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I think the name of Nanoha made this series more harm than good. In many aspects, it is very different from the previous seasons; however, when viewed as something independent, rather than another part of the ongoing story, I find it quite appealing.

Where the old series explores such themes as child abuse, usage of children in terrorism and human experiments; ViVid deals with a sport instead. Whereas the old Nanoha is dark and tense, ViVid is much more lighthearted and optimistic. While in previous installments Nanoha was an important character integral to the story; in ViVid she is only a housewife in the background.
For many, ... such a drastic change was unwelcome, and I can understand this standpoint: the people came here expecting to see another season of -Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha-, but instead they were given this.
However, for this review, let's imagine that these four words were never a part of the series' title; and talk about -ViVid- as a story of its own.

The main story doesn't present us with anything groundbreaking, but I haven't noticed any significant flaws either, aside from the less than perfect placement of the season boundary. The Belkan side story is interesting to me, and it adds flavor to the Nanoha lore; so I rate it as very good.

I am not a very good judge of art and sound since I only notice when they are obnoxiously bad. I did not notice such things in ViVid, if you wonder.

Characters are likeable. Their development is smooth, and follows the causes behind it.

As for the enjoyment, I personally liked this series better than the actual Nanoha ones. Due to several things, such as notoriously bad English of the devices or less than reasonable actions of characters, especially villains, made them seem more like "narm" than actual tragedy to me. ViVid avoids that entirely, and that made me enjoy its story much more.