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Presenting puzzle situations that require correct analysis of NPC motives can risk encouraging an instrumental approach to NPCs.
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- Emily Short Interactive narrative designer and critic
I really enjoy this and find it ingenious, but I think it can risk encouraging an instrumental approach to the NPCs: they become pawns on the player's chessboard, potentially, rather than personas who deserve consideration in their own right.
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