I refuse to believe this is a product that Larian was proud in getting out the door. It’s clearly an unfinished game that they just recently added a semi satisfying epilogue to. I did hear about the financial struggles and crunch time, but it was under development for years. I see now that they have much more in store and that they’re correcting their mistakes but this feels like an Early Access Part 2 situation.
I've been in the same state of denial until I read the recent interview with the lead writers. I, too, thought noway this is the actual ending and the reason for it clearly must be time pressure.