this is definitely a worthy sequel, follows up a ton of things presented in og and its really fucking cool to essentially be playing as the antagonists of the original.

automata has always had a reputation for being fake deep and pretentious, but it was literally always self aware about what it was doing, never took itself too seriously and does a ton with the ideas its bringing up.

the things original to the game, are VERY good but ultimately don't reach the same level of quality consistently. thats a very high bar, but still.

the main cast can feel too centric on 9S for me, or rather he's the most standout one. 2b's character feels very reliant on his to the point where she doesnt have something of her own and a2 doesn't have enough there to make her finale hit properly.

9S though, is fucking amazing and turned out exactly like i wanted him too. by far the highest and most consistent emotional peaks are with him.

the gameplay by drakenier standards is fucking godlike, compared to drakengard 3 this does so much with its gameplay to convey its plot and themes. definitely not the best combat, but it was a very satisfying vehicle to explore the world and all the extremely well defined details with.

music is kinda good, kinda disappointing in some place, way better than drak 3's ost at least.

better than drak 3/10