I agree with what you are saying but I also tend to think it was inevitable. There's only so much development time, I think the world would have needed to be scaled back in order to allow to greater depth into the rest of the game.
It's bizarre playing the game, the longer I play it the less impressed I am. I can't think of many other games that manage that.
That's what happens when you've been playing one single game for a month straight.
Take a break, you'll find yourself wanting to go back to it in no time.
Just waiting for the next patch is killing me, and I've been to every corner of the province and back already.