The character development alienated me from the get go. Instead of having one strong character, you can choose from meaningless combinatorial menus of character modifications. The three different life paths entail nothing as you end up playing the same missions and having the same generic dialogs regardless. I was unable to engage with the story at all, found it boring for the most part. The main character feels generic, lifeless, as do the other characters I encountered. I never grew attached to anything or anyone in this game, and nothing piqued my curiosity. Perhaps this is the point - an alienating future city with exchangeable robot-like characters. It just didn't work for me. I played this on PC with an XBOX controller. There are some unfortunate flaws, like crouching having the same button as dialog skip. But the bigger issue is everything else. Shooting and combat isn't much fun, but stealth mode isn't great either. The "brain dance mechanic" struck me as over-engineered and tedious. There's no doubt that tremendous effort went into creating this ambitious title. It shows in all the details. But for me this just did not come together in one enjoyable gaming experience.
