My position: not a bad game per se, but too many flaws to honestly call it good.For me it's boring*, and didn't found anything in it that would put it in "a special spot in my heart".
*Interestingly, I found the origins the biggest turn off from a second playthrough. After a unique beginning you get to the boring-as-hell Corcari Wilds and realize "wait...from here on everything is the same...and the origin won't matter anyway...and boring combat".
Yes, I know that every game is the same each playthrough, but the others don't have different beginnings. Sameness more glaring this way.