100%, they're trying to fool their double digit fanbase into thinking the game is going to be just the good old days. Then, when everyone already bought it, we will see the actual woke stuff later on in the game, past the 2 hour refund window, like with KCD2 and many other recent titles.
Watch, since their fanbase is mostly just horny teenagers and porn obsessed non-white third worlders, all we will be hearing about from them for weeks will be "ass this", "ass that" and no criticism of the game will be allowed.