al-azad posted:

Eventually I learned that attacking drives them back and eventually I beat the scenario on Original without losing a single hostage or getting a security breach.

In literally any other video game ever designed by humans, attacking someone is a last resort. What happens when you get into conflict in Baldur's Gate or any other choice-based adventure game? You either talk the hostile party down or steel flies, someone dies. But not in GWBW where the game provides zero feedback on your actions. Is shooting someone a final action or a pacifying action? Sometimes both and in the same scenario under different conditions. You just have to try it and see. You'll probably fail but that's okay, that's how we designed the game!