Everyone likes choice in everyday life, right? Do you want ketchup, mustard or both on your cheeseburger? Do you want fries with that? Should I mow the grass today or wash the car? PC or Mac? Mario or Sonic? The list of choices goes on and on – and we like it that way. Its only natural, in the evolution of the gaming industry, to give the gamer progressively more and more choices when it comes to their character and the path that character takes in a game. Eventually, you get to the point where the character’s actions and moral decisions can have repercussions – for good or bad – at later points in the story. Lately it seems so much emphasis has been placed on giving the player these choices that games that tend to stick to more traditional means of storytelling are criticized.

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