But I think the implication that the fifty-four souls who died in the factory, while not slaves, were black workers who were taking any job they could be given during the Reconstruction era and were thus easily manipulating and taken advantage of. Obviously, the incest in GTH is a classic.
I don't think it's easily missed but it's heavily implied in SAW that Kasumi killed herself or at the very least was considering doing so when she accidentally died. Not patently "dark" but the unhealthiness of Kyler and Matt's relationship in HAU always makes me cringe. Buford apologized and gave us a tour so he's a Good Guy!" It feels kind of irresponsible when you're making a game designed for young women who likely will find themselves in similar positions.
It makes me mad every time I play because HeR actively made the choice to create a character that behaves like this, have Bess just laugh it off, and then just wrap it up at the end as "Dr.
Buford making creepy passes at Bess and then the weird way he says "It seems our guest is of the female variety" when she sneaks into the otherwise all-male Jolly Roger meeting in CRY is really concerning. Also the whole plot about how Henrik and Sinclair used to be buds in a smuggling ring and using the HAM radio to communicate with the smugglers to get the jade piece.ĭr. There's that letter in SSH that strongly suggests that Sinclair may have killed the prior (elderly) owners of one of those jade pieces by messing up their A/C during the Summer.