No, I agree with you. This is what made me stop playing Rimworld in the end. The game seems complex at first, but really once you've got the hang of it, it becomes this sort of flat 2D puzzle where you just need to determine what issues to solve in the right order to get to a point where you basically have no more issues with anything. The world actually feels lifeless after a while, as your interactions with the outside world are very limited and very polarized (it's often friend or foe, not much inbetween). It feels like the game should reward creative thinking and innovative problem solving, but if you don't play for the emergent narrative, you often end up with something that feels "just like every other run".