the remake is that bad?

At least the PS4 version. It feels like a port of the Vita version.

There's loading everywhere, the characters are low-poly, the new version of the soundtrack isn't that great, the enemies still become invulnerable temporarily when hit (which was changed subsequently), et al ...

I'll probably still play through it during downtime from DW9, but it's not how I would've made the game as a remake.