King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder (Video Game 1990) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • A heavyset man is seen behind a parted changing curtain in only underwear at the Tailor's Shop.
  • Queen Beatrice, Princess Cassima, and Rosella show some cleavage.
  • A belly dancer is seen performing in revealing attire (typical belly-dancer costume) at the bandit camp.
  • The harpies are nude, save for long hair that covers their breasts. A brief close-up shows two with their legs positioned to obscure their lower bodies. Their bare butts are seen while flying, but it's from a distance and extremely pixelated.
  • Pearl the mermaid is seen in a shell bikini.

Violence & Gore

  • Graham can die in a number of ways, but they're neither very violent or graphic.
  • The many ways Graham dies include drowning in the river, getting mauled by a bear, dying of thirst in the desert, getting attacked by bandits on horse or stabbed by the desert bandits in the tents, A snake seen biting Grahams foot, A scorpion stinging Grahams leg, getting knocked out cold by a thug in a bar a second time. Graham falling in the chasm in the forest or in the elves workshop, having a giant spider drop on Grahams head, or the giant flytrap plants wrap their vines around him and eats him up. Freezing to death, starving to death, falling to the ground by a broken branch, falling off the cliff, the wolves killing him, starving to death, the yeti killing him, getting eaten by the 2 headed eagle birds, drowning in the ocean, getting attacked by a nasty sea monster if he wanders off. The harpies killing him, the octopus grabbing him with tentacles, having the two sentry guard statues shoot out electricity burning him to death, getting killed by the beast in the labyrinth, Mordack using his magic to choke him to death. Mordack killing him as a flying beast, or burning him with his flame thrower as a dragon, biting him as a snake, or burning him up as a ring of fire. Those are ways he can die and get a game over message.
  • However in non violent deaths, if Graham gets trapped in in a bottle by a genie or transformed into a toad, or trapped in the treasury temple, or locked in the cellar room, or locked in a dungeon, he will still get a game over message.
  • A dog is seen sadistically digging away at a large anthill.
  • A bear is seen terrorizing a bee nest in a tree.
  • Graham gets knocked out cold by a thug in a bar.
  • Graham rides a sled in the mountains, crashing it on a precipice, but he is unharmed.
  • Cedric is kidnapped twice, the second time he is badly hurt.
  • Graham crashes his boat on Mordack's island, but he is unharmed.

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Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • a grandfather gnome is seen smoking a pipe.
  • In the Swarthy Hog Inn, the innkeeper and his two thugs are drinking beer at the bar.
  • A drunken man outside the tent can be seen fainting to the ground and won't get out, the narrator will mention about him being drunk.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The many ways that Graham can die in the game may be frightening for young children.
  • The music that plays when Graham dies is pretty frightening.
  • Graham will scream very loud if he falls to his death which may scare people.
  • A large, venomous snake will threaten Graham if talked to.
  • We see a sun-bleached skeleton in the desert.
  • The Dark Forest setting and the music that plays are both very ominous.
  • Mordack's island and castle are all very grotesque-looking. The music in this portion of the game is very eerie.
  • There is a BIG JUMP moment when either the blue beast or Mordack appear in the castle.
  • Cedric the owl appears as if he is dead after Mordack shoots a spell at him but he later gets revived by Crispin.
  • Suggested ESRB Rating: Rated E-10+ for suggestive themes, mild violence, peril, some disturbing scenes, use of alcohol, use of tobacco.

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Violence & Gore

  • Graham throws a shoe at a cat to scare it away.
  • Graham throws a pie at a Yeti, and it falls off a cliff.
  • Graham uses a crystal to reflect beams cast from two sentry guard statues causing them to blow up.
  • Graham throws dried peas on the floor of Mordack's castle and knocks a blue beast out cold. He then uses the bag on Manannan (as a cat) to capture him.
  • Mordack attacks Cedric with his wand, knocking him out cold.
  • Graham and Mordack fight to the death in different animal forms. Mordack will eventually turn into a ring of fire and Graham will turn into a thundercloud, putting him out with rainwater.

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