Helldivers 2 being review bombed by the Chinese.
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I kinda get it. I don't even necessarily think that the problem here is that the Game Master manages the meta, the problem is that the Game Master is fucking up the meta. You want player engagement like that. FFS, your invading Earth. This would be the exact time to let the players have a heroic defense in the story. There's all sorts of ways to tell a story that moves around with a bit of player input but gets you to where you want to go.
On rails or not, the issue is bad story-telling.
If player choice is a feature then there's no excuse not to build branching paths into your story, whether in vidya or tabletop. If I ever had a GM like that I'd tell him to his face "why don't we just go watch a movie instead of playing pretend in your fantasy fan fiction?"
Even if your not gonna do branching paths, there's still "rolling with it". If they make progress, don't shut it down just because you're not being imaginative.