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So, 17k loose "if" statements defining if some single sentences will pop up during the ending scene.
if player has killed love interest
-> And the love interest remained deadif player has killed love interest AND ressurrected
-> And the love interest died, but got betterif player has NOT killed love interest
-> And the love interest never died, just as their loveetc etc
Nobody said that. It is a nonsense number.
You don't even need that many 'if' statements. If you're stringing together a sequence of cause and effect binary decisions (as so many RPGs are wont to do), then you only need 14 of them to get over 16,000 possible combinations!
17000? Try 14. 2^14 is 16384.