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(2017 Video Game)

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Sex & Nudity

  • A handful of characters make reference to Aloy's "figure" and what she's wearing. These are at most implications.
  • Rarely a citizan will have cleavage.

Violence & Gore

  • There is frequent action with battles between the player and animal-like robots. Spears, bows, and slings are used. You may break off parts of robots.
  • Some side quests place families in peril and may be accompanied by mild scenes of blood splatters at the scene of a crime or other mysterious behaviour.
  • While fighting enemies, arrows will persist when impaling people and machines, sticking out of their place of contact. Additionally, the spear will impale and stick through its target. Some of the silent kills are visceral even if not bloody.
  • You can shoot animals, machines and humans with arrows. Minor and unrealistic blood which almost looks like a puff of smoke.

Profanity

  • The main Character will periodically say the word damn.
  • Other characters periodically use the words damn, ass, hell and b*tch
  • Gameplay items known as Viewpoints always have a recording. These recordings always have the recorder saying apocas*itstorm at the start
  • One partial use of the F-word, uttered in an audio recording like, "can go fu-" but is cut off from there when the recording cuts out. No complete uses of the F-word.
  • With the game being around 23 hours the language is very spread out and infrequent.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • One character is noted to be drunk, and comments that he is often so. This is not presented in a favourable light.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Some of the stalking and sneaking portions of the game could be stressful for younger players. Battling large robot monsters can be intense as Aloy is chased and responds to incoming damage with cringing and exclamations of pain.
  • This game has absolutely breathtaking graphics and animations with extreme attention to detail that make the visuals and all the environment look completely fantastic and gorgeous. With that said, the game has a particularly intense post-apocalyptic atmosphere that might actually might a few people uneasy, alongside the frenetic cyberpunk violence and action and the themes, which all make for a game with an experience that will get you at the very edge of your seat.

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • In the quest "To Curse The Darkness", if you scan a data point, a clip talks about consummating a marriage and a marriage bed.

Violence & Gore

  • Part of the main storyline includes conversation around and includes recordings of people being euthanized - some are implied to be against their will.
  • An early cinematic scene in the game - following "the proving" - depicts the main character being helpless while being held up by the neck while a man slits her throat with a knife. Immediately following this her father figure saves her life by throwing her off of a cliff while dying in an explosion. The whole scene is emotionally charged but can be skipped by the player.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The main storyline is revealed through controversial conversations over how to deal with a robot plague that would destroy all life on the planet. The events that play out and how the characters attempt to find a way for humanity to survive are often disturbing or emotionally portrayed. Some controversial topics include embryonic stem cell research, artificial intelligence, religion, apocalypse, the greater good, genetic engineering and gender roles in religion.

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