This is a German review of the series, surprisngly it describes the mini series quite positively. I link the German text.
https://www.welt.de/kultur/kino/arti...nd-Kritik.html
Also, I would not write off this series easily because of the fact that the series was directed by no nobody, but by
Andreas Prochaska. And this Andreas Prochaska has directed a movie which I rate to be one of the best German language movies of the past decade:
The Dark Valley (Das dunkle Tal).
If somebody thinks Germans/Austrians could not shoot a superb Western set in the European Alps, then let him watch this film. Really, its an excellent masterpiece of work. Superb photography, and a rather grim revenge tale of merciless and brutal consequence.
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Valley-S...review-section
It seems they did not make the mistake to directly compete with Petersen's classic. That is not possible, the settings are different, the audience is different today, the story has been told best back then, so why repeating it? Its a new story, and the approach is set to open access for the modern consumation behaviour of the audience of today. And this can be something good or bad.
Whether this works for good or worse remains to be seen. But there is hope. Somebody who can narrate and direct a movie like The Dark Valley, must understand his job a bit.