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

[Vahlnir]

// Vague spoilers regarding the final parts of the story

Idk. While I'm not that sensitive to it at the moment, I certainly noticed how the topic towards the end of the expansion could be really difficult for some people. If someone's in a bad place mentally and uses the game as a distraction or escape, being confronted with the questions that put them in that place may not be so good. They're the big questions of life, which don't really have an answer - but seeing the various answers presented at the end (especially last map and dungeon) I can't help but imagine someone going through that story and going deeper into their own depression. Sure the story is all about being that last hope that makes it through all that, to keep going and hold on. But I feel for someone in a bad place, it might be easy to tune that out and focus more on the parts that drag you deeper or make you question the point of your own existence.

Don't know if anything should be done about it in form of a content warning or similar. I just don't wish anyone to be drawn deeper into their own negative emotions by the game they love.

Eh, I've got issues with depression myself. I know full well the struggles that come with it, much to my dissatisfaction. While certain things hit me kinda hard emotionally, especially the bigger questions of life, it actually had a pretty good payoff toward the end. Instead of going further into depression, I went the opposite direction. I guess that goes to show that everyone handles things differently. As to the topic at hand...well, I don't think we really need trigger warnings for this bit of the story, or much of anywhere outside of maybe seizure trigger warnings or something, which can be fatal depending on the person. Depression can be too I suppose, but there are ways to cope or deal with it outside of the game. I don't need a pop up saying "Oh btw, you might not like this if you are depressed!" lol That just seems counterproductive to me if I'm trying to enjoy a story. That's just my opinion. If they started being added for anything that might bother some people, we'd get one before just about every cutscene, and that would be more of an annoyance than anything. I'm all for certain beneficial QoL additions if they serve a greater good of sorts. I just don't think this would.