Unfortunately, it falls painfully flat compared to its predecessors

And yes, some of the animations are fairly dismal compared to what you would expect in

The characters still look substandard compared to even some other studio's last gen efforts

Not as good as the originals, but the crisisms are overblown

It has some curious quest design issues that experienced game developers shouldn't have made that dull its shine, and the crew aren't as memorable as in previous games, but the story and environments are interesting and well-crafted, with gorgeous visuals and exciting well-tuned combat.

you go into the game knowing these things, you'll likely enjoy it as I did