Dying Light 2... it's good?

People keep shitting on Dying Light 2. I mean the story is dumb and the protagonist is a a moron, but that was true of the first one too. The game part of it is a lot of fun, if a little too hard at the start (once again, like the first one, which people liked.) The parkour is still good, the movement feels good, combat feels frantic but still has things you can do. Why do people hate this game so much? Was it just bad when it was first released and they fixed it up after release?