User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-26845762-20151212000440/@comment-1432718-20160310200401

CzechOut stated the wiki's position when he closed the previous thread at Thread:161867: "The wiki's position on the matter is pretty clearly laid out on the game's page here. It would be utter chaos to admit this game as a valid source for the writing of our articles."

This comment from above ("However, due to the fact you can play any level with any avaliable characters,...") expresses exactly why we don't consider this valid: the possibility of different game players using different characters for the same tasks means that there are several versions of the narrative and therefore that is why this game was ruled invalid.

The reasoning is the same as that of stage plays, which is quoted here from Tardis:Valid sources: "Stage plays are deemed to be invalid because they are ephemeral. You may see something in the evening performance that wasn't there during the matinée. Or by the time it comes to your town, an entire section might have been removed from the performance. An actor that was at the Glasgow run may have given a line-reading that was meaningfully different to the guy playing the same part in London." Similarly, different game experiences will result in different narratives for different editors.