A certain cutscene in Garlmald needs a trigger warning (MAJOR SPOILER WARNING)

[Burmecia]

Content warnings, anyone? It is... a package deal.





sincerely
fellow depressed person struggling with thoughts of self harm

[MaikoRaines]

I have, and I've struggled with depression to the point of suicide. Growing the f**k up involves being able to handle triggers.

You, along with like 4-5 other people clearly missed the part about how I was saying there was no need to add trigger warnings because suicide is already labled as a form of violence. Instead, you and the others who choose to just focus on what you want to and not the entire post.

If you decided to actually read my point about not adding a trigger warning because it's labled under violence in general, you'd have no need to jump on a bandwagon in the first place.

So.... I do agree to an extent that some kind of warning usually should be posted. I would also like to point out that video games prior to launching them posts blanketed disclaimers that "Has scenes of nudity, sexuality, alcohol consumption, violence etc etc" While I will never ever discount trigger warnings or thoughts of suicide, the blanketed statement I feel is enough of a warning to know what you'll potentially get into when going into any kind of game. That particular scene I would label as "violence - general" because suicide in of itself is a form of violence. Regardless of what one may think. The WHO declared it as "Self Directed Violence" hence the blanketed warning of violence

I seriously hate these forums sometimes. People only want to focus on what pisses them off and not the full statement.

[Limecat]

They should have played some fitting music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04F4xlWSFh0

[Yukumazi]

OP story skipped didn't they.

[Exosapien]

I think you make a good point, it does spoil the contents of the cutscene. Perhaps adding a trigger warning before you make a character at the start of the game would be acceptable, one that warns "this game contains scenes of;" etc.

They do, it's in the rating of the game which is information provided before purchase.

I'm all for trigger warnings when it's content that it makes sense for. But video games have them built in with ratings.

[MoonMiracles]

100% agree there are depictions in Endwalker that need content warnings. Even just little, 'This quest contains graphic content, please be advised' if you want to avoid offending people who "don't want any spoilers". But, mental health > your fantasy immersion, y'all. Some of the content in this storyline is really trigger heavy and definitely a little cringe to not see disclosed by the same team that took a phobia into account. This goes beyond, "It's violent."

Also, using the content ratings isn't an excuse. Not only are those done by a third party, but I've seen games disclose this topic, and I've seen other games fold it into "Violence." The ambiguity isn't helpful to anyone. Not to mention, there's content that isn't even particularly violent but still nihilistic enough to people who are vulnerable. And the one particularly graphic scene probably had to be edited quite a bit because it definitely toes the line of "Mature" when this game is "Teen."

Some of these quests absolutely need better disclosure.

[reivaxe]

Generation of paper people.

[Exosapien]

Generation of paper people.

Taking the time out of your day just to post that is at least just as cringe.

[Shurrikhan]

You can put a trigger warning and be very vague.

Which does all of what, then, given that people's triggers vary? (Which is to say nothing of trigger warnings being unhelpful at best if one has to go through the content anyways or gleans it from context.)

[Rinhi]

100% agree there are depictions in Endwalker that need content warnings. Even just little, 'This quest contains graphic content, please be advised' if you want to avoid offending people who "don't want any spoilers". But, mental health > your fantasy immersion, y'all. Some of the content in this storyline is really trigger heavy and definitely a little cringe to not see disclosed by the same team that took a phobia into account. This goes beyond, "It's violent."

Also, using the content ratings isn't an excuse. Not only are those done by a third party, but I've seen games disclose this topic, and I've seen other games fold it into "Violence." The ambiguity isn't helpful to anyone. Not to mention, there's content that isn't even particularly violent but still nihilistic enough to people who are vulnerable. And the one particularly graphic scene probably had to be edited quite a bit because it definitely toes the line of "Mature" when this game is "Teen."

Some of these quests absolutely need better disclosure.

you called?