They keep promising to fix things post-launch. Meanwhile I see more and more people defend the studio and the game, saying that KF2 was like that too, completely ignoring that KF2 was in Early Access and made by different devs.
You can tell those people are tourists because KF2 was absolutely unacceptable as well. A single boss, three maps, and the introduction of loot boxes weren't exactly well-received by fans of the original. Even now years later with a ton of additions, people still take issue with the stylistic changes and move to the "moar firepowa" meta. I can count on a single hand the amount of times I got randoms to play around door traps.
There's things I like about KF3, but they don't make up for the issues. The gunplay to me honestly feels about the same, weapon visuals and sounds have always been kind of anemic compare to their impact. They really monkey paw'd me with the music. I complained about the Christian metal, so they just lifted tracks from KF1 and changed them up a bit. I complained about the bright sci fi aesthetic, so they made all the maps dark as shit. I complained about the trader being turned into a talking vending machine, so they turned it into a vending machine with even LESS character. I like the gore system when it works (the first time I canoe'd a Cyst, it felt great), but watching enemies spawn out of thin air in front of vents and grates in a t-pose or getting stuck in a death animation is jarring. I like the new enemy designs and the enemy density, but... where the fuck are my Stalkers? Don't even get me started on the fucking battle pass, but at least took a page from Arrowhead and made them permanent once you buy them. I can't decide if I hate it less because it's not a loot box, or if I hate it more because said loot box drops for the most part drop down to prices on the market that are cheaper than KF3's credit shop.
I got the game as a present from a friend for buying him Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 before he had the chance to get it spoiled for him and I still feel ripped off. I'm going to keep playing it with him and I'm going to try to not be sore sport unless he starts bitching. Fingers crossed they eventually get this game in an acceptable state, but if their "roadmap" is anything to go by, I'm not confident.