I actually like Judgment. Could've been better, but it's not a bad game.
I also like Rebirth and Ecclesia, did not have too much of a problem with Portrait (though the recycled sprites are really showing their age).
I'm with UZO in that in his last entries (Ecclesia and Rebirth) he's done a pretty good job. The games when viewed against other games of the time shine through with good gameplay, even if within the CV Community they appear 'stale'... but again, the latest ones did not seem so stale to me.
I don't think he's washed up, but I think he was on the ropes for a while... and can still be randomly replaced. I do not agree that CV:HD is good... it seems like two steps forward and three steps back.
The Good:
Online campaign
Wandering Bosses (from what I've heard)
New playthrough scheme that does away with the experience/level/grind system.
The Bad:
Stale enemies
Stale moves
Stale maps
Stale characters
Stale music (possibly)
Hodge-posh cohesion of stagework (stuff looks ripped from parts of DoS/PoR/OoE and placed together like AoS's Chaotic Realm)
Another crap-plot/no-plot story title, leading to basically another gaiden throwaway game.
I'm not feeding the trolls here, though I can smell 'em in this thread.