The article was actually mostly neutral until towards the end I thought. But those comments, ugh, hard to resist replying despite knowing it'd be a waste of time. I used to post there regularly and know exactly how ill informed most commenters on Kotaku are.
Well whatever they say there's a lot more people who do appreciate your efforts than don't! I legitimately probably wouldn't feel up to playing it at all without the patch despite being a fan of the series, but with it I enjoyed the game quite a lot. The fact it was done despite it being planned to release overseas is really cool, I'd never heard of something like that. Hell games getting retranslations in general after an official release is rare, only example that pops into my head is Ar Tonelico 2. So thanks!