You are entitled to your opinion

However, it does sound like you never got far in the game? Which is understandable, because its finicky as fuck. I've had to use a walkthrough to get to the end, because it uses moon logic for many of the puzzles.
The game is much longer than a demo, and the mods for it make it rather interesting as well.
But, it seems you've made up your mind, which is perfectly fine. I just wanted to share with you a game that I feel is very good and similar to this (Though much less customization)