Don't interpret this as a dig on your post, because it's not:
Thank you for taking the time to explain to everyone that thinks that the story is written as in "the dialogue is written" that it is actually not the case.
As far as what I think, I don't even think the dev as a full story written other than MC gets fucked by X, Y, Z. Gets groped by A,B,C.
No worries, I am cool.
And you are free to think that all he has is a single sheet of notes with who fuck who ;-
I think it is much more than that, and the "meat" of the story is all laid out allready.
This doesn't mean he has everything ironed out in all the small details. It never works this way. He certainly doesnt have entire dialogues pre-written. It would have been stupid. When you woring on something, small details are always shifting. Some things you didn't consider at first come out after looking at it back after a lot of time.
I do believe the story is pre-written all right, but by the time the game is finished (10-15years ;-) ), it will probably change drasticaly from what it was at the start, some parts re-written, some deleted, others much expanded upon.
This is norm of every creative process.
Try to be positive about it.
At least he is not going back to the days he allready finished re-writing them, and making "A Wife and A Mother Reloaded".
A lot of Authors get caught in the loop of always trying to improve of what they allready done, and it can turn ugly.
At least it is moving forth ;-