I read somewhere that you're supposed to power through to Chapter 3, similar to Dragon Age Inquisition where you're supposed to get out of the Hinterlands, so I did that and didn't do many standard orders unless I was already heading that way. I was most definitely not expecting anything that happened at the end of Chapter 2.
If I had a system to play it on I would get it. Sounds like this is the type of weird game I'd like. Don't got as much money to spare these days though.