Ah. I can certainly understand your point of view. But we are very different I guess. You focus on the journey, I only care about the destination.I thought the same times ago but then came the point at which I realized that I wasn't giving myself more control, but rather less control. Instead of making my own decisions, I only ever chose the options that the mod showed me to be the best. It's like reading a book. In the end I played the game like the mod wanted, but not like I would have done. In principle, the author shouldn't have built any queries into the game. You just keep clicking. Only at the moment on the variable displayed by the mod. I took the fun out of the AVN. It's a lot more fun to discover things and see things that other players don't even notice because they never get to see those dialogues and images because of their gameplay. And as I said: I also use URM from time to time. But never in my first playthrough, the real playthrough. Only in later runs, although I tend to go for walkthroughs and only check something with URM from time to time. Every once in a while I change a variable, but mostly it's unnecessary.
I am the guy who reads the last page first whenever I open a new book. I am the guy who looks for spoilers and reviews for tv shows and movies before watching them. And the reason why is simple. There is no worse feeling than that of having wasted your precious time or money into something that ends up disappointing you. When it comes to AVN's specifically, a little old game called Acting Lessons, taught me the value of URM and mods. It still is today the single worst adult game I've ever played because my experience was dreadful throughout the entire thing. Had I known about URM sooner I could have steered my playthrough into something more palatable. Had I read spoilers I would have known to avoid that particular game. I would rather not have a similar experience with Summer's Gone.
We already have so little control over our own lives or the world around us... I'll always take some of it back wherever I can .