The stories are good, and it's no surprise because Majalis make them at least for 16 straight (or not) years already. But that is raising the question, why do you play the game to read the book? Especially true for Story Mode where the encounters don't seem to have that many of alternating sequences, and you can easily figure out how to put into a single story both of those outcomes. Less relevant commentary for Adventure mode where you usually can choose some very different scenes, like try to flee the Minotauress, or to hook up right away and others.still I would say reading the text is very entertaining to me personally, enough to take it slow and try not to hunt for every scene the the moment I meet a character, and just enjoy reading the dialog
But still a lot of characters have the content that isn't worth the whole chase for it. For some outcomes you have to restart, especially when you screwed up your build and have low stats, which kills the advantage of it being a game once again. Or at least you have to spend time looking for the repeatable character. And the Cheat Mode is basically like reading a book and choosing your chapter.