Do cats die in the game?

[FiatFan83]

Look, I don't want to come off as some fragile so and so that can't handle death in a fictional setting, as I've played and watched some gruesome stuff but I just lost my cat this past Monday. I've been looking forward to this game for months and I'd love to play, as it might even offer some much needed feline good feels, but I'm not sure if I'm ready for anything yet story or otherwise involving the death of cat/s. Thank you for any feedback.

[TamanduaGirl]

Yes but kinda no. The cat can get attacked and go down but if you look close it's breathing so not really dead and then you can restart from the check point. There's no gore or anything the screen gets red then cat goes down and you restart.

There are a couple scenes where it limps but is quickly shaken off.

so could still be upsetting but there's no full on death of cats.

[whitecrow]

I'm really sorry about your cat. I still miss my boy from a year ago.

Yes, the cat can be overcome by zurks and die in the game. I found it pretty upsetting. However, the zurks are not a constant presence and there are large portions of the game where you do not see any at all.

[Northy Noodle]

not in the story only if the zurks eat you so just dont get eaten

[FiatFan83]

Thank you all very much for your replies. Sounds like I'm good to go!

[ScaryMutt]

Sorry to hear about your cat. While you can be killed. I'd say about 70% of the game can be played without fear of death. Maybe give yourself a couple of weeks before playing? Take care.

[Illusion of Progress]

I lost one of my two cats last year (mostly due to old age). While I miss him, this game has taken a more special place for me (in a positive way) as a result. But, I don't want to say the game won't make you feel sad simply because it didn't make me sad, because more time has passed for me, and I also wouldn't have have minded potential death scenes to begin with.

As others have said though, it's a yes but no. Without spoiling two much (sort of have to a little, but if you've watched trailers this spoils nothing), you mainly have just two enemies/sources of potential failure to begin with, and both of them will basically make you just fall over like you're laying down. It's very "soft" in its approach here, but at the same time, it's pretty much implied these "would" result in the end of the cat, at least one of them (someone mentioned the cat still breathing when it falls over but this is far more likely to be that the developer simply didn't make a non-breathing state to begin with). The other one is up to interpretation if it kills or incapacitates the cat due to reasons I can't say without spoiling anything.

But either way the game is super soft in how it presents this. Basically the screen starts going Red when you're "about to reach failure checks" as far as the game is concerned and if you don't get out of harms way soon the cat simply falls over to one side rather unconvincingly for a real situation (as it looks more like "I'm taking a sudden I don't want to walk anymore lay down") and you're given a prompt to retry. That's it. It's nothing like a Resident Evil style end where there's a death sequence after, nor any of the violent "attacks" shown on the cat leading up to these failures to begin with. Some of it can be implied but it's as soft in its presentation as possible.

[StressFrakture]

Apparently the cat can die. I just saw a review in which the cat was being eaten by little machines. You can't see the suffering but some blood is visible. I wish they did not make it that way.

No one who loves cats wants to watch a cat be hurt or die.

[StressFrakture]

Originally posted by xx7north7xx:

not in the story only if the zurks eat you so just dont get eaten

But how do you do that. There's like 100 of the little mean things and the cat can't run that fast.

Maybe someone can make a mod that lets the cat fly or run faster or be in a force field.

[StressFrakture]

But is there a walk through that says how to evade the little mean machines and run through safely? Is there a ledge to jump on and walk above them, or ?

[(Clever Name Here)]

No. No cats die. Your cat doesn't really die per say. You can "lose", but you just get reloaded to your last save. When you do lose, you don't really see anything other then maybe you cat falls over. I'd say overall if you are missing your cat buddy since his passing, this game may cheer you up. It did for me.

If you REALLY want to know if your cat lives or dies in the end.....

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No, your cat does not. Can't say the same for some people you meet along the way though (not cats).

[xiratid]

I actually get an achievement for dying too many times. I am actually pretty bad at action games though.

Technically non canon, but the Zurks are trying to eat the cat alive and there are game over screen.

[Chadwick Strongpants]

Originally posted by John 3:16 Jesus=Salvation:

If you REALLY want to know if your cat lives or dies in the end.....

(SPOILERS
OF
COURSE)
No, your cat does not die. Can't say the same for some people you meet along the way though (not cats).

Sorry to be that guy but I just had to clarify it, otherwise it could be taken both ways.

[Elihu Yale]

I really like the feature in Postal 2 where you can use cats as shotgun silencers. Is there lots of cool cat gore features in this game? Are there kittens and realistic screaming? Thanks everyone.

[Chadwick Strongpants]

Originally posted by Elihu Yale:

I really like the feature in Postal 2 where you can use cats as shotgun silencers. Is there lots of cool cat gore features in this game? Are there kittens and realistic screaming? Thanks everyone.

Not in this game. Your cat can die, but it's very quick and not gruesome in any way (he basically just falls over). Apart from that and some hissing every now and then, it's actually very chill and in some parts even uplifting.

So as far as your question goes, nah, this is probably not a game for you.

[Vault Traveler]

Originally posted by StressFrakture:

Originally posted by xx7north7xx:

not in the story only if the zurks eat you so just dont get eaten

But how do you do that. There's like 100 of the little mean things and the cat can't run that fast.

Maybe someone can make a mod that lets the cat fly or run faster or be in a force field.

The cat outruns them easily, just try to press the run button?