I don't blame you, and yeah I didn't get the story but it was interesting what I picked up of it. It just seems going by not the reviews in full words, but the clip from GoG and the genre area they dropped it under I felt mislead so the combat was a huge turn off. Game isn't bad, it's just not pitched what it is in the stills and basics about it.
If you go into it with the wrong expectation on how it plays, atmosphere and story alone give it on a GoG scale a 2/5 at best, but if you go in wanting a SRPG with more hands on action, easy 4 to 4.5/5.