Well taste is different; Odyssey is the only AC game I consider good, period. But i love RPGs and have a strong distaste for "Adventure games". Odyssey is basically Skyrim in Classical Greece (my favorite historical period) but with ship combat and good writing. (Also Melissanthi Mahut is my favorite voice actor, and I mean globally, not just in AC Odyssey). You didn't make the mistake of playing as the non-canon Alexios I hope? As per usual the male voice actor is much worse, just like in this game, Mass Effect, and dozens of others).
Anyway, I think I can stomach the Star Ending. The writing and concept of the plot is still both sadistic (both towards the player and V) and unimaginative, but at least I will be able to play the game once so I can get some of my money's worth out of it.
A big part of this of course is that I have a very easy time to quickly empathize with almost any RPG character. It usually takes me about 5 minutes to basically go "I have known X for 5 minutes and if anyone happens to (her) I will kill everyone in this room and then myself". At the same time I have seen so many posts, in so many forums about so many games where players go "Oh and why would I care about my character's child? I only saw it for 25 real life hours and I need at least 5 IRL years to start caring about anyone but myself").
I would not accept playing TTRPG with a GM that thinks killing the player characters is part of the fun, I would go home and boycott that GM's play sessions after that. Not only is it not fun, it is as I said by modern TTRPG standards a sign of grave incompetence on the GM's side.
A few questions tho: People talk about Misty's Tarot readings as "giving the player hope for V:s survival" and having watched this Let's Play I simply don't see it. Just like I thought the graffiti Tarot cards should have any significance it really don't look like it; to me it just look like a random collectible with made up "significance" when you can basically collect all of them. But maybe most players make the mistake of unlocking all endings for it's own sake and therefore getting all the cards? While the idea that you only get cards relevant to your decisions if you unlock fewer endings? I don't know, it just looks like another pointless collectible like the sex dolls in Saints Row 3 or the Sex cards from Witcher 1 all over again.
Point is... it doesn't seem like Misty's readings has anything to do with your choices at all, it's just random musings that covers all the endings. Aka just like IRL horoscopes or something. Much talk about nothing to make the person getting the reading "believe" the "mystic powers". Misty's just a charlatan, a caring one, but a charlatan nevertheless, as far as I can tell.
IS there a significance to the cards? DO they vary depending on path taken?
IS there a reason to look for the "graffiti" tarot cards other than to get XP?
(Also why are all AIs in all games smug self-important douchbags that need their power unplugged asap? Even just watching the Let's Play makes me want to do something drastic to her to take her down about 500 notches).