In the case of Snake and Clover, the player knows that they are close regardless of which route they are on. When Snake disappears midway through the game, Clover is distraught at the loss of her brother. After what seems to be his corpse is found behind Door 3, she alternates between lashing out at the other players and acting sullen and depressed. Clearly, she is deeply mourning her brother; players will be able to gauge that even before reaching an ending. Depending on the choices made, however, the player may or may not realize how obsessed she is with finding her brother’s murderer. If Junpei goes with her into Door 1, she theorizes that the only people who could have killed him were Santa and Seven. In an extreme example of how powerful love can be, she decides to take revenge for her brother and kills both of them: “It could only have been Santa and Seven. That's why I killed them” (Chunsoft). But the grief of losing Snake completely breaks her, and she continues on her killing spree by murdering both Akane and Junpei before leaving for Door 9 by
In the case of Snake and Clover, the player knows that they are close regardless of which route they are on. When Snake disappears midway through the game, Clover is distraught at the loss of her brother. After what seems to be his corpse is found behind Door 3, she alternates between lashing out at the other players and acting sullen and depressed. Clearly, she is deeply mourning her brother; players will be able to gauge that even before reaching an ending. Depending on the choices made, however, the player may or may not realize how obsessed she is with finding her brother’s murderer. If Junpei goes with her into Door 1, she theorizes that the only people who could have killed him were Santa and Seven. In an extreme example of how powerful love can be, she decides to take revenge for her brother and kills both of them: “It could only have been Santa and Seven. That's why I killed them” (Chunsoft). But the grief of losing Snake completely breaks her, and she continues on her killing spree by murdering both Akane and Junpei before leaving for Door 9 by