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* RewatchBonus: A lot. For example, the opening takes on a whole new meaning towards the end when you realize [[spoiler: the car is the one that kills Alley.]]
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* ThatOnePuzzle: TheMaze. So much so that [[spoiler: it's actually impossible to solve conventionally. You have to remove your suit and fly out. Of course, if you miss one line which casually mentions you have wings then it's possible for a player to spend hours looking for some brilliant and complex pattern to the ever changing paths to let them escape...(even the in game hints only suggests you need to try a more "vertical approach", which can lead you literally to climbing the walls, also impossible, trying to escape.)]]

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* ThatOnePuzzle: TheMaze. So much so that [[spoiler: it's actually impossible to solve conventionally. You have to remove your suit and fly out. Of course, if you miss one line which casually mentions you have wings then it's possible for a player to spend hours looking for some brilliant and complex pattern to the ever changing paths to let them escape...(even the in game hints only suggests you need to try a more "vertical approach", which can lead you literally to climbing the walls, also impossible, trying to escape.)]])]]
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* AssPull: [[spoiler: The astronaut Wendy having wings]]. Justified and a case of TropesAreNotBad, since [[spoiler: the whole thing is just Alley's weird imagination.]]

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* AssPull: [[spoiler: The astronaut Wendy having wings]]. Justified and a case of TropesAreNotBad, Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, since [[spoiler: the whole thing is just Alley's weird imagination.]]
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* LoveItOrHateIt: ''VideoGame/{{Photopia}}'' was, in many respects, this for the InteractiveFiction community at large: some praised its beautiful plot, characterisation, and writing, while others decried its apparent lack of interactivity or puzzles. This gave rise to a lot of the "Story vs. Game" controversy that goes on in the IF community today.
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* ThatOnePuzzle: TheMaze. So much so that [[spoiler: it's actually impossible to solve conventionally. You have to remove your suit and fly out.]]

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* ThatOnePuzzle: TheMaze. So much so that [[spoiler: it's actually impossible to solve conventionally. You have to remove your suit and fly out.]] Of course, if you miss one line which casually mentions you have wings then it's possible for a player to spend hours looking for some brilliant and complex pattern to the ever changing paths to let them escape...(even the in game hints only suggests you need to try a more "vertical approach", which can lead you literally to climbing the walls, also impossible, trying to escape.)]]

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* BaseBreaker: ''VideoGame/{{Photopia}}'' was, in many respects, this for the InteractiveFiction community at large: some praised its beautiful plot, characterisation, and writing, while others decried its apparent lack of interactivity or puzzles. This gave rise to a lot of the "Story vs. Game" controversy that goes on in the IF community today.

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* BaseBreaker: LoveItOrHateIt: ''VideoGame/{{Photopia}}'' was, in many respects, this for the InteractiveFiction community at large: some praised its beautiful plot, characterisation, and writing, while others decried its apparent lack of interactivity or puzzles. This gave rise to a lot of the "Story vs. Game" controversy that goes on in the IF community today.



* MarySue: Even the author admitted in hindsight that Alley has hints of this.

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* AssPull: [[spoiler: The astronaut Wendy having wings]]. Justified and a case of TropesAreNotBad, since [[spoiler: the whole thing is just Alley's weird imagination.]]



* MarySue: Even the author admitted Alley was a bit too much of this.
* TearJerker

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* MarySue: Even the author admitted in hindsight that Alley was a bit too much has hints of this.
* TearJerkerRewatchBonus: A lot. For example, the opening takes on a whole new meaning towards the end when you realize [[spoiler: the car is the one that kills Alley.]]
* TearJerker
* ThatOnePuzzle: TheMaze. So much so that [[spoiler: it's actually impossible to solve conventionally. You have to remove your suit and fly out.]]
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* BaseBreaker: ''{{Photopia}}'' was, in many respects, this for the InteractiveFiction community at large: some praised its beautiful plot, characterisation, and writing, while others decried its apparent lack of interactivity or puzzles. This gave rise to a lot of the "Story vs. Game" controversy that goes on in the IF community today.

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* BaseBreaker: ''{{Photopia}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Photopia}}'' was, in many respects, this for the InteractiveFiction community at large: some praised its beautiful plot, characterisation, and writing, while others decried its apparent lack of interactivity or puzzles. This gave rise to a lot of the "Story vs. Game" controversy that goes on in the IF community today.

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* FridgeBrilliance - Half of what ''Photopia'' is about will only hit you after a few play-throughs.
* MarySue: Even the author admitted Alley was a bit too much of this.

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* FridgeBrilliance - BaseBreaker: ''{{Photopia}}'' was, in many respects, this for the InteractiveFiction community at large: some praised its beautiful plot, characterisation, and writing, while others decried its apparent lack of interactivity or puzzles. This gave rise to a lot of the "Story vs. Game" controversy that goes on in the IF community today.
* FridgeBrilliance:
Half of what ''Photopia'' is about will only hit you after a few play-throughs.
* MarySue: Even the author admitted Alley was a bit too much of this.this.
* TearJerker
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* FridgeBrilliance - Half of what ''Photopia'' is about will only hit you after a few play-throughs.
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* MarySue: Even the author admitted Alley was a bit too much of this.

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