I didn't make it clear enough that I actually meant that it was a weak start, not really making you care enough for it to be a driving force to keep going and exploring, other aspects of the game cover that to an extent.
If you'd written this at the start of your post, I'd stopped reading it. I mean it's very clearly explained. Thinking further, this invalidates for me your opinion about the main story kind of. Is it possible your rushed the game a bit ?
See above, didn't really phrase it well so it came of as if I said that the whole story is bad and has no potential.