I agree with that, it never looked like my sort of thing. Nobody was talking about this game till it got canned.
MS's choices on exclusives have been a little weird this time round, not really sure what they have been aiming at.
Sunset overdrive was another one, and though it played better than i thought when it appeared on GWG it never appealed to me from the marketing. Same with Recore didn't peak my interest.
This game was never even close to being on my radar or any of my friends when were were discussing the E3 trailers after it was announced.
Upon reading this I totally understand and relate to it. I feel in a similar way with 'Horizon Zero Dawn' on PS4. They keep banging on about it but I've seen or heard nothing about it which makes me want to play it.