I think a lot of people faced the same issue... marketing was odd. I delay buying it because I thought I will be requested to buy cards or costumes and that some part of the game will be unavailable for a solo player.

I ended up buying it on a steam sale, and it was a great experience. At the beginning the team interaction was cringe, I felt like it was dumb, but ended up having a lot of fun making friends with Magik, Nico and Blade.

At the end it took me lot of time, probably I did not understood the dynamic at first and wasted a lot of friendship points, but the ending was good and now I feel pity that no sequel is on the making.