Oh yeah I suppose that was a twist, but it kind of had less of an effect on me as they all led such miserable lives anyway!
I guess I was a bit caught by surprise and focused on the main quest as I thought it was going to be much longer than it was. Like in Fallout 3, you find Liam Neeson and then it carries on even further. However to be fair, it did clearly tell me I was starting the final mission, I just assumed I'd be able to carry on after. I had the same thing with Mario Odyssey where I stupidly rushed to the finish and can only blame myself.
Definitely going back to do the rest of the side missions. Parvarti was my favourite character and I loved the way her story developed but I need to resolve it as I still haven't taken her for a drink on Groundbreaker so she can talk about the engineer lady.
Also loved Ellie's story. I went in actually wanting to impress her parents, but admit I reverted to an earlier save once I saw where the conversation was going and I acted a total jerk to them!
It might look like I rushed it, but I've been very, very busy "working from home"