than that, most of the gore is off-camera.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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There are references to a child dying in the past, and it is depicted off-screen in flashbacks by other characters who were present.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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Most if not all major characters die in one or more endings.
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Does someone die?
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The Nonary Games are very dangerous, and some of the main characters can die depending on the choices you make. Two other characters die right off the bat.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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[SPOILERS]
In the middle of the game, one character attempts to sacrifice himself, but it is revealed at a later point that he knew that he would not die and was faking it. Late in the game, another character mentions sacrificing himself actually believing he would die, but another character foils that plan. Finally, in another end, one character successfully sacrifices himself to kill another character, but the sacrifice was going to die anyways.
In the middle of the game, one character attempts to sacrifice himself, but it is revealed at a later point that he knew that he would not die and was faking it. Late in the game, another character mentions sacrificing himself actually believing he would die, but another character foils that plan. Finally, in another end, one character successfully sacrifices himself to kill another character, but the sacrifice was going to die anyways.
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Disability
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Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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There's no voice acting in the original version of the game. The Nonary Games re-release features able-bodied voice actors for disabled characters.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
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One of the main characters is a mother, and depending on the route, she can die.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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The premise of the game is that nine people were kidnapped to participate in a deadly game.
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Fear
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Early on in the story, the 9th man threatens Clover with a scalpel. Nobody is actually harmed or cut by it.
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Are there mannequins?
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Doors 7 and 8 have mannequins behind them, none of whom will actually do anything to the player.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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The setting of the Nonary Game is a ship; water factors into the plot several times, and shots of the ship from the outside appear at various points.
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Are there jump scares?
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There are a few scenes with quick dramatic cut-aways to surprises, some of which could be scary or alarming.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Yes. Though it is not shown, it is mentioned in the narration (and in dialogue in the Steam version).
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Is there audio gore?
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A character explodes offscreen.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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One character is revealed to be a cop/detective but there's no copaganda inherently.
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LGBTQ+
Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
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There are no apparent trans characters in this game.
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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None of the cast is trans, nor intentionally going by a different name. However, the cast quickly agree to go by codename after two characters call each other by their actual names, and the reveal of some characters' actual names is used for plot twists.
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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The game refers to the tragedy of the Titanic many, many times throughout the game.
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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One character uses a syringe to inject himself with an anaesthetic.
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Although it is never used directly as this, it is strongly hinted that a machine in a room had this purpose.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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An area is set up with vintage hospital beds and gear.
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
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Tricky; during one route, there's a point where a character knows full well he's in circumstances where he could die, and chooses to stay anyway.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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MAJOR SPOILERS
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the main villain is revealed to be acting (at least in part) due to their prosopagnosia
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the main villain is revealed to be acting (at least in part) due to their prosopagnosia
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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While no explicit statements of characters having PTSD are made, the situation the characters are in is horrifically traumatizing and multiple characters have been horrifically traumatized in the past.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Certain areas of the game are rather small and you cannot get out of them without solving puzzles first. Sometimes you're in a dangerous situation as you solve these puzzles.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Though not stated, it is implied that several participants have PTSD.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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This is a core plot point, especially with the game surrounding multiple endings. You must go through certain routes first before you unlock the "true" ending and the game and story adknowledges that and ties it into the plot, that what must be done must be done in order to keep things in tact and prevent disaster and bad things from occurring.
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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The camera shakes when characters bang on doors.
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Several endings where the protagonist is shown drowning. References to the Titanic and other sunk ships. There is no timer on the initial flooding escape room, and the game's setting does not flood any further after it is completed.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Lots of characters say f**k s**t and other obscenities often.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Right before an escape section the images will flash on the screen and then it goes to a broken tv-screen like image for a very short second that flashes. Also when they bang on a door the screen shakes and flashes.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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To give context for those who don’t care about spoilers:
[ENDING SPOILERS]
It’s revealed that the “narration” coming from the bottom of the DS screen (or in the “novel” screen for the ports) isn’t actually coming from the protagonists internal thoughts or an uninvolved narrator. It’s actually all made from the point of view of the main antagonist who is watching the protagonist and everything he does throughout the game through his own eyes by complicated supernatural means and observing everything that transpires.
[ENDING SPOILERS]
It’s revealed that the “narration” coming from the bottom of the DS screen (or in the “novel” screen for the ports) isn’t actually coming from the protagonists internal thoughts or an uninvolved narrator. It’s actually all made from the point of view of the main antagonist who is watching the protagonist and everything he does throughout the game through his own eyes by complicated supernatural means and observing everything that transpires.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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In the DS version (SPOILERS): The true end reveals that the descriptions from the bottom half of the screen were part of a character's personal observations from 9 years ago while the top screen is events of present day.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Are there fat jokes?
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Characters frequently make comments about Seven's weight.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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from a narrative standpoint- the villain is stated to be motivated by his prosopagnosia.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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One Word of God confirmed bi/pan character can die depending on the ending.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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During a flashback in the epilogue of the true end, Junpei impersonates a native american.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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A cult called "Free the Soul" is discussed.
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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One of the characters is dressed provocatively, and there is one notable scene where there can be sexual innuendo depending on the player's dialogue choices, but there is no explicit sexual content.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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(Spoilers) Ace has prosopagnosia.
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Social
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Is existentialism debated?
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Yes, one character brings up "futility" and multiple times the concept of existence and natural laws being bended is debated between characters without seemingly any lead-up to the conversation. The major plot point also in theory messes around with this concept and notably Shroedinger's Cat.
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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There are multiple endings, and while the "true ending" is good, there are several bad or sad endings.
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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One character reveals that he used to buy Christmas presents for his little sister, claiming he was "her Santa".
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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One character was in a car crash in the past, but this is only spoken about after the fact.
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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There is significant blood and character death seen on-screen. Some of the more explicit scenes are not seen in as much detail (for instance, a character explodes, but their body is not seen, just a blood splatter on the wall), but are described very thoroughly and it is still quite gruesome.
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Is there gun violence?
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Near the end of certain routes, one of the characters uses a gun to hold another character hostage. Near the end of one route in particular, a different character is shot multiple times and dies soon after.
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Does someone drown?
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There is a bad ending where the player character is stabbed and falls face-down into a body of water, thus killing him.
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