While not 2077 related but general gaming I felt this was a worthy article to post about. PC Gamer talked to a licensed therapist and how he uses PC games, Dragon Age specifically, to explain relationships. A really insightful and in depth article. Here is a snip;

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Human development PhD and licensed marriage & family therapist Dr. Ryan Earl goes by Dr. Mick on Twitch (opens in new tab). He started out livestreaming Destiny 2 hoping to be a resource for other streamers who often accidentally wind up playing amateur therapists to their viewers. When the Mass Effect Legendary Edition launched in 2021, Dr. Mick planned to livestream what would be his 10th playthrough. "And I was like 'you know what? I'll try to analyze it," he tells me. He set out to make realistic decisions, not as a typical RPG player, but based on his years of clinical and life experience.

And boy did BioWare fans enjoy seeing a professional dissect their favorite characters. "Mass Effect was where my TikTok really blew up," Dr. Mick says. He's since analyzed his playthroughs of Grand Theft Auto 5, Red Dead Redemption 2, The Last of Us, and more, eventually returning to BioWare to try Dragon Age: Origins, which he remembered so little of from his single 2009 playthrough that he was able to have unprepared reactions, unlike with Mass Effect.

"Dragon Age probably has the best content for me to dissect of all the games I've played so far," he says, noting that its genuine reactions to your decisions force a player to pay attention to context rather than leaning on morality or tone indicators.