They delivered on the promise. You just don't like the outcome.
In their mind, each of the features you complain about is something they feel was achieved. This doesn't make them liars. Worst case scenario, it's the devs using the keywords as a scapegoat, but not a lie.
Also, you shouldn't include the d1 vet crap like it matters on this platform. Everyone here is a d1 alpha day -1 vet when they feel like it. Holds no weight.
I really am a day 1 d1 vet lmao 🤣 and I hear you, but I think you aren't really getting to the crux, which is if they say they are going to do something, they should do it. Not say one thing, and then half deliver. Part of the problem is they focus to much on things that are not truly relevant to the game and fire the wrong people or drive them off. It's bad enough that Sony has had to step in more than they have wanted too. Scape goating is a form of lying, btw.
They have certainly half delivered on plenty of their promises. With Apollo, i do think that it will be a loose understanding of metroidvania where we start with 3 missions, and they simply overlap. Not metroidvania in the sense of a massive map with a complex system of rooms.
But hey, I just enjoy the game when i enjoy it and play other games when I don't. Got the loot i wanted after the first run of the exotic mission thanks to no crafting, played the pipe organ, and hopped off to more poe2 and nine souls.