Is the new Star Ocean as bad as everyone says it is?

[Acevil]

Turkish said:

Mystro-Sama said:

Is it?... I've kinda been wanting to try it since i've never played a game in the franchise before but all the negative comments and that shit metascore has me thinking otherwise. Anyone here played it and can say whether the hate is justified or not?

It's much better than Star Ocean 4 is the general consensus.

That isn't saying much however.