Is there an actual game here or is this mostly just an animation viewer?
Animation viewer. The story gameplay is rudimentary and very bare bones. Boot camp level stuff. Go here, interact with actor, go there, kill actor.
They're not likely to pursue much deeper systems than that. They're going to make more/keep interest just by being a barbie doll dresser with a scene creator because, well, that is what the market wants I guess.
Forum users can't possibly have experience shipping code or working on an engine that has been freely available to use/learn for a decade so don't criticize the development.