1.8 has massive bugs. Honestly surprised it's this broken considering how much time the devs spend doing backend work rather than moving the plot forward
I like this game a lot, a lot. But its kinda sad to see the content related changelog here. In 1.8, story progressed? Yes, it did but by only one freaking small event. Just one event. I thought that dev is done with backend stuff but nah, I guess it would never end.
In short, game is good but each update adds very little content. If you look into files, this update had only 7-8 new images/videos added if you don't consider hacking job which is a side quest.