Well, it's a shooter. Doubt that the story gets lots of attention there (compared to a RPG or Adventure).
I think the good thing about 12 Monkeys was, that they didn't explain it at all, did they? They let it be in a shroud of mystery which is the only way to not make it too apparent that it doesn't make too much sense.
Never played Soul Reaver, cannot judge it.
I completely agree with that! Problem is, that the logic to explain time travel almost never makes sense in the world's own reality.
On some profile pages you can often read about "Favorite Movie: Butterfly Effect".
It's appaling that this one can be someone's favorite movie. It's the most broken Time Travel Movie I ever watched.
I am too much of a logic-nerd (if you named it that way) to let such errors in the story slide.
The two Time Travel movies/series I enjoyed most are Bill&Ted and Back to the Future. But just because they don't set the expectation to be logical/realistic.
Anyways, though it's one of the setting I like least I will probably give the game a chance if everything else seems right. But if you take away the story from Wasteland 2, the negative parts of this game would outweight the good ones for me.