Library of Ruina
Video Game • 2020 • Fantasy
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Abandonment
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Abuse
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Depending on whether you consider 'for spectacle' in the sense of a scene being added for shock value, or that a character was brutalized with the in universe meaning, there is a point in the game towards the end that a villain brutalizes a woman
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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To a lesser extent, the MC decides to not go through with the revenge against the man who neglected her, but she never truly forgives him or accepts his apology
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not in a traditional sense, but there is a major recurring theme of "breaking the cycle of abuse"
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Addiction
Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Netzach drinks a lot on screen, and to a lesser extent Roland, but its not what i would consider abuse
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There's a drug called Enkephalin. One of the main characters used to use it. This drug is also used around the city.
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Is there addiction?
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The character Netzach has an alcohol addiction, many other addictions in the game e.g. a addiction to the music of death
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Are there spiders?
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One of the Abnormality suppressions on the Floor of Literature is Spider Bud.
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Are there snakes?
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There is an abnormality that can transform into a serpent with arms and wings
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Are there sharks?
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The boss fought in the Floor of Literature's battles within the Reverberation Ensemble and Distorted Ensemble receptions is Greta/The Eighth Chef, a Distortion taking the form of a humanoid great white shark.
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Assault
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Is someone restrained?
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The abnormality Forsaken Murderer uses a strait jacket
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Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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The main character is commonly seen wearing a mask that covers his entire face
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Bodily Harm
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Is there excessive gore?
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Lovetown.
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Is someone tortured?
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Thelma is tortured in the Smiling Faces cutscene
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Does a head get squashed?
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in the "Crush" combat page
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Is someone burned alive?
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Not specifically but there is an attack that causes burn that can be used to harm or kill opponents
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Is there a hanging?
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In one of the Binah abnormality fights, but the scene(s) are not graphic
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Is there cannibalism?
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One of the early-game Receptions involve fighting canniballistic chefs, and it is touched on as a part of the Backstreets.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Not directly shown, but it is implied in the "Scars" abnormality card.
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Is there amputation?
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Right in the beginning of the game, Roland loses all of his limbs, but it is never shown through art, rather screen effects and dialogue. He is given them back, however.
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Are any hands damaged?
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Bloodbath is based of self harm via slitting wrists
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Is someone stabbed?
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There are weapons you use to stab as attacks alongside happening often in chapters
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Roland in the opening
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Is there decapitation?
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In one (maybe 2, I cannot remember) of the endings, a character is decapitated
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Lots of combat pages and the regret ego page show this
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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Tiphereth’s backstory
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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Abnormalities are suppressed to level up, they don’t actually die but it has the same effects of killing a guest
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Does a major character die?
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Basically every character dies at some point, your librarians can die in combat except they come back
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Does someone die?
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in every single chapter
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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(Spoilers)
Angela attempts to in the true ending
Angela attempts to in the true ending
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Happy Teddy Bear could technically count
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Is someone kidnapped?
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The main character is technically kidnapped in the sense that he is held against his will in a place but it was not completely intentional of a kidnapping
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Fear
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Are there clowns?
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Ignore that one old comment, in the latest build, there is a group of clowns in the game called "The 8 O'clock Circus".
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Are there ghosts?
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There are some hallucinations of dead people but not actual ghost.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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The main character's backstory involved vomitting. There is voice acting for it but nothing is shown in the picture.
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Is there audio gore?
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Much of the combat includes SFX; there are abnormality and boss battles with very intense audio gore associated with their abilities as well.
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Is someone eaten?
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Big and Will Be Bad Wolf has an attack that swallows the librarian it targets on hit, shouldnt be too hard to win against and nothing is shown on screen, just a child’s drawing of a wolf eating a sheep (nongraphic)
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there copaganda?
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The City doesn't have cops specifically, but there are other forms of control within its structure that are not romanticized and instead are very often fought against.
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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While nothing about the fight arena points specifically to mental institutions, one abnormality (the first suppression on the floor of technological sciences) wears a strait jacket. Lore surrounding the abnormality focuses on imprisonment.
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Mental Health
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heavily implied in bloodbath’s abnormality battle
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Carmen
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There is no self harm in the actual game, however the entire set of Bloodbath abnormality cards elude to self harm.
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Is there misophonia?
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There's a gratuitous amount of violent SFX within the game, including one particular abnormality battle in which one can hear a grinding and tearing sound throughout their entire turn, up until it ends, which repeats every time the ability is activated.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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One of the abnormalities used in battle is depicted as wearing a straight jacket.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Hod does say she wanted to die for her sins
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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As the City is an incredibly violent and traumatic place, many of the characters have to contend with horrific events in their past and present, some depictions of which could be seen as symptoms of PTSD.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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While no mental illnesses are explicitly referenced, most of the main cast behave in ways heavily suggesting that they are dealing with mental illness.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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the Floor Realisations
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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the Pulsation page makes the screen shake when it is taken
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Love Town’s second phase starts with a loud scream. There’s probably some more but that’s the one i can recall off the top of my head
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Is there screaming?
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Love Town’s second phase starts with one, several characters scream
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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the two MCs watch all the guests who are about to come to the Library
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Pregnancy
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Does a pregnant person die?
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[SPOILERS]
The main character's wife was killed in battle while pregnant.
The main character's wife was killed in battle while pregnant.
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Prejudice
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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While not entirely portrayed as a joke, the main character can be occasionally seen wearing outwardly feminine outfits, such as dresses.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Tom and Merry's story, after the Gaze Office.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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No characters to die throughout the story are strictly implied to be LGBT.
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Does the black guy die first?
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Depending on what order you kill them in? There isn't really an answer for this question, it depends on how you want to play it.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Is religion discussed?
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there’s a whole floor dedicated to religion
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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
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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There is a homeless encampment in an abandoned L Corp building. It and its occupants are harmed by Argalia.
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Multiple stories have sad endings. However, the main game has 2 bad endings, which are avoidable if you complete all the Realizations, but unavoidable if you do not.
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Vehicular
Is someone hit by a car?
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A certain character's child got crushed to death by a road roller
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Violence
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Does someone drown?
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Not quite, but there is a corpse drifts down the gutter.
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Is there gun violence?
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Certain Receptions have characters that use guns, and the player can eventually use guns as well after completing their fights and burning their Books.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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one of the incidents that started the game (a large light exploding into the city and creating distortions and other strange effects) could be argued to be similar but it is not explicitly a nuclear explosion at all
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