The list of games you linked is very different IMO. For example the Gothic Games , you have a major choice to chose a faction but except that everything is alwa

The list of games you linked is very different IMO. For example the Gothic Games , you have a major choice to chose a faction but except that everything is always the same(same quests, same dialog, same NPCs). The games listed in this article have a lot of randomness , random maps, random characters, random events, usually you can change the world and have your action be reflected, each play will be very different then the others. I like watching on YouTube talented people play this kind of games, I am not so creative/inspired to play them. Probably The Sims series could fit the article criteria.