Forum:Is Binding Blade worth playing?

I've been playing a lot of the older Fire Emblem game recently. The first game in the series I ever played and completed was Awakening (big shocker there), and I immediately feel in love with the franchise, but it took until this year for me to actually start playing some of the older games.

So far, I've completed Rekka no Ken (Blazing Sword), and I'm almost done with Sacred Stones. I was planning on playing Binding Blade after beating Sacred Stones, but I noticed how poorly recieved it was in places outside of Japan. Whether it be the so-called "cliche-storm of a plot", the anti-climactic final boss, the characters with terrible stat growths, and Roy being considered one of the worst Lords in the series, I feel as if I might want to avoid it and move on to Shadow Dragon. So, my question is, should I take time out of my life to play Binding Blade?