Indeed, they just threw you out there and said "your a clone, deal with it". And then, just when you are getting used to this spaz of a clone, he dies and they say "hah! You were alive the whole time, you just don't get to know why or how or why you are evil!". Now all they did was put basically the same fighting process, filled the game with it, and didn't even bother with making a storyline other than "your a clone, not the real thing, but everyone else thinks your the real thing".