Already disappointed by Snezhnaya

It's an open world game. Why do I have to be led through a boring, confined tunnel to get a tutorial dump before I can enjoy the atmosphere and explore? It's kind of killed my hype for Snezhnaya. Like, it's one thing to have to go through a quest where you do puzzles in a cool space facility before you can get to the Frost Moon, but an ice rock tunnel with one narrow route where you'll start taking damage if you spend too long looking around is not how I want to be introduced to a region.

Thoughts?