One more bit regarding making the game a "better RPG", my point was that it is not really a good RPG if it only looks like one because of the player's lack of information that can be obtained from other sources anyway. It is not honest towards the customer that way, the quality of the game as an RPG should not suddenly decrease a lot just because you read the books. It could have just included a different set of choices then, but it is also possible to explain the missing bits of information in ways that do not imply that the game becomes a worse RPG after reading the books. That is what I was trying to do above, saying that what you are not told is missing simply because it does not matter, in the narrative of the game, to the decisions the protagonist makes, from his point of view. Not because of some artificial choice balancing that becomes useless as soon as the player reads the books. And considering those parts of the books non-canon to the game is just another possible interpretation (not that I say it is the right one) where the quality of the game does not depend on book knowledge, or the lack of thereof.
Also, throughout my posts, I was trying to explain that various things that have been criticized as "bad writing" in the games actually make sense if you understand their concepts and how they approach storytelling. Rational explanations can be given to them that do not imply (even if indirectly) that the game writers are incompetent or disingenuous. I do not think that is off-topic, given that the thread has been about writing in the games (and criticism of thereof) since the beginning. I was just trying to address the issues raised, and that resulted in some long posts.
Also, throughout my posts, I was trying to explain that various things that have been criticized as "bad writing" in the games actually make sense if you understand their concepts and how they approach storytelling. Rational explanations can be given to them that do not imply (even if indirectly) that the game writers are incompetent or disingenuous. I do not think that is off-topic, given that the thread has been about writing in the games (and criticism of thereof) since the beginning. I was just trying to address the issues raised, and that resulted in some long posts.