The levels are designed to evoke a claustrophobic and moody environment. Mendo is narcissistic, overly dramatic, claustrophobic and afraid of the dark. The increasingly claustrophobic environment serves to heighten the tension. This coincided with Miss Wyatt's desire to move out of a congested and claustrophobic London. The location was chosen by the production team due to its claustrophobic atmosphere. These images surround the viewer and create a circular, claustrophobic space. The device of a disruptive outsider entering a claustrophobic environment is another recurring theme. Critics have described it as a claustrophobic coffin. The exploration was deemed restrictive, the level design claustrophobic, and the combat system "stiff". Duffy describes living in the safe house as a dog-eat-dog, claustrophobic and isolating experience. Uma in this novel experiences an exilic position in the claustrophobic domestic sphere. "Uncut" called "Pornography" "a masterpiece of claustrophobic self-loathing". MRI is limited in children who are claustrophobic.