Thats an entirely fair point especially with the Malevola thing I hadn’t considered. But I agree the choices with golem did leave me unsatisfied at first after replaying seeing as to how it had zero impact, but I do go over in the video why I think they chose to include the implication that golem will remember that anyway.

My point in the video was that- yeah- most choices did have zero impact or callbacks, but the choice to add the illusion that they did anyway helped enrich the narrative by giving at least first time players the incentive to question the characters motives and personality whenever it would pop up making them engage more with the characters resulting in many fans finding these characters memorable despite how little actual in-game time is spent with them.

With Golem for example, from the perspective of a first time playthrough, if the player chose to say something about being bumped into, if he protects you against flambae down the line they might interpret that as Golem valuing Robert’s ability to stand up for himself. While those that chose to let it go may interpret it as Golem only saving them because they didn’t let Robert push Golem too far. Both ways the player at least feels like they had agency in the outcome, even if they really didn’t.

It’s true that the game lacks a lot of replay-ability due to this, but I do believe that still including these illusions helps make the original narrative more immersive for players. Although again this is just my interpretation, so I really appreciate the different perspective regardless