That was also the first for me to come to mind. I think it's great but you are right in kind of suffers in the late game.
There are also so many options and characters that you can lock some things by not doing something or for example dating some one else, i locked myself out from the "Band...
I dare to say that i actually like them. I enjoyed "back to freedom" for example.
I feel like if they are fleshed out with many options they are great.
Not as great as your average OC game, but playable none the less