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(2016 Video Game)

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Sex & Nudity

  • Del talks about a program to repopulate sera. Oscar responds with "where do I sign up?" Kait responds with "ew". Besides this there is none as far as I'm aware.

Violence & Gore

  • During gameplay, the player-character will explore various locales to complete mission objectives in order to progress the storyline. He's armed with weapons such as pistols, shotguns, assault rifles, knives and explosives. The player uses these weapons to engage enemies, including human soldiers, aliens and robots, in ranged or melee combat.
  • The level of violence is strong as enemies can be decapitated and dismembered when they're attacked by the player-character.
  • Shooting enemies with powerful weapons often cause them to explode into chunks of flesh.
  • Other strong depictions of violence include melee attacks such as the use of a chainsaw to cut an enemy's body into half, stabbing an enemy's abdomen and head with a combat knife, and using a firearm to crush or bash an enemy's head.
  • Instances of violence are accompanied with realistic blood effects such as blood splatters, and blood stains on surrounding surfaces and characters' clothing and armor.
  • As the overall violence is impactful and realistic, the game would be more appropriate for an older audience.
  • Overall, depictions of realistic violence, such as killing, maiming or causing other serious injury to humanoid characters is featured, but is not sadistic, cruel and/or abhorrent.

Profanity

  • The frequent use of strong coarse language is featured in the game.
  • The game contains utterances of the expletives "f**k" and "motherf**ker".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • JD calls oscar "hung-over" since he acts slightly drunk occasionally.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • 'Gears of War 4' is a futuristic third-person shooter set on a fictional planet called Sera, in the aftermath of a war between humans and an alien species known as the Locust. The protagonist and his companions must fight to save their loved ones when it is revealed that the human race could once again be under threat.
  • Due to the game's depiction of strong violence and inclusion of coarse language, it is recommended for players aged 18 and above.

Spoilers

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Profanity

  • There's an easter egg that appears when you shoot all of marcus's plants in his garden. After doing this, he gets pissed off and goes on a very profane rant, mainly f bombs and also says "cock".

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