I posted this in another forum and feel it's appropriate to add to this thread as well.
What if a few key dialog scenes in Andromeda were out of our control with multiple unknown results of our choices? Each choice leads to outcomes that we could not have anticipated.
For example, in the ME-3 shooting scene with Anderson and T.I.M. our decision choices could have been displayed cryptically as:
D: Scenario 4 A: Scenario 1
\ /
E: Scenario 5 -- 0 -- B: Scenario 2
/ \
F: Scenario 6 C: Scenario 3
...and we had no clue as to what each of these choices would lead to next:
Choice A: Shepard shoots TIM.
Choice B: T.I.M. shoots himself.
Choice C: Anderson pulls out a gun unexpectedly and he shoots T.I.M.
Choice D: Anderson screams: "You can't control anything, you bastard!" and he
suddenly rushes T.I.M., and together they both fall into the chasm (go over the edge).
Anderson has sacrificed himself so Shepard can reach the controls to activate the
Crucible unharmed.
Choice E) T.I.M. shoots Shepard, and in response, Anderson screams "Nooooooo!",
and then he rushes TIM so that they both go over the edge.
Choice F) Shepard's love interest appears out of nowhere, badly injured and bleeding.
T.I.M. shoots the L.I.; the L.I. shoots T.I.M., and then the L.I. then dies in Shepard's arms.
Their final intimate conversation has Shepard weeping in stunned horror, trying desperately
to stop the bleeding (and has you reaching for tissues to wipe away your tears.).
Imagine the stunning shock you'd have as you witness different events unfold that you could not have anticipated or controlled.
An autosave occurs at the beginning of the cutscene so that you can reload it and try all six outcomes.
In all these scenarios T.I.M. will be dead anyway, so the scene following each of these surprises shows Shepard making the same story progression towards the penultimate ending scene.
I'm not talking about a re-do of ME-3, just suggesting a way that our choices in Andromeda can be handled differently at a few critical moments.