Potential spoilers to some degree, so warning?



But if we decide not to

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move back in with Lana

, we do anyway. If we decide to

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shoot our brother

, it won't let us anyway. Why bother giving those choices?

I'll see if the writer has time to answer here explaining his reasons. Personally I think that not necessarily all choices should matter or change the plot in a big way (it could just show a different reaction of the character, showing inner struggles, etc). In the games I write myself though I usually don't have examples like the ones you mentioned, so I agree they're a bit odd