To repeat myself, then it's an amazing watch, that at least partly deserves the praise it's recieving. However its really broad appeal may have hindered it's potential.
At times it feels as if the series is having an identity-crisis. With deep dives into serious story telling, such as multiple army-characters being haunted by their past contributions to an ethnic genocide. And other times it flips and uses very "anime" comedy such as slapstick humor to brighten the mood. Which (and I hate to say this) I actually never found genuinely entertaining as much as forced. The very "shonen like" conflicts and fights also end up feeling a bit the same. Like they were meant to entertain a younger audience. Losing a lot of the groundedness to the supernatural abilities, by introducing characters with so strong abilities it gets hard to understand them in context to the rest of the universe.
My biggest complaint with this series however, is something I have to reserve to the soundtrack, which is odd, as I usually don't put this much focus on the music, I've also never head anyone complain about this, so keep in mind this is exclusively my opinion.
But I disliked the soundtrack, not in itself, but mostly how it was implemented. Again, it feels like it's executed with a younger viewer audience in mind. There are many emotional scenes in this series that would actually be more impactful if there was different or even no music at all.
There are also "themes" that play at certain times. Such as when something is revealed, or there's mystery plot afoot, or when a fight is going on. It sounds good, but many of the tracks are so bold, loud and most importantly overused, that it can get atrociously repetetive if you're binging the series.
Now that might sound like an overly negative point to leave an otherwise positive review on. But I think it says a lot about what this series does right, if these are the primary concerns I've got. FMA Brotherhood is absolutely a series you must watch if you'd like to jump into an interesting universe you've never seen the likes of before, that will keep you entertained for all 60+ episodes. All I wanted was to address a criticism of the series that I haven't seen yet, and I still enjoyed it to the point that I'd only give it 1 point less in a review score that it has otherwise been recieving.
