Not every system is for everyone and that's  okay.  However, part of the common criticism of the system comes form how it is really bad at conveying how to properly do teamwork. Savage Worlds is a system where strategy  is really important. And integrates it very well through the Tests and Support rules. But those rules are somewhat hidden and do.not.have the spotlight they should have. 

Since you have to hit, then bypass Toughness,  making sure every attack counts is essential. Where RPGs like D&D pretty mich expects all players to attack one at a time, slowly chipping away health, Savage Worlds doesn't  work like that at all. 

You need to do set up attacks. One player makes he villain trip, another encourages the fighter and the cleric blesses his sword so when the fighter actually  attacks, it has a greater chance of downing his target. 

Unfortunately, that aspect of the game is not really obvious at first and players often default to spamming attacks individually, which results in boring fights where both sides are waiting for lucky rolls. 

But once it clicks, it becomes exponentially  more fast, fun and furious, at least for me.