@Maali
Most of your points are personnal, so I won't argue about them.
Greatness in video games does not come from absolute freedom.
I fully agree. However, I think greatness comes from increase in possibility as the player experience grows. And not only fighting possibilities.
What makes a RPG great does not come from being able to chose through a thousand different stats
or talents...
but from the correct balance of interaction, gameplay, writing, good programming, and art direction
I probably mostly agree, although this lacks facts.
You don't want to indulge companies in praticing early access schemes? Stop buying early access.
lesson learned.