It’s a mixed bag in my opinion. The combat has been polished a lot but it feels like the game is more RNG-heavy than ever and there isn’t that much meaningful meta progression, which is made worse by the fact that there isn’t that much variety. I’d say wait it out, maybe this game mode might be what it needed.
Windwaker would’ve been an easy #1 for me if it weren’t so stretched out. The ocean really didn’t need to be that big, I remember many times where I was just holding forward on the boat and browsing my phone for 5 minutes.
Considering the day 1 release on Game Pass, they probably got a pretty good amount of money from Microsoft so I wouldn’t worry too much. Many indie devs have said Epic and Microsoft are a great lifeline on potentially low sales.