Requiem: Please dont light the Furnace

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Im reading the posts here and I'm just wondering if,

Spoiler below!

Does anybody tried to leave the furnace room, without pressing the button, at the end of Requiem. Well I tried, and I finished in the boat room, as in the begining of the game.
So, this way you dont ""put an end to the story"", you leave by the boat or you turn back to the mine??
Is Red and Philip the same person?

However great game, I dont agree with people complaining about Requiem(Its a bit like a clone of TRaider)
Thanks

You're better to prove it, because i don't think that's true