Direct
Both words in one sentence
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The ability to win with rock is even more direct than in IV: pressing the button to perform a concert can end the game then and there.
Source: Video Game / Civilization - Pressing any number on the keypad causes the nearby lantern to type out another Morse code message, which has cryptic clues that direct the player to go to Graveyard Shift (a nighttime map).
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Philemon from the first two Persona games is mostly this, limiting his direct actions to giving the heroes the power to summon avatars of their inner psyche and pressing the Reset Button when his Evil Counterpart manages to destroy the world.
Source: The Watcher
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