I have written a few times about the episodic story game Life is Strange. Unlike other games in this genre it features the unique ability to rewind time and change your decisions. Well, it mostly does. (Spoilers--don't read if you haven't finished episode 2!). The the very end of episode two Max is faced with a difficult situation. Kate Marsh, a fellow student who is being ruthlessly bullied by a group of horrible classmates, is standing on top of a dormitory building and looks like she's ready to jump. Players can stop time and take Max up to the roof in an effort to talk Kate down. It's at this point that players are confronted with the fact that Max seems to have temporarily lost her ability to rewind. Your choices determine if Kate Marsh lives or dies. That's a high pressure situation and, surprisingly, many players who failed to save Kate were so stricken by this fact that they opted to replay the entire episode!
Read this article from Kotaku that describes how many people couldn't face the decisions that they made.
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