Does the dog die?
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Video Game • 2021 • Horror
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The dog after the first half runs off before the monster gets to him.
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Does a cat die?
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A painting/picture shows a cat in the afterlife undead, but isn’t shown dying or dead.
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Abuse
Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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There are scenes where the characters don’t know what is real or not.
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The game's plot, especially its ending, may be deeply triggering to trauma survivors. Basically, the Maw exists because of Lily's childhood sexual abuse trauma, and the last scene has her tell the protagonist to kill her because the curse will only spread while she is still alive. While it's ambiguous whether Marianne does kill Lily or sacrifices herself, it's often interpreted as 'trauma survivors are lost causes and will only ever spread their trauma' ('you can't always save everyone', the game tells us). This is not helped by an earlier reveal that Lily's abuser is also revealed-- in depth-- to also have childhood trauma resulting from the Holocaust, loss of a loved one, and domestic violence, resulting in a monster of his own. It's clearly attempting a 'trauma often leads to more trauma' narrative, but it's generally agreed to be mishandled.
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Is someone stalked?
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Antagonist monster, Maw, once in awhile appears to haunt the protagonist.
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Addiction
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Prescription drugs
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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Pigs are shown slaughtered inhumanely.
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Is there a dead animal?
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There are dead deer in the wilderness and pigs during a slaughter house scene.
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Are there snakes?
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There are tree trunks, like the ones in Jumanji, that slither like snakes.
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Are there bugs?
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Much of the imagery in the game centers around moths
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Assault
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Though the assault itself is not depicted directly, the game has in part to do with the trauma of child sexual abuse by a close family friend. It it referred multiple times.
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Bodily Harm
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Is there a hanging?
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Heard and noose is shown, but person hung isn’t shown.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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You have to cut skin-sewn panels and doors that react realistically and do spurt blood.
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Is there amputation?
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Character, Sadness, is missing her right arm and died of blood loss. However, her death and amputation themselves are not shown or heard.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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One Game Over screen has the antagonist choking the protagonist to death and one cutscene has tree trunks tightening on the protagonist’s neck.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Characters are trapped in a house on fire and are burned, but they survive. This isn't shown graphically
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Whenever protagonist, Marianne, goes to the dream world, she goes into a seizure-like state (depicted by the editing.)
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Children
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Parents died in a car crash, but isn’t shown.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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A house fire destroys everything including kid’s toys.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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**Spoilers**
The protagonist's father is taken and experimented on by the Nazis. AFTER his escape; though he leaves the protagonist at a hospital he keeps her sister who ends up being locked up indefinitely in an underground bunker where she's sexually assaulted by a family friend. SO while he doesn't directly "kidnap" his own daughter. Keeping prisoner, isn't an option, leaving this the best place.
The protagonist's father is taken and experimented on by the Nazis. AFTER his escape; though he leaves the protagonist at a hospital he keeps her sister who ends up being locked up indefinitely in an underground bunker where she's sexually assaulted by a family friend. SO while he doesn't directly "kidnap" his own daughter. Keeping prisoner, isn't an option, leaving this the best place.
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Fear
Is someone possessed?
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Monsters take control of their carriers.
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Are there ghosts?
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Protagonist is a medium and can see the afterlife.
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Are there jump scares?
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Only one jump scare.
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Gross
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Mentioned, but not shown.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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There is one used needle shown, but not being used.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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No, contrary to what the other comment states, the first half of the game takes place in an abandoned hotel, not a hospital.
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Mental Health
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Sadness has panic attacks when asked about her past.
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Pregnancy
Does a pregnant person die?
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Sadness’ mom dies of an unmentioned cause, but it is hinted that she died giving birth due to her blaming her sister for her death.
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Prejudice
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There is a Nazi-aligned character and references are made to Jewish people being killed
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Sex
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Spoiler
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Violence
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