I can see why it's hit/miss from person to person but for me, it's a jam. Love the story and environmental storytelling. Machines are awesome and varied with different weakness and type effects. The combat and mechanics are good but take some getting used to and upgrades before they get real interesting. It's just long enough to get a bit repetitive, could've been a smidge shorter in my opinion. Travel is a slog that's helped slightly by the interesting environments, but not remedied entirely.

Overall, home run for a AAA game that's brand new IP in my opinion.