I've heard some folks give it some praise ... but reading this just makes it sound like a ballache and really not my kind of thing, I'm enough of a grump when you don't just heal up between fights anyway but that seems way over the top.
I think there are mods you can get that fix some of these issues. I felt poe 2 very boring initially but once I explored the map and got through the majority of missions from nekatta (main hub) flow became better, hoping that's the case for kingmaker.
Another issue I hear a lot about is the timed quests, but in the log itself it tells you how long you have to solve them but doesn't make it obvious. I'm okay with this because I read up on the game before I started it.