Gotta admit. That chess 'analogy' made me laugh. It's like yelling ''meat is murder'' and then starting talking about what Hitler did during the Holocaust.
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Regarding some of the claims, it's seems EXTREMELY unlikely that Larian would allow changes to Origin characters that could potentially eradicate their story through-out the game, even if 'choice' is paramount there will still be a general path in terms of who these characters are.