Anyone else given the false impression we'd actually have to build the Nexus?

In the marketing campaign up until the release of MEA, it was heavily suggested several times that the Nexus would not be complete upon our arrival in Andromeda and that we would have to help finish building it. To my dismay, the Nexus did not change in appearance once during my entire playthrough. The only noticeable differences in terms of aesthetics were additional arks you could find and add to the station. Even the AVP system had a inconsequential effect, as the colonists you take out of cryo have no impact on the Nexus, or anything else to my knowledge.

Outside of actually establishing colonies on the main planets and making them viable, it really didn't seem like much was changing on the Nexus at all. Did anyone else find this somewhat jarring? We arrive with the lights mostly off and the station on the verge of collapse. All that changed in the interior is the lights were turned on and boxes were removed to give access to some new areas. There were never any actual additions or improvements made to the facility that I noticed.