YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG
Video Game • 2019 • Adventure
ReportThis video game contains 20 potentially triggering events.
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mistersandman
There are two prominent mandatory playable scenes where a mother/stepmother screams at her daughter/stepdaughter. In the latter of these, the mother/stepmother also fights with the girl's father. She is instructed to "go play on the computer and put headphones on".
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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crystallizedkingdoms
The protagonists’ father left them in the past, but there is one cutscene that details the moment of their father leaving them. One of the soundtracks also contains audio of a phone call of said father leaving the protagonist.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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crystallizedkingdoms
Yes, the reason is the same as the “does a child get abused” comment. No physical abuse is ever shown, but there is emotional abuse.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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ululation
Someone technically driven to suicide by another character forgives them in an alternate ending if you make the choices that lead to that death, but it's easy to avoid.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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ululation
The game tries to comment on how women's suffering is fetishized by reporters and the public, so it's definitely a theme, but the major instance of this (where a woman is abducted) is not especially graphic.
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crystallizedkingdoms
There are two segments where the secondary protagonist, a child, is verbally and emotionally berated by her mother, and bossed around to serve her family. There is no physical abuse, but the scenes and gameplay heavily indicate emotional abuse and neglect, so I have marked it as yes.
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Neet
Some of the enemies are drunk guys.
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Animal
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Neet
Some of the enemies in the game resemble animals, such as rats and you obviously have to eliminate them.
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Is there a dead animal?
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crystallizedkingdoms
You are required to sacrifice a lamb in NG+.
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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crystallizedkingdoms
There is an anthropomorphic alligator enemy.
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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crystallizedkingdoms
Multiple characters are shown to be restrained by rope and chains, including in the beginning cutscene of the I.V update. Some characters are occasionally restrained and held back by other characters by their arms.
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Bodily Harm
Is there decapitation?
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evilanimal2
Multiple characters get decapitated and there's a dungeon that uses a guillotine
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Is someone burned alive?
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mistersandman
Characters can be lit on fire in battle.
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Is there amputation?
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Neet
Heads get cut off at one point. No gore though.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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mistersandman
One character's status is ambiguous, but multiple scenes in the game seem to imply that she accidentally fell to her death. Another character's sister is implied to have committed suicide by jumping in the past.
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Is someone stabbed?
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crystallizedkingdoms
Many characters are stabbed with swords.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Neet
We don’t know this characters exact age, but at max they were a young adult.
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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crystallizedkingdoms
A party member sacrifices herself for the main character in one of the unwinnable boss battles. The sacrifice is moot, as the main character inevitably dies to the enemy.
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Does a major character die?
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crystallizedkingdoms
All of the major characters and their reality are destroyed in the main ending.
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Does a non-human character die?
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crystallizedkingdoms
Most of the enemies are inhuman in most ways. Most notably, an android party member is destroyed in an unwinnable battle near the end.
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Sibelos
In an in universe online message board it is used.
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Family
Does a family member die?
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mistersandman
A character's younger sister committed suicide at the age of 12.
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Does someone cheat?
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crystallizedkingdoms
The protagonist’s father is mentioned to have cheated on the mother.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Neet
ALOT.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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crystallizedkingdoms
The overworld map depicts a sea surrounding most of the map.
There is a reservoir area in the game. You can technically never come across it, but there is a side quest to be done there.
A major town in the game is also right next to the sea.
Edit: The IV update introduces a pond that is a central plot point to the story.
There is a reservoir area in the game. You can technically never come across it, but there is a side quest to be done there.
A major town in the game is also right next to the sea.
Edit: The IV update introduces a pond that is a central plot point to the story.
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Gross
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Is there audio gore?
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mistersandman
A character gets stabbed with some gross squelching noises in NG+.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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QuackoQuack
Yes, and one of the main party members is a conspiracy theorist about it, yet has done NOTHING about it.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Neet
Opposite actually. Not very expanded on, but alot of the story focuses on the systems inability or desinterest to find missing people of color. Cops are also some of the enemies and seem to especially target the black party members.
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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crystallizedkingdoms
There is a small cutscene where an IV needle is inserted into the protagonist’s arm. It is not very detailed
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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crystallizedkingdoms
One party member has textbook depression, which is why I put yes. The protagonist also has a plethora of issues that can be interpreted as mentally ill.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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mistersandman
Not explicitly, but in NG+ there is a bit of dialogue where a father disparages his son for not speaking, and when his wife responds that he can speak, the father sarcastically clarifies that the son can only speak in movie quotes.
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mistersandman
A character's sister has committed suicide. That same character can be driven to take his own life depending on the player's actions, but this outcome is easily avoidable by not being cruel to him. It can also be disabled at the beginning of the game.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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mistersandman
This is a major aspect of the game. I would avoid playing entirely if this is a trigger for you.
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codename.libra
It's revealed that one of the party members had a loved one who killed herself. As a result he begins having suicidal thoughts. Depending on your actions, there's a chance he'll go through with it.
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Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
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evilanimal2
Technically? In one segment the music is very distorted, cuts out often with gaps of silence and can get very loud, it can get distressing
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Is there shakey cam?
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Neet
I believe theres short scenes where the camera shakes to symbolize something being loud, such as an entity yelling.
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Does a baby cry?
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crystallizedkingdoms
You make a baby cry by taking away her blanket in Vella’s Mind Dungeon. Vella tells you she needs to toughen through it. It’s required to progress through the game.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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SourpussMaggie
As of the 1.5 update, the first instance of vulgar language is in the background music during the battle tutorial, which includes “sh*t” and “f*ck”.
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Sibelos
Mainly near the end of the game.
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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crystallizedkingdoms
A baby version of two characters exist in the game. There are also items/enemies that are designed as fetuses.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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mistersandman
No, but there's a visual in one section of the game where the protagonist has been murdered and cut open, and there is a baby in his stomach.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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codename.libra
The R slur is used several times in a suicide note.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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codename.libra
It is possible for a party member, who is heavily implied to be MLM, to die based on your actions.
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Are there fat jokes?
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crystallizedkingdoms
The main character is occasionally the butt of fat jokes.
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Is there hate speech?
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SourpussMaggie
Replying to the other comment, the suicide is designed to potentially happen to players by accident if they mistreat one of their party members in dialogue choices, players don’t necessarily have to “go out of their way” to find it. That said, it is true that the suicide note requires the player to seek it out intentionally.
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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crystallizedkingdoms
One of the party members reveals that they were once in a relationship with a man who was twice her age as backstory. The man or the relationship is never shown onscreen, just exposition.
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Religious
Are there demons or Hell?
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crystallizedkingdoms
There are Imp enemies designed with devil horns and tails. A main antagonist in NG+ is also referred to and treated as a Demon.
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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mistersandman
The character Jocasta in the newest update of the game is a promiscuous woman who makes sexual innuendos frequently in her dialogue.
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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crystallizedkingdoms
The main character mentions Santa not being real early on in one of his monologues.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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codename.libra
Depends on how you interpret it.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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crystallizedkingdoms
If you stand in front of a car on the street, they will honk at you until you move out of the way.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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autisticTropesmith
Not on screen, but deaths that occur this way are mentioned by Rory and a Ghost Girl.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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evilanimal2
There is blood throughout the game, some characters get beheaded and a character gets stabbed in a scene and the blood is a bit graphic
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Is there gun violence?
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mistersandman
A main party member has a gun and will use it in battle if all other party members are either blinded or dead.
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