AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES – nirvanA Initiative
Video Game • 2022 • Adventure
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Is there throat mutilation?
13 supporters
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RowanOakley
Technically, yes. Several characters are cut in half vertically.
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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pinjau
the main villains mother leaves him in an orphanage
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
29 supporters
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RowanOakley
In some very extreme cases in this game, yes.
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Is someone stalked?
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mimzy630
It's semi-consensual and ends up being forgiven
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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RowanOakley
Tricky. It's almost explicitly stated that all the torture the main villain underwent as a child made him evil. YMMV on whether this trope applies.
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Is someone gaslighted?
26 supporters
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Anonymous
Multiple characters, including the player characters and the player themselves, are often deliberately misled about aspects of the plot.
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mimzy630
Pretty extreme, but not graphic
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Addiction
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Anonymous
A character is believed to be using drugs, but it's incorrect.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
5 supporters
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Anonymous
Multiple references to heavy drinking. A character is shown extremely drunk early on in the game.
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Animal
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Are there snakes?
12 supporters
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Anonymous
Two instances of snakes being mentioned in dialog. One mention of a character being bitten by a snake in the past. No snakes shown on screen.
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Are there bugs?
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mimzy630
Not shown, but spoken of
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Assault
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Is there pedophilia?
61 supporters
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awesome
No but the age gaps on some romances are a bit questionable. No big deal though. I guess.
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Is someone restrained?
11 supporters
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Anonymous
The "Neurotic Inception" puzzle segment begins with the player avatar character being restrained to a gurney. During the same segment, a stuffed animal representing a child is restrained to a table.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
17 supporters
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AAABatteries
A character mentions slitting their wrists and a wound is shown at one point.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Anonymous
Very, very briefly alluded to but the conversation ends before any act is mentioned.
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Is someone crushed to death?
15 supporters
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RowanOakley
(SPOILERS) It definitely looks like a character was crushed to death in one route, but he shows up alive in other routes.
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Is someone burned alive?
20 supporters
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awesome
Not *alive*
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Is there body horror?
27 supporters
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RowanOakley
It depends on what you count as body horror. (Spoilers) The main villain is missing half of his face, and grey 'chitin' has been grafted on in its place.
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Is there a hanging?
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AAABatteries
No, but a character briefly mentions the possibility of someone hanging themself.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Anonymous
A corpse is mentioned as having a tooth missing. A tooth is found as a piece of evidence during one investigation sequence.
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Does someone break a bone?
13 supporters
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Anonymous
References to and discussion of bone-breaking as a form of torture and part of unethical experimentation. A character is paraplegic as a result of a spinal injury.
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Does someone have a seizure?
3 supporters
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Anonymous
Characters infected with a virus that targets their neurons occasionally have jerky, seizure-like movements. One of the player characters, Ryuki, is prone to dissociative episodes that cause the screen to distort and he starts saying gibberish before blacking out and freezing in place. Another character has a non-graphic seizure shortly after explaining their heart condition and general poor health, shown as them suddenly passing out.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Anonymous
Nothing graphic. Dialog mentions about the murder method (slicing bodies in half lengthwise) not avoiding the genitals.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
27 supporters
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mimzy630
Not visually graphic, but auditorily...
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Is someone tortured?
54 supporters
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Anonymous
Several dialog discussions of characters being subjected to gruesome experimentation and medical abuse. Shown onscreen during the "Neurotic Inception" puzzle segment, with the victims shown through abstraction as plush toy animals or replaced with a holographic projection of an AI character.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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breadache
You can optionally kick someone down the stairs in a somnium. The sound effects aren’t detailed and they fade away afterwards
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Does someone fall to their death?
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marznubi
No, but there's optional flavor text of someone jokingly telling someone else to jump out of a ferris wheel once they reach the top
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Is there eye mutilation?
54 supporters
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AAABatteries
Not graphic, but a character is shown losing their eye. Like the first game, there's also occasional discussion of characters having eyes removed.
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Is there excessive gore?
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mimzy630
Mostly cartoons blood splatters; much toned down compared to the first game
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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RowanOakley
Yes, it's revealed late in the game that several small children, including at least one baby, were abducted.
