You said it yourself, there are a lot of ramifications. This update is not small (contrary to what some like to imply) but unless the Dev decide to focus on only one path at a time it may feel like that if you don't check all the possible outcomes.
Yeah.... No.
Its like that scene where you can chose if you f*** Tyrone or Jack (last update I think).
Its one and the same scene, all that differs is the slightly lighter skin colour on the guy but other than that its exactly the same. thats faking new content (or content-size!).
I mean, the guy right above your post unvoluntarily made a point: he downloaded the update, wanted to play and didnt get anything new. I myself have almost every route in my savgames and tried them all. I m still disappointed and rightfully so.
Its not just the size but the quality of it, like the story not going anywhere right now.
No one is trashtalking, there were actually a lot of posts praising the game and its quality so far, but a lot of the same people feel like something that has been there before is missing now and not just for the current update but for a while.
So whats the freakin problem with letting people say how they feel about a game they love?
Is critque forbidden just because its not just praise all the way?