Fallout: New Vegas

In the role of Courier 6, players will explore post-apocalyptic Nevada, a harsh environment with scarce resources. Players will engage in ranged and melee combat with human and mutated creature enemies sometimes resulting in blood VFX. Themes of grief, suicide, and unethical human experiments are present in the game. Players may make moral choices that impact their reputation in the game. Bombing and war scenes are prevalent.

• Release date: 10-19-2010
• Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
• Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
• Platforms: Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Triggers for this game

Animals & Wildlife

• Aggressive Animals

  Numerous aggressive mutated animals throughout the game

  • Can't be avoided

• Arachnids

  Radscorpions (giant scorpions)

  • Can't be avoided

• Dogs

  Dogs can be enemies

  • Can't be avoided

• Fictional Creatures

  • Can't be avoided

• Insects

  Giant mutated ants, giant mutated wasps, giant mantises

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Animals & Critters

  Very large geckos

  • Can't be avoided

• Mutated Animals

  • Can't be avoided

• Rodents

  Very large rats, pig rats, mole rats

  • Can't be avoided

Crime

• Attacks on Law Enforcement

  • Can't be avoided

• Fights

  • Can't be avoided

• Guns & Shooting

  • Can't be avoided

• Human Trafficking & Forced Labor

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  Multiple trafficking victims, both general labor and sex trafficking of both minors and adults (Gommorrah, Caesar's Legion)

  • Can't be avoided

• Illegal Drug Sales

  • Can't be avoided

• Kidnapping

  • Can't be avoided

• Murder

  • Can't be avoided

• Theft

  Players can steal if they choose to

  • Is avoidable

• Torture

  Have the option to torture a Legion soldier

  • Is avoidable

Death & Loss

• Death of Loved One

  • Can't be avoided

• Drowning

  If underwater or submerged too long, you can drown

  • Is avoidable

• Suicide

  Themes and depictions of suicide are found in the game

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  If Arcade is sold into slavery, he will ultimately commit suicide.

  • Can't be avoided

Disturbing Sounds & Sound Design

• Screams

  • Can't be avoided

Drugs & Alcohol

• Alcohol Consumption

  • Can't be avoided

• Casual Drug Consumption

  • Can't be avoided

• Tobacco & Smoking

  • Can't be avoided

Financial & Resource Management

• Gambling

  • Can't be avoided

• Scarcity

  • Can't be avoided

Gore

• Animal Violence

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  In the Old World Blues DLC, animal experimentation is implied.

  • Can't be avoided

• Blood

  • Can't be avoided

• Cannibalism

  • Can't be avoided

• Dismemberment

  • Can't be avoided

Hate & Discrimination

• Fantasy Racism

  • Can't be avoided

• Homophobia

  Homosexual behavior is looked down on by the NCR & the Legion

  • Can't be avoided

Law Enforcement

• Police Pursuit

  • Can't be avoided

• Prison & Incarceration

  Missions take place at a prison

  • Can't be avoided

Mental Health

• Mental Illness

  • Can't be avoided

• Relationship Management

  • Can't be avoided

Non-Sexual Abuse & Violence

• Altercations

  • Can't be avoided

• Assault

  • Can't be avoided

• Blackmail

  • Is avoidable

• Hunting

  • Can't be avoided

• Manipulation

  • Can't be avoided

• Mutilation

  • Can't be avoided

Phobias

• Agliophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Agoraphobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Arachnophobia

  Giant scorpions

  • Can't be avoided

• Automatonophobia

  Robots

  • Can't be avoided

• Claustrophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Hemophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Melissophobia

  Game features giant wasps

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Phobias

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  Atomosophobia (Fear of atomic explosions), Ballistophobia (Fear of missiles or bullets), Basophobia (Fear of falling), Hodophobia (Fear of travel), Limnophobia (Fear of lakes), Nucleomituphobia (fear of nuclear weapons), Pharmacophobia (fear of drugs), Placophobia (fear of tombstones)

  • Can't be avoided

• Necrophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Ommetaphobia

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  One character has a eye patch, implying some sort of eye trauma.

  • Can't be avoided

• Traumatophobia

  • Can't be avoided

Physical Health & Body Issues

• Acquired Disability

  Player character loses their memory after being shot, Player character limbs can become injured and disabled during fights

  • Can't be avoided

• Pain & Physical Suffering

  • Can't be avoided

• Progressive Illness

  Radiation poisoning

  • Can't be avoided

Religion & Sects

• Cults

  • Can't be avoided

Sex & Erotica (Consensual)

• Sex Work

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  Can pay SWers to have sex

  • Can't be avoided

• Stripping & Strippers

  • Can't be avoided

Sexual Abuse

• Child Sexual Assault

  Not shown on-screen

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  Multiple trafficking victims, both general labor and sex trafficking of both minors and adults (Gommorrah, Caesar's Legion)

  • Can't be avoided

Traumatic Events

• Human Experimentation

  Vaults feature various forms of unethical human experiments

  • Can't be avoided

• Mass Casualty Event

  • Can't be avoided

War & Military

• Bombing

  • Can't be avoided

• Fictional War

  • Can't be avoided

• Tanks

  • Can't be avoided

• War Scenes

  • Can't be avoided

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