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Does a kid die?
25 supporters
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mimzy630
Not explicitly stated, but probably
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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planetariumkat
Yes, two major characters. BOTH being fakeouts. What a small world it is.
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Disability
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Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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JewlShards
If voice acting counts as acting in this case, then yes
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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Anonymous
Two kidnappings- one happens during the story and the player investigates it, and another happened prior to the story and impacts the plot.
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Does a parent die?
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Anonymous
Three of the victims are parents whose children are also important characters. Other mentions of parents and parental figures who are deceased or have gone missing.
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Does someone cheat?
12 supporters
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mimzy630
Only vaguely referenced
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
14 supporters
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Anonymous
Toy robot and stuffed bunny
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Does a family member die?
10 supporters
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planetariumkat
All of the HB victims are family members of characters we know, either early on or revealed later.
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
28 supporters
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AAABatteries
In addition to one unavoidable one, it's possible to run into some during a sequence that involves hiding from a character chasing you.
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Is someone possessed?
8 supporters
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Anonymous
A recurring character is a fortune teller who performs seances with a pair of crystal balls. While doing this, her eyes become blank, she moves awkwardly, and her voice deepens. The characters don't believe she's actually being possessed during her seances, but use the information she gives them as a lead.
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Are there ghosts?
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Anonymous
Translucent holograms of characters are shown on screen. A recurring character is a fortune teller who performs seances with a pair of crystal balls. No ghosts shown.
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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RowanOakley
It's briefly mentioned as a joke approximately once, but never shown.
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Does someone vomit?
56 supporters
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pasturefields
Technically. It is optional, there is a part where you can choose to "vomit" after inspecting Brandy. Though, it is only pantomiming, no vomit is shown.
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Is there audio gore?
28 supporters
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mimzy630
Not super often, but yeah
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
14 supporters
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mimzy630
It's a detective mystery game, so kind of. I wouldn't say the game has an overtly pro-cop message, but the main characters work for the police and do shady things.
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LGBTQ+
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Are there transphobic slurs?
28 supporters
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RowanOakley
The one transgender character is always treated pretty respectfully.
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Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
35 supporters
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RowanOakley
As in the first game, Mama flirts with some characters, but it's never depicted as creepy or predatory.
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
15 supporters
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Anonymous
Electrocution is shown through abstraction as part of unethical human experimentation (the victim is shown as a stuffed rabbit).
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Are needles/syringes used?
18 supporters
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mimzy630
Not shown, only mentioned
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Is there a mental institution scene?
16 supporters
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Anonymous
A character voluntarily seeks medical care for their mental health issues, but opts to put off treatment until after the case is solved.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Anonymous
Characters occasionally visit the hospital to gather information. The player character Ryuki has an off-screen examination at the hospital, and leaves afterwards.
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Does someone have cancer?
10 supporters
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Anonymous
A character is mentioned as having had frequent tumors requiring hospitalization.
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
26 supporters
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mimzy630
It's just called general trauma
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Does someone have a mental illness?
12 supporters
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RowanOakley
Ryuki does, and it's very explicitly depicted.
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Anonymous
A character's years-old self harm scars on their wrist are briefly shown and discussed. No self harm occurs during the story.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
17 supporters
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Anonymous
Characters infected with a virus that causes neurological effects similar to rabies act erratically or violently. A mentally ill character shoots a gun at a civilian and misses, though the incident was not related to their mental illness.
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RowanOakley
More than once with more than one character.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
10 supporters
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notlegendary
A major theme of the game is derealization with one of the characters having frequent mental breakdowns involving reality breaks where everything around them goes black and turns into garbled code.
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Is there misophonia?
23 supporters
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Anonymous
The background music for the "Naixatloz's Intentions" puzzle sequence has an ambient effect that mimics tinnitus.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
15 supporters
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AAABatteries
Several characters have attempted suicide or discussed being suicidal.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
17 supporters
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Anonymous
One of the player characters, Ryuki, is prone to severe dissociative episodes that are visually represented by the screen glitching out and flooding with gibberish text.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
30 supporters
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13
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mimzy630
People who are autistic are abused, but that isn't the reason why
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JewlShardz
Various mentions of suicidal ideation, during the first somnium on screen there’s an attempted suicide, and a character does kill themselves (revealed late into the game)
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Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
18 supporters
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breadache
In several instances, characters speak in loud, garbled gibberish; after the first or second instance it’s fairly easy to guess when they will occur. Running into an hazard in a somnium can cause a loud sound.
