Now, there is nothing wrong with mindless fun and wish fulfillment, but we serve a different meal here.
Naturally, to accommodate all that scheming, plotting, and backstabbing, we give the player plenty of choices, from multiple solutions to quests to different paths you can take through the game. Quoting from one of the reviews: “Well, if you want a hardcore, heavy metal roleplaying experience that challenges you, this is the ticket. The game is vicious, both in its lack of morality and its merciless systems. There are no default good and bad guys.