Daniel vs Mandus

[JohnDoe]

Daniel, 100%.

Daniel was quite relatable, and from a game perspective was an ideal character for submerging yourself into. His backstory was disconnected from your current actions through the amnesia, but was still present enough to give you direction. From a story perspective, I found that his actions were the ones that you hope you wouldn't take, but fear you would.

Mandus was just a nutjob. His reason for going off the rails was never particularly clear to me (saw the future, right. And a man who can build an automated factory couldn't find a better friggin way to deal with it?!) He was apparently creepy as hell before all this started happening (the drawings of what I assume were his wife, among other things) and downright stupid to boot. (Reactivate the machine, Mandus!) From a gameplay perspective, his reactions in the notes made me want to strangle him and pushed me way out of the character. I never received the same sense of agency while playing as Mandus that I did as Daniel.