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Are there underwater scenes?
5 supporters
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planetariumkat
In one of the somniums you have to dive underwater in order to get to the next mental lock.
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Is there shakey cam?
1 supporters
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mimzy630
It's extremely mild
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
9 supporters
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RowanOakley
Several different cases throughout. One stalker is portrayed sympathetically.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
5 supporters
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Anonymous
The player is directly addressed at three points- the beginning sequence that enables or disables spoilers for the first game, a summation sequence before the climax where the game's events are reviewed, and an optional bonus ending that unlocks after completing the game.
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Pregnancy
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Are there abortions?
12 supporters
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Anonymous
Abortion is discussed in the context of concealing an affair, but doesn't occur.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
27 supporters
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mimzy630
Non-biting mutual teasing
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Anonymous
Like the first game, the characters always use the correct pronouns for the character Mama, who is nonbinary and transfeminine.
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mimzy630
No, it references the Freemasons without religious implications
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
21 supporters
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beccany
Mama from the first game returns, as do some of the jokes about her gender and biology.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
25 supporters
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12
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mimzy630
From villains, but it's shut down and corrected; game overall has an extremely positive message
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
21 supporters
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Anonymous
The characters Kizuna and Lien have a 6-year age gap and first meet each other while Kizuna is a senior in high school.
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
33 supporters
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mimzy630
Many, many sexual jokes; no sexual acts
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Is someone sexually objectified?
23 supporters
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Anonymous
Ogled characters are willing participants, but sexually objectified nonetheless.
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Is there BDSM?
12 supporters
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3
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planetariumkat
protagonist and a main character involve in bdsm, lol. Although it was proven to not be inherently sexual since the protagonist finds it "relaxing" instead of sexual.
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awesome
at one point a character makes a weird joke about another character having a father complex but it isnt actually true. other than that, there is a mention of oedipus complex but thats about it, no weird relationships
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
12 supporters
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2
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RowanOakley
At one point, a character tells the male main protagonist to stop crying, but she doesn't say anything like 'Men don't cry' and she has her reasons.
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
6 supporters
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7
No
0
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RowanOakley
A major character has heart disease. Another is paralyzed from the waist down.
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2
Is someone terminally ill?
11 supporters
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3
No
0
0
planetariumkat
(SPOILERS) A character was born with what is called, "half body tumours" which was believed to have been terminal. Though this character does not die from those causes as those tumours were removed
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Social
Is someone homeless?
4 supporters
Yes
8
No
0
2
mimzy630
Minor referece
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4
Yes
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
2 supporters
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No
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pasturefields
Though there is a question in a little side game that askes "Do you believe in santa?"
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0
Does it have a sad ending?
1 supporters
Yes
0
No
11
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Anonymous
There are multiple dead-end endings, some of which are sad, but the ultimate ending is happy.
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Vehicular
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No
9
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11
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0
Does a plane crash?
5 supporters
Yes
2
No
7
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mimzy630
Vague mention
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Is someone hit by a car?
11 supporters
Yes
14
No
0
2
Anonymous
A character discusses witnessing a fatal accident where a person was hit by a truck. Accompanying visuals are non-graphic heavily simplified diagrams.
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
2 supporters
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0
No
12
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RowanOakley
No, but a massive explosion created using thermite bombs that causes two injuries and one perceived death.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there blood/gore?
30 supporters
Yes
14
No
0
2
mimzy630
Mostly cartoony/not overly graphic or gratuitous
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Does someone drown?
10 supporters
Yes
16
No
0
1
Anonymous
Characters and featureless people are shown struggling and sinking into water during the "Naixatloz's Intentions" puzzle sequence, which is set inside a dream. No drowning or swimming imagery is used outside of this dream sequence.
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Is there gun violence?
9 supporters
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17
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0
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mimzy630
Pistols and larger guns, yes
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