It's not so bad as the first impressions. It's still not a must-have for me but seems like they did fix some of me concerns, mostly in the gameplay department. There are still things that I feel "off" (keeping this spoiler free, so no examples now) but I think this can be a pretty decent game in the long run.
The demo at least got the game bleeping on my radar, but far as much as the FF16 demo got me Hellbent to get the full game.