Quote Originally Posted by HyoMinPark View Post
Then the story completely negated the development you pointed out. What would be the point of the development? The point of the choice? You can’t say no—so the “development” led nowhere. Effectively undermining it.

It would been much better for the game to break away from the prior notion of choice not affecting the story. And would have probably helped what you’ve pointed out here. But the fact that it undermines it doesn’t help Zenos at all. It makes the entire thing worse, actually.
In the end, it was the WoL who chose to stay and fight. Zenos would have let them walk away. Narratively, nothing was undermined. It was all the WoL's decision. If you think the developers should have put in an option to reject the challenge, fair enough. But that doesn't change the fact that Zenos would have let the WoL walk away, proving he did have development in some fashion.