Outer Wilds
Video Game • 2019 • Adventure
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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toastywarmest
It is ultimately up to the players actions, but do to the nature of the gameplay NPC's would assume the player character has left without saying goodbye to them.
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
(Spoilers for the Echoes of the Eye DLC) The player character is stalked in the "looking for you when you're hiding" sense but not in the "showing up at your home" sense
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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BensonBoyoo
No mention of such a thing at any point and (obviously) never shown.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
Multiple characters are told that they must be crazy, drunk, or mistook a dream for reality
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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BensonBoyoo
No mentions of abuse as far as I know.
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Addiction
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
A character in the starting area is making wine, but there is no on-screen consumption
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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BensonBoyoo
Alcohol is mentioned (and shown being made) in the form of sap wine but never consumed on-screen. The player character openly dislikes it and the character making it is said to drink it but no implication of addiction or abuse.
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Animal
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
Technically yes but it happens off-screen
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Is there a dead animal?
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Izzny
There is a skeleton of a fish in one place
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Does a pet die?
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BensonBoyoo
As far as I know, no characters have pets.
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Are there sharks?
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Miletty
There are no sharks, but there are other large fish
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Are there bugs?
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DragonDave
During post-credit sequence. Static image, small on screen, non-threatening.
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Assault
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BensonBoyoo
No mention of it at any point. Only on-screen female character is never hit and can only be talked to.
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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rockystorm
If the player forgets to equip their suit in space, they will suffocate
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Is someone crushed to death?
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abel
The player character in certain situations can be.
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Is someone burned alive?
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RohitChaoji
The player can be burned alive if they fall into the sun or Hollow's Lantern's lava.
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Is someone buried alive?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
Can happen to the player if they're not careful or get lost in certain areas
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Is there amputation?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
No on-screen amputation. One character has a prosthetic foot
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Does a head get squashed?
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abel
I'd say perhaps? it's possible to get crushed to death in a cave slowly filling with sand, if that counts
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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abel
Very likely this will happen to you at least a few times, if you forget your suit or run out of oxygen.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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BensonBoyoo
No mention or show of genitals at any point.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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NiallCoolCool
The player character can voluntarily fall asleep at a campfire, but no one is ever knocked unconscious.
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Does someone break a bone?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
It is overwhelmingly likely that this will happen to the player character many times. Also one character has a prosthetic foot and an off-screen backstory explaining how they lost the original
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Are any teeth damaged?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
There are no teeth
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Is someone tortured?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
(Spoilers for the Echoes of the Eye DLC) One character is eternally imprisoned which could definitely be seen as a form of torture
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Solanum
There are some stair-like structures in the game, and the player character can fall off them if the player is not being careful.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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DrTeatime42
The player has a jet pack and can easily die from falling if they don't use it carefully.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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DrTeatime42
One character is missing an eye but no active mutilation happens.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Anonymous
Several locations have skeletons. A few have space suits with skeletons inside. No gore.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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abel
there are children among the hearthian population that die each loop, and it is highly likely you'll stumble across (albeit long-dead) nomai childrens' skeletons, even in large amounts in at least one area
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Solanum
Yes, but not ending in immediate death.
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Does a non-human character die?
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BensonBoyoo
There are characters that die and humans don't exist. Obviously yes.
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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BensonBoyoo
There is no acting, voice acting, or motion capture in the game.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a family member die?
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Berticus
Not shown/only in text. Some of the members of the alien species are closely related and are implied to have been separated and experienced loss.
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Does a parent die?
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Solanum
Yes, but usually ofscreen. Can be onscreen but no animation / sound effects / reaction from the npc.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Berticus
In the beginning of the game/tutorial, a young character lets the player use their toy model spaceship as practice. It's possible to destroy the model for an achievement but it's not acknowledged.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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DragonDave
DLC: there are phenomena that could be described as ghostlike.
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Are there jump scares?
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abel
in the base game, the dark bramble anglerfish can jumpscare you. in the dlc, there are sections where you can be caught by a hostile alien race, which can be very frightening, though a reduced frights option makes this section less intense and the aliens far more easily avoidable
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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notlegendary
One planet is entirely covered by water and the only land on the planet is small floating islands. Other planets have large bodies of water as well.
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Are there mannequins?
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Solanum
No, but there are space suits of dead npcs some places, other places skeletons.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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DragonDave
A character (Tuff) is implied in text dialog to be made ill to the point of vomiting if the protagonist pursues particular dialogue options.
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Is someone eaten?
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abel
You can be, by a giant anglerfish.
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Is there audio gore?
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DrTeatime42
It's rare, but you can die in ways that involve unpleasant crunching noises. It's brief and fairly easy to avoid though.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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BensonBoyoo
No mentions at all of crime or law enforcement. In fact, there's not even any mention of any type of government at all.
