And again, that’s an opinion. KH3 blew its epilogue for YOU and maybe for others, but the opposite can easily be said. Many liked it. Stop trying to talk as though any extreme is right or wrong. The interviewer didn’t need to clarify that it was their opinion. It’s their opinion. These things don’t have to always be prefaced.
And again, there's a difference between expressing that you like something, and calling it a masterpiece. If you call something a masterpiece that has an obvious, gigantic flaws (some of which are predictability) that only completely inexperienced people can't see, in a serious, big work that's known for its complex storytelling and plot, you're asking yourself to be called out for it or not to be taken seriously at the very least. So, hopefully, Nomura is very well aware of the criticism (which he most likely is) and knows why certain things were disliked exactly.