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The game that planned for every way you'd disobey

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The entire structure is a cynical commentary on the illusion of choice. The developers painstakingly mapped out every conceivable way a player might try to break the rules, and wrote a sarcastic voiceover for it. Even when you think you are outsmarting the system, you are just walking into a trap they set three years ago.

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