Coming back to automata, I find myself able to more easily forgive the little niggles that bothered me at first...the repetitive gameplay and inconsistent dialogue
...and more easily appreciate what is great here. The worldbuilding, visual design, and (DEAR LORD) the soundtrack are all outstanding. Yoko Taro has taken familiar tropes in science fiction, anime, and gaming and managed to meld them into something that is distinctly his own