Is Siege of The Crystal Empire worse than the '14 Holiday Special? No. Is it worse than The Good…? Don't know. Is it worse than the Dash Micro? Yes. Is it worse than Reflections? 10 times worse.
At this point, I'm firmly convinced Idw should never do a serious adventure story again. They don't have any writer right now that is capable of pulling it off. They would do better if they stick to SOL and comedy stories without any of them inputting their political activist messages in there,