So, if you didn't come into this expecting to fight against the game at least a little, you made a mistake. Early Access, not a finished game. Not even a Beta version of a game. Some things don't work right.
The expectation for playing this should be to get a bit of a sense for the game, sure, but also to be figuring out how to break it. How to do things laterally and not go through the front door, to find out what you can get away with.
I can't help but wonder if our DM for 35 years runs into a lot of situations where his players out think him, or if he railroads them on the regular. I might say, try playing it like the DM is actively trying to screw you over, assume everything is a trap and act accordingly.
