Bishop Robert
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Discussion being:It's a marketing tool to encourage discussion. Forcing the player to explore the game increases the likehood of them participating publicy, which consequently makes them and the community they have to engage more involved in the game. Eva isn't giving us saves, walktroughs and an unlocked gallery, they want the players to gather them on their own.
Of the 20 crucial lessons in gamedesign, this applies to rule #10
"Here's this scene"
"Where's the gallery?"
"Anyone have a save for ____ route?"
and so on.
Other games like AWAM have much less branching but more discussion (Although for AWAM there is a lot regarding development time, but the point still stands). And regardless of it not coming with a gallery there's still the inevitability of the full gallery mod/extension someone shares here, and it doesn't take away from the discussion at all.