The Path
Video Game • 2009 • Horror
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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The six sisters mother seems to not be involved in their lives heavily anymore
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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All the sisters leave the apartment without saying anything
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Abuse
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are there abusive parents?
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No parent makes an appearance in the game but some dialogue suggests the girls may have a neglectful mother.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone stalked?
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You get followed around and sometimes spied on by a girl in the forest
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Addiction
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Ruby seems to struggle with an addiction to drugs
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Carmen has two beers when she is underage (for the US)
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Ruby smokes cigarettes in a cutscene and a hypodermic needle is on the ground in the forest in which multiple characters make drug references about
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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A bird is found mutilated though it seems another bird did it
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Are there spiders?
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There is a spider web but no spiders
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You come across a dead and mutilated bird
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Is there a dead animal?
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One of the items needed to be investigated to get the full ending for Robin's character is a dead bird
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Is an animal sad?
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An animal is not sad but Robin will harass a wolf out of naivety which leads to the wolf seeming to panic.
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Are there bugs?
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There is a spiderweb but no bugs
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Rose has a rabbit that remains alive throughout
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Assault
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It cuts away before Carmen experiences anything sexual, but some of her photos show close up of her face possibly during the fact
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The game is largely interpretive and metaphorical so nothing is shown but Carmen is 17 and drinking when she has sex with a woodsman who is very obviously much older than her as he is balding, she cannot actually consent because of both her age and the fact she is under the influence. Her ending revolves around the emotional trauma that is gives her and has imagery referential of the assault.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Carmen is preyed on by a much older, balding adult man. Carmen herself is 17 years old.
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Is rape mentioned?
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Rape is not mentioned but it is implied with Carmen home and images
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Is someone drugged?
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No one is drugged but Carmen is given alcohol by the man who preys on her before it's implied that she's assaulted.
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Is someone restrained?
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Ginger get's trapped in barbed wire
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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Theres an image of Scarlet with a string inserted in her eyes
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Is there excessive gore?
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There is no gore shown at any point in the game, though acts of violence are hinted towards
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Is there body horror?
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One image of Robin shows her legs seemingly pulled out of shape and disfigured
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Is there a hanging?
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Quite a few images of Scarlet seem to show/reference her hanging, though they're shown more abstractly
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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In-text references but nothing else
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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If you stand still characters will begin hyperventilating with increasing fear.
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Does someone break a bone?
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The running interpretation of Robin's storyline is that her ending she becomes bed ridden and breaks her legs in the wolf attack, as the game is mostly portrayed through metaphor this may not be everyone's interpretation and it's barely on screen but it is aided by flashing images at the end of her section of her legs warped and twisted
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Does someone have a seizure?
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One of Ginger's images can be seen as her having a seizure
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Does someone become unconscious?
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All the siblings wake up from being knocked unconscious after their wolf encounters
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Carmen sexualises herself at various parts
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Does a kid die?
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The game is hugely interpretive, whether the characters die is up to interpretation, in my reading I believe they do not as their endings are metaphorical but many people may take it that they die so this is a very soft yes
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a non-human character die?
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You find a dead bird in the forest
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Disability
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Family
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Fear
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Is there a shower scene?
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No, however there is a bathtub characters sit in
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Are there ghosts?
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There is a misty man on a lake but he is not a ghost
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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There is a large lake Rose will get in a boat to sail.
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Gross
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Rose will interact with a rusty syringe she finds, but it is not used.
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Is there menstruation?
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There are themes of puberty and menstruation in Gingers section, but nothing is shown on screen or mentioned explicitly.
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Mental Health
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Scarlet is heavily implied to have hung herself
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Scarlet seems to have tried to hang herself, and Ruby and Charming's car accident may have been purposeful to end both of their lives
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There is in text references to self harm but no actions
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Not word for word but Ruby does make comments that suggest she struggles with suicidal ideation.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Grandmothers house has incredibly tight hallways you have to walk through.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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If you stand still for an extended period of time the girls, particularly Ruby, will become scared and begin crying. Ruby's looks comparable to the start of a panic attack.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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It is heavily implied that Ruby and Scarlet both struggle with depression, Ruby is implied to struggle with anxiety as well.
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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When Robin rides on the werewolf the camera becomes increasingly violent
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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At the end of each successful play through six images flash
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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A girl follows you around sometimes and if you remain still for too long your character will begin crying, to which the girl will respond to by coming over and leading you back onto the path.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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The Woodsman is middle aged with a 13 year old daughter and Carmen is 17, though it clearly is not portrayed as romantic or healthy
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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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Heavily implied with Carmen but none are shown
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Carmen struggles a lot with being objectified by her peers and herself. She also makes reference to boys sexually objectifying Rose and Ruby
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Implied through Carmens section as she is 17 and described as ,,a flirt, but no more''
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Grandmother does, as well as seemingly Rose and Ruby
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Social
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Is existentialism debated?
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All of the girls like to wax poetic, some about death and others - such as Ruby and Scarlet - about their purpose in life and other existential themes.
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Is someone homeless?
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The Woodsman and Girl in White live in the forest but it is willingly and in tents
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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The path is incredibly interpretative. If you stop playing before you finish each of the girls stories, the girls will just disappear from the main screen implying their wolves have lead to their disappearance or death. If you play as each girl, the girl in white will be on the main screen covered in blood as each of the girls returns to the loading screen one by one - implying that they'd survived. They've definitely gone through bad things, but the conclusion of the game seems to be that bad things can happen and you keep moving.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Within Ruby's secret rooms, there is a visual of a car crashed into the side of a school gymnasium and her broken leg is result of such incident
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Violence
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Some in the atmospheric scenery in secret rooms and at the end on the Girl In White's dress
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Does someone drown?
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Rose is implied to have drowned, it isn't shown though you do see images of her seemingly struggling to get out of water
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