To be honest, I'm a bit back and forth on this one. I've seen games ruined by either approach, and also either one turning out phenomenally great. Having said that, I think I lean towards the scripted story as I think I've had more better experiences with that type of game. COULD BE that I just play more of those types of games, but whatever.
Since I'm playing The Witcher 3 right now, I'll weigh in on that while the overarching story may not be that epic, it does have some meaningful decisions thrown at you. And some of them are just as small as either being snarky or friendly, and end up with interesting consequences. It's also a cool psychological test at times to see how heartless and shitty you are willing to role play yourself, and also how much you like screwing around, if anything just to see how much the writers are going to let shit get out of hand.
Since I'm playing The Witcher 3 right now, I'll weigh in on that while the overarching story may not be that epic, it does have some meaningful decisions thrown at you. And some of them are just as small as either being snarky or friendly, and end up with interesting consequences. It's also a cool psychological test at times to see how heartless and shitty you are willing to role play yourself, and also how much you like screwing around, if anything just to see how much the writers are going to let shit get out of hand.