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(2019 Video Game)

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Sex & Nudity

  • The main protagonist partake in various "bathroom activities" - peeing, pooping, showering and bathing. However, due to careful camera angles, the most that is ever shown is his buttocks, visible briefly during showering, and also displayed in a handful of separate cut scenes and narrative moments. The protagonist also walks into a room on which the blurred shape of a showering woman may be seen through a thick glass shower wall.
  • During one cutscene, a woman briefly grabs her own (clothed) breasts. This is done in a non-sexual context.

Violence & Gore

  • There is little to no graphic violence in the game. One of the few instances of any disturbing violence is during a cutscene, where a ghost grabs a character who is trapped under a truck (he is in pain) and begins to attack him until his friend shoots him in the head (no blood) to put him out of misery. The ghost then grabs attacks the friend, levitating him into the air. The friend tries to kill himself by stabbing himself repeatedly. It is unclear if he survived or not, as his death not shown, but it is strongly implied. This is the most violent part of the game.

Profanity

  • Strong language and mild language throughout.
  • The main character occasionally uses strong language ("f*ck") when he falls over or loses balance around the environment. Depending on how many times the player causes this to occur contributes to the quantity of strong language used in the game as a whole.
  • Sam shows the finger in a cutscene.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Some of the packages that the player has been asked to deliver contains "drugs". However, they are mostly comprised of neurotransmitters and other chemicals which naturally occur in humans, so they have little to no illicit nature.
  • Some scenes depict key characters smoking.
  • A character is drinking whiskey in one scene, and is partially drunk.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The creatures may scare some players.
  • Some jump scares.
  • If this game was made into a film, it would be rated R for scenes of strong, disturbing violence and language
  • The player can construct weapons using their own blood and bodily waste.
  • An enemy type commonly seen around the game can be especially unnerving to younger players.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Sex & Nudity

  • A woman is stripped to her underwear and forced to run through rain.

Violence & Gore

  • A man and his infant are shot dead, the latter accidentally.
  • Some parts of the game put players in environments simulating historic wars. Gunfire, explosions, and screams are constant in these segments.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The game is very gloomy and somber, especially towards the end, and it has a very dark and depressing tone as well as a disturbing dystopian atmosphere. It deals with very serious issues and touchy subjects like nihilism, depression, extinction, infanticide, hopelessness and insanity.

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