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* DevelopersForesight: While this is a puzzle game that's all about controlling colors, it does have a color-blind option for players to choose.
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* GriefInducedSplit: The player gradually encounters the memories of what led to protagonist Alex's placement in the "[[HellHotel Hotel California]]"-esque Penrose Hotel. [[spoiler:His son Robin died after Alex and his wife Maddie were unable to keep paying for medical treatment, spiraling Alex into a depression that resulted in divorce. Maddie then had him committed to Penrose to put an end to his grief-laden RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]]

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* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Alex and Maddie's son died of an unknown disease in part because they didn't have money to pay for his continual treatment, and the governor dismantled the public healthcare system.]]


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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Alex and Maddie's son died of an unknown disease in part because they didn't have money to pay for his continual treatment, and the governor dismantled the public healthcare system.]]
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* HellHotel: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. The Penrose is pristine, but... let's just say more than a little bit ''off'', what with its odd management and repeating the same day. Then again, things only get truly bad when you adn Cooper start mingling with the simulation.

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* HellHotel: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. The Penrose is pristine, but... let's just say more than a little bit ''off'', what with its odd management and repeating the same day. Then again, things only get truly bad when you adn and Cooper start mingling with the simulation.
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* AntiFrustrationFeatures:
** if you get stuck during a challenge you can reset it.
** the final challenge takes place in a huge, long tunnel. Instead of taking long walks back and forth between puzzle platforms you can just pull levers which propel you instantly to the next puzzle.


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* ScoreScreen: Perfectly integrated in the story: just before the finale, you get to see the Manager's notepad, where completion times for the challenges and the number of deaths and restarts are recorded.

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* RedHerring: Worrall's log when he said he gave the manager AI the control over the entire hotel implies this is a case of AIIsACrapshoot. [[spoiler: In fact, the manager's attempt to keep you in is exactly what you wanted.]]

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Worrall's log when he said he gave the manager AI the control over the entire hotel implies this is a case of AIIsACrapshoot. [[spoiler: In fact, the manager's attempt to keep you in is exactly what you wanted.]]]]
** Despite being advertised everywhere and talked about by the hotel's staff, you never get to see Splendisi's magic show.

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* {{Jump Scare}}s: Two notable instances:

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** [[spoiler: When Alex has finished reading the history of Penrose in the library, he turns around... only to find out that the manager has apparently been standing behind him for more than a moment. To top it off, the manager then proceeds to not-so-subtly express suspicion about Alex's unusual behavior.]]

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** [[spoiler: When Alex has finished reading the history of Penrose in the library, he turns around... only to find out that the manager has apparently been standing behind him for more than a moment. To top it off, the manager then proceeds to not-so-subtly express suspicion about Alex's unusual behavior.]]]] Accompanied by a subdued ScareChord no less.
** As you get on the elevator to the fifth floor and turn around, you see the Manager staring at you and he wasn't there a second ago...

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