Video game moral choices and some compulsory bad guy related foreshadowing IN A WESTERN RPG GAME.
 

Kind of rote, and yet we're still doing it.

Your name is Fire, and your name is Fire? You are a man of simplicity.

Have you played the First Neverwinter Nights? If so, which one do you prefer?

 @Bucketdeth:  I found what I played of the first Neverwinter Nights to be everything that was wrong with Bioware or D&D games in general. So I guess I prefer this one simply by value of having a party of characters under my direct control instead of a CPU hireling of questionable intelligence, not to mention a plot that at the very least feels sincere, even if it is already piling up on the cliches. 
 
@Video_Game_King: I'll accept that, even though I'm not a girl, nor am I the biggest fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender (or James Cameron's Avatar for that matter). For a kid's show? Sure. It's not art, but I understand why people like it. And, I'll have you know that Water Gensai are probably the dumbest elemental planetouched, because they look like fish people and their special ability that gives them the +1 effective level isn't great. Air Gensai are probably the best, generally speaking. +2 Int and +2 Dex at the cost of -2 Cha and -2 Wis. But my dude can make himself on fire, in a special ability that is already of questionable use this early in the game. Who cares? I'm not min-maxing. I picked my dude because he was fire. 

Have you played The Witcher? Great choices in what I have played of that game so far. Really gray. Nothing like Bioware or Obsidian. Also, I've heard that Tactics Ogre for the SNES/PS1/PSP has a bunch of really difficult and gray moral choices. I've never really had to think hard about a choice in a western RPG. Heavy Rain on the other hand had me stumped a couple times. (I hope you got the double pun in that - it was quite clever) One time I literally just sat there for a minute and was like, "Shit." The choices really didn't have big enough consequences by the end, but the game really made you feel like some really simple choices had major weight. Personally I think the flaws outweighed the positives in the end, but as a taste of what Cage and team are capable of, it leaves me excited for where they will go from here.

 @Raven10:  I actually do own The Witcher (because: Steam Sales), though I'm pretty sure it won't run on my old-ass computer that barely meets the minimum specs for this game (checks specs for Witcher. Yep. No.) I've been meaning to play it once I get a better computer, which may happen as a graduation present or something. It intrigues me, although some have told me that the choices are occasionally presented in such a way as to make sure they are always "Damned if you do, Damned if you don't". Will check out eventually. 

Welcome to the most tedious part of the entire game.  Be prepared to run around doing your chosen faction's bidding for way longer than seems necessary.  It's really kind of a drag.

" It's not art "

I don't want to post spoilers but, you are a bit off on one part. Not gonna say which, because it's better to be left as a "small but pleasant" surprise.
It's nothing mind shattering mind you. Just nice.
 
Also one of the replies to you by another poster is kind of wrong by the same virtue.

I just finished this game yesterday and WORST END BOSS FIGHT EVER. It makes Alpha Protocol's bosses look well designed. Although after doing some research it is possible, it just requires very specific execution.

Man, it feels to me like you've only been playing the same three or so oldies for the past forever :P Also whenever I heard Neverwinter Nights, I can't help but be reminded of the 'Nights' games on the Sega Saturn..

The amount of undead now starts to drop off, but you still run into them.  And yeah since you never get a true cleric, the best class to choose seems to be cleric or cleric/fighter.  But you'll soon get access to stone skin which makes the easy battles go even quicker and you'll get to see your entire party as rocks during cut scenes!  But yeah the next section does seem to take forever.

" I just finished this game yesterday and WORST END BOSS FIGHT EVER. It makes Alpha Protocol's bosses look well designed. Although after doing some research it is possible, it just requires very specific execution. "