I spent way too much time on this game when I was younger. It's in a weird spot because it was a Digimon-like game in the earlier entries, but it suddenly shifted into a racing game, which controls like ass. The dino- Vivosaurs are 50-50, either "interesting" designs or the most lukewarm thing imaginable, when you compare them to the earlier games you feel that they hit creative bankrupcy. Despite all of this when I was younger I actually finished the game and got all of the Vivosaurs (I blame some sort of undiagnosed autism).
Overall, I think the game is actually shit, but I got a soft spot for dinosaurs.

The whole point is supposed to be the graphics, how ever I can see a bunch of places where the mesh cuts. The combat graphics are 2006, AKA the attacks and animations connect only in your imagination. The combat itself is horrible. Timings are all shit, bow aiming with controller, just plain why? Camera control could not be worse, the amount of times I have been attacked from off-screen.. The lock-on is unusable, the auto targeting is okay. I couldn't get invested in the story at all, feels very cheap and copy pasted, while the voice acting is horrible (I played on english dub & sub). The skill tree is way more annoying than hype, you don't have any combat utils without unlocks, and the unlocks feel like they should be part of default move-set, meaning it was probably an after thought.

This is one of those titles that I'm happy that I waited for the PC port to pirate, I'd hold prayers to mourn my money, if I'd have spent any on this digital over-hyped trash.

however I can imagine this being enjoyed for surface values, or if your standard is very low.

I like it a lot, but I don't love it like I do SotN or Hollow Knight. I love the aesthetic the theming, the lore, but fuck me if there aren't somethings I'd change. Some bosses are either a nightmare (Sierpes, Isidora) or an absolute push over (Ten Piedad, Custodia, Escribar), but the enemies always end up being a plague cast down from the heavens, the whole Library, god damn book throwers; and Wreak and Havoc, Sierpes and the fucking Masts that shoot thunder and the fucking St. Elmo's fire.
It's got a lot of things I love in games, but the infuriating enemies and gameplay bring it down from being a 5 star.