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Some reviewers criticized what was perceived as too little interactivity from the player. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sterling, while analysing games often derided as "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_simulator", said that Rapture is a model of what not to do in this genre, such as by not shifting the tone of the game as it progresses, and by making the back-story more interesting than the game itself.
<Reception in Everybody's Gone to the Rapture from WikiPedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody%27s_Gone_to_the_Rapture>
I'd like to know if the underlined clause means "though he analyzes games which is often derided as walking simulators."
Thank you in advance for your help.