User blog comment:JESSIEJJD13/The Downfall of Choices/@comment-24378197-20190505190246

That ad for Bachelorette Party is so cringy that I worry about its quality. Anyway, I have some thoughts on the stories you've listed.

1. HSS:CA: I actually don't mind the soft reboot because I want to explore an unknown side of Berry High, and I'm sick of the school club and school spirit formula of the first trilogy. Book 2 bores me with the election drama, however. At least there's Skye and Erin, and the new MC's personality is similar to mine.

2. WT: I enjoy this story as long as I focus on the mind-reading power and journalism instead of the romance. It certainly has no reason to be genderlocked aside from "saving time, resources, and effort", which is actually wasting them on the romance aspect.

3. RCD: Honestly, any potential it once had is dead and buried. I think it being genderlocked makes sense if the MC's a veteran actress struggling to stay in the spotlight, as women in the film industry are treated as commodities with a shorter shelf life than men.

4. AME: All Stars: This story's a guilty pleasure of mine, but Book 2's definitely weaker than Book 1 because most of the characters are wasted, the relationship mechanic is useless aside from getting votes, and the plot's a mess.

5. AME: Wedding Edition: Definitely unnecessary. Heck, I'd rather have the wedding featured in the last chapter of All Stars instead.

6. RoD: This story's not the worst received Choices story. While it has improved over time, it still has problems like clichés and predictable twists. Nevertheless, the story should've had gender options by having us play as Logan while taking the MC out of the story.

7. Sunkissed: My thoughts exactly, though we still have little info on it so far.

8. Platinum: I'm more worried that it will turn out like RCD than it being genderlocked, though the latter concern reinforces the former in some ways.

9. It Lives: This series isn't cancelled. It should return this September, just like the first two books were released on Septembers.

10. TH:M: I have mixed feelings on this story being a standalone. On one hand, I don't want the story to drag too long, and I find the ending a satisfying conclusion. On the other hand, a part of me wants it to become an anthology series, though it can be hard to implement because of Sonia's stance on us and the mix-and-match nature of the recruits.

I'm currently into TE, OH, and NB at the moment, though ATV is slowly gaining my interest.

I'm with you that Pixelberry is getting worse. I've always suspected that it's resorting to clichés in some stories, but now this applies to most, if not all, of their stories. It's like Pixelberry only cares about one segment of the fandom at the cost of others by not understanding the diversity of its fanbase.