History YMMV / PresentableLiberty

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: It's impossible to find any of Mr. Smiley's overly-exaggerated letters humourous once you find out [[spoiler:Dr. Money was forcing him to mail you because [[IHaveYourWife he kidnapped his daughters]], who then end up dying]].
* HarsherInHindsight: All of your actual pen pals (excluding Dr. Money) end up [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide killing themselves, directly or otherwise]].]] In early 2018, the game's creator Wertpol did the same.

** Salvadore's [[spoiler:death at the end. Did he commit a HeroicSacrifice in order to free you? Was he infected with the virus, and he chose to give his life to save you since he knew he was going to die soon anyway? Or did he simply kill himself by accident [[WhatAnIdiot by mistakenly coming into direct contact with the generator, thinking it wouldn't be fatal?]]]]

* UncannyValley: The smiling poster Mr. Smiley sends you.

* HarsherInHindsight:
** All of your actual pen pals (excluding Dr. Money) end up [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide killing themselves, directly or otherwise]].]] In early 2018, the game's creator Wertpol did the same.
** The concept of being confined in a small space while the world is going through some sort of epidemic is especially harsh in 2020. [[spoiler:Charlotte’s death is also pretty harsh due to some people killing themselves from the isolation.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: All of your actual pen pals (excluding Dr. Money) end up [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide killing themselves, directly or otherwise]].]] In early 2018, the game's creator Wertpol did the same.

* HarsherInHindsight: Charlotte ends up [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide killing herself]].]] In early 2018, the game's creator Wertpol did the same.

** [[spoiler:Mr. Smiles admitting that he was being blackmailed into being your friend... [[SuicideByCop and then selling all his organs to buy you one last game]].]]
--> '''Mr. Smiles:''' [[spoiler:I am not your friend. I was never your friend. Doctor Money was blackmailing me. He kidnapped my daughters. ''[...]'' I hope you keep going anyway. Always keep going. Don't give up like me.]]

* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Charlotte's suicide note implies that the game has a BittersweetEnding. Yes, you escaped from your prison cell, but all your friends are dead, Dr. Money is still alive, and the virus is still wiping out the world. At best, you're going to GoMadFromTheIsolation]].

* StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler: Charlotte, the only woman in the game who arbitrarily dies solely for the purpose of making the player feel angsty.]]

** Mr. Smiles admitting that he was being blackmailed into being your friend... [[SuicideByCop and then selling all his organs to buy you one last game]].
--> '''Mr. Smiles:''' I am not your friend. I was never your friend. Doctor Money was blackmailing me. He kidnapped my daughters. ''[...]'' I hope you keep going anyway. Always keep going. Don't give up like me.
** Charlotte's penultimate letter is two words long and [[BloodstainedLetter stained with blood]]. "I'm sorry."
** Salvadore electrocuting himself by destroying the generator - but letting you go free. Made worse if you invoke SenselessSacrifice by choosing not to leave your cell anyway.

** Salvador has a sad story as well. He was obviously close to the player, even before the game began, and recalled fond memories they've shared. His personality can be drawn from his writing style and the way he speaks. When he comes back home on the third day, it's really heartbreaking to hear him ask what's happened and what he should do. [[spoiler:And then he dies in an attempt to free his longtime friend.]]

** Salvatore's [[spoiler:death at the end. Did he commit a HeroicSacrifice in order to free you? Was he infected with the virus, and he chose to give his life to save you since he knew he was going to die soon anyway? Or did he simply kill himself by accident [[WhatAnIdiot by mistakenly coming into direct contact with the generator, thinking it wouldn't be fatal?]]]]

* UncannyValley: The smiling poster Mr. Smiley sends you.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:PRESS SPACE TO OPEN DOOR. Most of the players waste no time in running out of the cell once they see that.]]

* TearJerker:
** Learning about Mr. Smiley's situation. [[spoiler:Dr. Money kidnapped his daughters and made him do whatever he wanted for the girls' freedom. In the process of this, Mr. Smiley spent hundreds, if not thousands of dollars, trying to keep the prisoner happy and entertained. It gets so bad that he sells a lung, his house and his food to meet Dr. Money's demands. However, he finds out that his daughters died from the virus and he decides to sell the rest of his organs.]]
** [[spoiler:Poor Charlotte. Ever since the outbreak of the virus, she had locked herself in her pastry shop and watched people die. She tries to keep holding on by writing to the player, hoping that one day, they can write back to her or even come out for a visit. As the days go by, she gets increasingly more lonely and depressed, thinking that she's all alone. On the fourth day, the player realizes that she'll kill herself if she's left alone for much longer. Ultimately, before Salvador destroys the generator on the fifth day, she goes through with it. What's even worse was how close her shop was to the building the player was kept in.]]
** Salvador has a sad story as well. He was obviously close to the player, even before the game began, and recalled fond memories they've shared. His personality can be drawn from his writing style and the way he speaks. When he comes back home on the third day, it's really heartbreaking to hear him ask what's happened and what he should do. [[spoiler:Him dying in an attempt to free his longtime friend is what really gets the player. It doesn't really help that Dr. Money was practically gloating about his death and telling the player that they have no one left in the world.]]

** Charlotte's penultimate letter is one word long and [[BloodstainedLetter stained with blood]]. "Goodbye."
** Salvadore electrocuting himself by destroying the generator - but letting you go free.

** Salvador has a sad story as well. He was obviously close to the player, even before the game began, and recalled fond memories they've shared. His personality can be drawn from his writing style and the way he speaks. When he comes back home on the third day, it's really heartbreaking to hear him ask what's happened and what he should do. [[spoiler:Him dying in an attempt to free his longtime friend is what really gets the player. It doesn't really help that Dr. Money was practically gloating about his death and telling him that the player has no one left in the world.]]

* CrowningMomentofAwesome: [[spoiler:PRESS SPACE TO OPEN DOOR]]

** [[spoiler:Charlotte. On the fourth day, the player realizes that she'll kill herself if she's left alone for much longer. Ultimately, before Salvador destroys the generator on the fifth day, she goes through with it.]]

** Salvadore electrocuting himself by destroying the generator - but letting you go free.