Disagree, KotOR 2 blows it away and it’s certainly weaker than KotOR in most ways. Maybe I’m a little biased though. I only finished the Inquistor storyline which was incredibly fun at the end, but such a complete bore in the middle. Going from planet to planet and exploring new locations is great until you realize that pretty much most worldbuilding is limited to incredibly long side quests that are hard to complete along with the main quest. Traveling across the maps is also incredibly boring and I feel that most of my time spent on planets like Hoth and Tatooine was spent on my little speeder going just a tiny bit faster than normal. Then there’s the laughable animation work, the unimaginative quest design, and the fairly boring combat that leads to more issues in the experience. And in recent patches it seems combat has been dumbed down to becoming a cakewalk with all companions acting like healers for some reason.
It’s miles better than it was at launch, but that still isn’t saying much. It isn’t a worthy successor to either KotOR games.
You only finished one out of eight storylines (even that one was certainly far from the best ones, i.e. Agent, Warrior) so your assessment is very limited in terms of story. It is certainly way better than KOTOR2, which has so many dumb story elements and characters.
I don’t care that much about combat aspects to be honest (though I think it was good anyway). As for long travelling, I enjoyed that part as I could take time to enjoy the nice planet/environment design. It is part of experience and makes it more realistic. Though I can see how it could be boring for the usual spoiled impatient gamers.