(the title and op are primarily hyperbole)Yeah I know
One specific thing I'm interested in is the game's fox that shows you where to go. Was this added in to help with player confusion or was it planned to be there the whole time? It was very hard to see on screen and half of my game was marco polo using surround sound and the fox's "bark" for lack of a better word.
The real reason no one warned you was because none of us played it. After a big deal was made of the reveal the game kind of faded into nothingness. I totally forgot about it until a streamer I watched played it a month or so ago.
The fox definitely seems like it was planned from the start, but it just wasn't implemented very well gameplay wise.