It's fine if you don't find the pace to be rushed and are enjoying the way the story is being told, but saying there's "literally no merit" to a contrary opinion on that front is pretty obnoxious. Hitting every major beat is not the determinant of whether a story is being told in the best way it can.
As far as Jayswin's question, no, I'm glad I played the game first because I don't think I'd have enjoyed the two things in their totality as much as I am from playing the game first. As far as people saying they want more time spent on certain story beats, I don't think those are really major complaints - basically, no one is saying "X was badly done, it was so much better in the game", or "they screwed up Y". It's just "I'd prefer if they'd do X" or "I wish they would have done this party in Y way". Which can come up in respect of any show of any level of quality.
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