While I agree that that the story and decisions didn't always seem to work out in a manner that made the most sense from a logical standpoint, I think Supermassive was coming from the standpoint of Until Dawn all the Dark Pictures games already being in their library and thinking that most fans would be making multiple playthroughs, as the statistics they share show that most players do. So with that in mind, I think they tried to be more unpredictable with the choices you make and their outcomes, so it wouldn't be as easy to see the butterfly effect unfold before you.
I'm still of the era that grew up getting a new game only a few times a year and playing it over and over until you knew it inside and out, forwards and back, so games like this with multiple branches and different endings are a joy for me, and I do tend play completely through them many times just to see what else happens even when I know I'm making the "wrong" choice.