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Controllable helplessness
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Player can control the protagonist even in seemingly hopeless or helpless situation, regardless if the player can actually improve the situation.
The protagonist is usually tied up, locked up or seriously injured (broken bones and that kind of stuff) during these sequences.

These may simply be part of certain death sequences.
Sanguine # 2009-07-16 23:47:30

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