I appreciate you for this comment so much because you say everything that was on my mind exactly. It is extremely helpful I think that you took such care to write a long lengthy review as well to as it shows you do want the game to be successful, as do I!
I do feel the game could be more optimized because it is lagging on my laptop or perhaps the scenes are just purposely drawn out. I'm hoping a lot of these problems are because it's beta and not reflective of the actual release so I am keeping hopes high!