You can win the claw game but like a real claw game it is part skill part luck. Even if you do it right it may take a bunch of tries to pick it up.
Good to know about the claw machine!
I encountered a soft lock when deciding not to buy the painting. I can't leave the art shop and the owner keeps saying not to talk to him and to look at the painting but the rich guy has already left.
Does the demo offer the option to go to prison? I got Girt arrested but demo ended there on that branch.