4. The use of restricted choices serves a pivotal role in the creation of the player’s connection with the character: this metaphor of limitations extends through games with circumstances ranging from abuse to clinical depression to suicide, and in each case the player must wrestle with the knowledge of options outside the reach of body  or mind. The decisions made by the creator of the game are laid bare for the player in systemic form, and the player in turn is invited to examine and reconsider the possibilities. (Salter 7)

Salter asserts that the lack of agency in games encourages readers to empathize with the harsh experiences of the characters who themselves also have little control in their situations (Salter 7).