This review will sound a bit generic, but I really don't want to spoil anything about the game. So, I've decided to just list down a few things I liked and disliked about this game.

Likes:
-Good Writing (And voice acting, imo)
-Interesting characters that I developed a connection with.
-A plot that has quite a few twists that make the game *extra spicy*
-A really satisfying combat system that you can customize fairly extensively thanks to the chip system.
-Boss battles that I'll have a hard time forgetting (looking at you, Grün).
-Accessibility (through Easy Mode) for those who only want the story, but higher difficulties for those who want a challenge. Inclusiveness is cool.
-An amazing soundtrack that I still can't get out of my head.
-An amazing set of vistas and locales to go through. I loved exploring each one.
-Become as Logs

Dislikes:
-The fact that it's a bit glitchy and framey at times. Nothing game breaking usually, but it does get annoying with the 15 billion bullets on your screen.
-The fact that some of the builds are *a little* broken, so the combat can get stale if you min-max the crap out of your build.
-*Some* of the sidequests. Some of the sidequests felt like chores to do, though, they did add to the world building a little bit.
-The backtracking. I know that backtracking can't be avoided when making an open world game, but going through the same motions to go through an area kinda gets stale even if it was fun and interesting the first time through. I kinda wish they spiced it up a little bit more.
-The main/hub area. The City is really pretty when you first see it, but once you've gone through it 15 or so times, it gets really hard to look at with all the dirty browns and greys. It serves its purpose as an in-between area, but it got really tiring near the middle.
-A bad representation for mackerel

I really do like this game, and I don't think anything I say here can really do it justice. So I hope you'll go and experience it for yourself, because this game had quite the impact on me, and I hope it will on you as well. :)