We are on the same wavelength: the game advertising the plot as its main selling point is highly ironic, when the game is running around like a headless chicken, and it's been doing that for quite some time by now.
It's not the first time somebody said this: about half of the reviews point it as this game's greatest failure, even just you and me keep repeating it every 2-3 posts.
And people will keep bitching, and with good reason, until the devs will manage to screw their head up again, or the game gets abandoned.
But you know what I think after visiting their Patreon page and looking with more attention? To me it's clear that the problem is that 2-3 people with more money than brains started paying commissions to Vielab to add custom content in the game, completely trainwrecking it.
Well, the problem is that the devs agreed.