I bought this game back in 2017(!) and still haven't come around playing it.

Too many other games, never enough time. The bane of someone who plays JRPGs and Total War and other titles where you easily put in 100 hours. Not like those shooter fans who say "oh, yes, it was pretty long, I played 12 hours!!"
(For example I have 290 hours on X4 that came out last November, and in Janury will be the first expansion with a new race, means likely another 100 hours sigh)