Spoilers ahead: for the puzzle and the movies/games
This page reveals all categories and answers for this puzzle. It also discusses plot details, story endings, and other spoilers for some of the movies/games shown.
easy
Portable entries in major console franchises
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medium
Shadow and light manipulation drives puzzles
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Light sources, cast shadows, and dark spaces determine where the player can move or what can be seen.
hard
Stories repeatedly reset through time loops
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Knowledge survives repeated cycles even when events, deaths, and decisions snap back to an earlier point.
tricky
Numbered live-service games that shut down
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Each title contains a number and depended on online service that its publisher later switched off.