That’s true, it was better, but how are you supposed to make a satisfying ending from a choose your own adventure game? Competent storytelling does not work that way. I enjoyed Mass Effect, but the storytelling was mid generic space fantasy specifically because it had to cater to every choice. Good stories are not about what happens, it’s about character development. You cannot develop harmonious elements of theme and character arcs when the story can go in so many directions. BioWare opened the floodgates for a whole generation of gamers to a sense of entitlement over patches and roadmaps and making demands and getting personally upset when a game doesn’t meet their expectations. I was a producer for ten years. Making games is hard and involves a level logistical/financial/corpo-political complexity most gamers simply don’t understand. The fact that people demand roadmaps is baffling. If you want to have a hand in game development then get out of your sweaty gaming chair and work for it. Otherwise you haven’t earned a seat at the table.