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Vague Dialogue Trees Aren’t All They’re Cracked Up To Be

One of the things that Mass Effect was praised for was streamlining the traditional RPG conversation options by condensing full sentences down to a short phrase in its dialogue wheel. However, what was on the wheel didn’t always marry up with what Shepard said. That’s been the case on games that have borrowed the dialogue wheel concept for their dialogue.

So what would happen if you had your own dialogue wheel? Chances are it wouldn’t end well.