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Is there incarceration?
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Berticus
[SPOILERS] The dlc contains imprisonment in the form of solitary confinement.
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LGBTQ+
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Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
66 supporters
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BensonBoyoo
No confirmed trans characters. The player character's species is entirely genderless or non-binary and it is completely normal in-universe.
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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BensonBoyoo
Members of the player character's species only use they/them pronouns. LGBT+ couples from other species are treated exactly the same as straight couples (the ones that are confirmed to be LGBT+, as their gender is only confirmed through the pronouns used).
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Loss
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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abel
No, though you can be electrocuted in certain situations.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
Depending on dialogue choices, some characters suggest they might "ground" the player character for psychiatric reasons, but this never actually happens and there is no psychiatric jail anywhere in the game
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Is there menstruation?
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BensonBoyoo
There are female characters (not from the player character's species as they are genderless) but it is only mentioned through the pronouns used and their anatomy is never mentioned. Obviously no on-screen menstruation.
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Mental Health
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BensonBoyoo
(GIGANTIC SPOILERS FOR THE DLC)
(GIGANTIC SPOILERS FOR THE DLC)
(GIGANTIC SPOILERS FOR THE DLC)
At the end of the DLC storyline, a character who has been locked away from society for tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of years in a virtual world with their real body long dead walks into the water to put out their lantern that allows them to stay alive and embraces their demise.
(GIGANTIC SPOILERS FOR THE DLC)
(GIGANTIC SPOILERS FOR THE DLC)
At the end of the DLC storyline, a character who has been locked away from society for tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of years in a virtual world with their real body long dead walks into the water to put out their lantern that allows them to stay alive and embraces their demise.
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Is there misophonia?
33 supporters
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
Outer Wilds is low-key a horror game, and some elements of the sound design are meant to be unnerving, including hurricane-level winds, gasping for air, death rattles, bones breaking, and various pulsations
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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RubyBloom
If Chert is told of the ultimate demise of the universe, they'll start panicking in their dialogue, but don't visually show any difference.
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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 a claustrophobic scene?
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rockystorm
It is possible to be trapped in caverns in certain areas of the game. Some areas are also difficult to maneuver through and may give the player a sense of claustrophobia
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
Only the player character and only if the player chooses to
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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abel
In order to naturally beat the game, one of the important areas you need to reach is in the core of a planet made of water.
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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tieriaerde
Anglerfish suddenly roar when disturbed and NPCs in the DLC will crow when they notice you. There is an extremely loud, sudden cacophany of noise in the final ending sequence, described in more detail below:
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After your jamboree around the campfire, when you jump into the ball of smoke, there will be a zoom-out to black. After a few seconds, you'll see a big flash of light and an explosion sound effect accompanied by loud, triumphant music.
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After your jamboree around the campfire, when you jump into the ball of smoke, there will be a zoom-out to black. After a few seconds, you'll see a big flash of light and an explosion sound effect accompanied by loud, triumphant music.
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Is there screaming?
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tieriaerde
Anglerfish can roar, and in the DLC, NPCs will make crowing noises.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
Only in the ending though, so if this is a problem for you, you can still explore most of the game world
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Anonymous
There are two possible ways to end a time loop that "destroys the fabric of spacetime," which causes the screen to appear to shatter and distort.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
Depending on dialogue choices, some characters suggest the player character is not of sound mind and make vague threats against them
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
Not in the game itself but be warned that most let's plays of this game misgender the characters
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Does an LGBT person die?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
In addition to connortheknight's comment, it should be noted that while these deaths are off-screen and happen before the game begins, the characters did die violently
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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BensonBoyoo
(MAJOR BASE GAME AND DLC SPOILERS) The species shown in the DLC worshipped the Eye of the Universe and built shrines to it until they discover its true nature and began to burn down those shrines. Though probably not the intention, it could be seen as burning religious sites.
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there BDSM?
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BensonBoyoo
Obviously not.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Is existentialism debated?
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abel
A major theme of the game.
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Spoiler
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Are there end credit scenes?
46 supporters
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ZedAmadeus
There's a pretty small, but crucial scene that plays directly after the credits. It may be different depending on certain choices/things you may or may not have discovered throughout your playthrough.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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abel
the ending is the very definition of bittersweet, but I'd say it's more hopeful than anything
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Vehicular
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Does a plane crash?
1 supporters
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DrTeatime42
The player will undoubtedly end up crashing their spaceship at some point.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
1 supporters
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DrTeatime42
It is possible to drown, especially if the player forgets to equip their spacesuit.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
Technically yes, but it is a supernova, not a mushroom cloud
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