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 These facts about this game makes me want it:

- Game Mechanics and Philosophical Integration through Absence of Auto-save: The game ties narrative elements like android memory backups to gameplay mechanics, avoiding narrative dissonance.
- 	Philosophical Figures Represented in the Game:
	•	Pascal Blaise: Machine Pascal rejects war in favor of pacifism, reflecting Pascal’s real-life philosophical questions about existence and belief in God.
	•	Jean-Paul Sartre: Explores existentialist ideas such as “existence precedes essence” and the responsibility of creating one’s own meaning.
	•	Simone de Beauvoir: Represents the dangers of basing identity on another’s affection, with a machine character spiraling into madness out of obsession for another.
	•	Immanuel Kant: Discusses moral duty and the importance of intent over outcome, explored through a sequence in the game about sacrifice and intent.