Well I finally got to see all 5 episodes, and it was very disappointing. This series should not have been allowed to be called Macross, nor have Roy in it. It would have worked out better as some other series, maybe, but not as a Macross series. I am very pissed and it was definitely not worth waiting 2 years for the entire thing to be out. The ending was crap, it did not show any signs of leading up to the arrival of the Zentran, or even about the completion of the Macross itself. Not to mention Alice got a fatal injury off screen, which made no sense. I for one think Kawamori should just leave Macross alone as it is. Heck, in some ways, I think the original series should have stayed the only series.
For me, Macross Zero gets:
Visually, 5/5
Soundtrack, 5/5
Plot, 2/5
Characters, 1/5