Return of the Obra Dinn
Video Game • 2018 • Mystery
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Are there tsunamis?
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No tsunamis, although in "The Doom" there are some waves tall enough to reach the top deck of the boat. They don't reach too much higher than the player, though.
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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Several people abandon ship (or attempt to).
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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SPOILERS - One scene shows the sudden death of a woman in very close detail. This is a mechanic of the game though, and many other scenes show the sudden deaths of men in just as much detail.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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However, alcohol is consumed.
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However, morphine use for medical purposes is implied in one scenario.
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Are there spiders?
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There are creatures that resemble giant spiders.
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Are there bugs?
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There are some small flies around dead bodies. They are extremely low detail and do not follow the player. Also, giant spider-like monsters.
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Are there sharks?
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No, but there are other sea creatures that attack people in rowboats (they are humanoid)
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Is there a dead animal?
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A cow is being slaughtered. The act itself isn't shown, only the dead cow and later the skull. You hear it though.
And much later you can see the paw of a monkey and its death scene.
And much later you can see the paw of a monkey and its death scene.
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Is an animal sad?
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You can't really read any emotions on them, but there are animals in cages, and a cow is slaughtered onscreen.
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Does a pet die?
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A pet monkey dies
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Are animals abused?
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In The Bargain, the surgeon's monkey (which he keeps as a pet) is abruptly killed with a pistol to allow the player to see the events surrounding its death.
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A cow is slaughtered by getting its throat cut.
A monkey gets shot and killed at close range.
There are also some fictional creatures that get killed (Giant spiders and mermaids).
A monkey gets shot and killed at close range.
There are also some fictional creatures that get killed (Giant spiders and mermaids).
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Is someone restrained?
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In The Calling, the Formosan passengers are kidnapped and their hands are tied. At the beginning of Unholy Captives, the surviving Formosan passenger is restrained while being interrogated and is then unexpectedly killed by mermaids
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Is someone held under water?
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Multiple characters are drowned. It is not particularly graphic, you usually only see a snapshot of them being pulled into the water and that's it.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Bodily Harm
Is there excessive gore?
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The game's art style obscures it to some degree, but there is a LOT of gore in Obra Dinn. A lot of the game is observing the scenes of people's deaths and many of those deaths are very violent.
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Is there body horror?
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In The Doom, several characters are crushed or torn apart by kraken tentacles with gory sound effects. One character is picked up and torn in half, revealing his organs
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Several people have their faces blown up, but there's no specific focus on teeth. Some crew members might have bad mouth hygiene, but the graphic detail is very low.
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Is there a hanging?
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However, the person is not hanged traditionally by the neck but hoisted from a rope by the side of ship and then shot.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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In The Doom, several people are crushed to death against walls by loose cannons. In Loose Cargo and Unholy Captives, two people have their heads crushed by falling cargo.
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Is someone buried alive?
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People get crushed by falling cargo and we find corpses buried under rubble, but nobody is buried while alive.
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Is there amputation?
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People die in very numerous ways, that lead to people being beheaded, one having a crushed skull and arms being burned off. Also a monkey loses its paw post mortem.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Several characters are asphyxiated and crushed by kraken tentacles, cannons, and mermaids
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Two people are shown to suffer from a lung disease.
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Are any hands damaged?
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A monkey's hand is severed.
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Is someone stabbed?
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Several characters are stabbed to death with knives and swords
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Two characters are depicted falling down stairs in The Doom. In Unholy Captives, someone is killed by cargo dropped down a set of stairs.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Several people have limbs torn or cut off (arms and legs) but no specific finger/toe related incidents.
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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A cow, a monkey, several unspecified sea monsters and the spider crabs they ride on, and several mermaids
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Does a major character die?
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Almost no major characters survive
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Does someone die?
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Practically everyone
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
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There is no special depiction about it but considering that the game only shows the crew far from home and "at work" so to speak, the family status of most of them is unknown.
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Does a family member die?
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In Loose Cargo, a character's brother dies after his head is crushed by falling cargo, and in The Doom the surviving brother murders the man he blames for it. Also the captain's wife is killed by falling rigging in The Doom.
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Fear
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Are there ghosts?
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However the game contains giant spider-crabs that are ridden by ghastly looking humanoid creatures and other fantasy/supernatural beings.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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The game takes place on a large ship, so most of the game you are surrounded by the ocean. One part of the game is on the open sea in smaller rowing boats.
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Is someone possessed?
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No one is possessed, though the game contains various types of supernatural phenomena.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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After assisting in slaughtering a cow, a person vomits.
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Is there audio gore?
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The death scenes are usually introduced by hearing the sounds and talks that occur at the moment of death without seeing what happens. Depending on the cause of death and the player's imagination that can be very violent.
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Is there defecation?
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the first memory of The Doom. Includes gratuitous sound effects followed by death
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Does someone spit?
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one death scene involves someone taking a massive dump, including sound effects. no visuals accompany this but other really gross sounds follow
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Is there farting?
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In one scene, you can hear someone pooping
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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The player character doing the investigation is not in law enforcement (they are an insurance inspector).
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Is there incarceration?
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At the end of Unholy Captives and during The Bargain a character is locked in the lazarette with some captured mermaids
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LGBTQ+
Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
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There are no explicitly trans characters
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Seashells that the crew fight over are thrown into the sea to appease mermaids and the kraken
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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You do see a sick patient in the surgeon's quarters. In the specific scenario, the patient dies from his illness.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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However, morphine use for medical purposes is implied in one scenario.
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Mental Health
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Early on in the game, the captain shoots himself.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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There is no self harm, though the captain does shoot himself early in the game.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Many people are violent, and not all of them appear completely sane. Mental illness isn't discussed, however.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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There's a suicide early in the game, however, accompanied by some monologue explaining the reason.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Well, the whole game takes place on a ship and some parts of it are rather narrow. There is also the death of a stowaway mentioned who hid in a barrell and died due to the cargo getting loose, but you only see the barrell from the outside and the description of the situation. The player themself is never truly stuck though.
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Noxious
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Many of the memories open with sudden loud noises, screams, etc.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Arguably you spend the entire game doing this
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Pregnancy
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Many people die, but their sexual orientation isn't depicted or discussed.
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Is there hate speech?
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Some crew members make mild racist remarks against certain nationalities.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Sea monsters are referred to as demons by multiple characters
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sea monsters are referred to as demons
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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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There's only very mild nudity. (Mermaid-like creatures are depicted nude in non-sexual context and low graphic detail.)
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Are there nude scenes?
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There is a scene where someone is using the "restroom" and dies with their pants down but any private areas are obscured.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Some characters have a deadly lung disease
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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There is illness, but it is sudden and acute, rather than chronic.
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Social
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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It has multiple endings of which some are sad.
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Vehicular
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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Several people are shot, stabbed, cut, decapitated, dismembered etc.
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Does someone drown?
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Various people are implied to have drowned, but we don't see that on screen.
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