Fate/Samurai Remnant is a VN/Musou/ARPG game.
I would say it's 60%-70% VN, while 30%-40% Musou/ARPG. I've been enjoying the game so far and would definitely recommend it. I think the price of $60 is fine for some more hardcore fans, but if you are a casual player, I would wait for a sale since that might happen sometime in the future. Here's a TLDR for those that want a summary of this review.

TLDR: Amazing cutscenes, amazing sounds (VA and music), amazing dialogues and interactions, amazing graphics, great characters, good story, combat is okay, enemies are okay, equips are okay, skill tree is okay, leylines are okay, commissions are okay, digressions are okay, exploration is not so great, and errands not so great. Flaws include lacking playable servants (possible DLCs), errands too simple, digression types should vary, easy town loot, and no secret areas. Another flaw is Iori's less expressive personality. Also, currently has a bug with cutscenes for some, most likely will be patched (temp fix on the bottom). Otherwise, great game and 8/10. Possibly wait for a future sale if casual player.

Note: Quicktime events (Riposte,Saber's Techs,Clashes,Phantasms) - J = left click & I = right click & L = middle scroll click

Graphics

I think the game has great graphics. a minority might dislike the graphics, but it's an anime artstyle as expected. Character art is also great. Like this one time where the town atmosphere was nailed down. Slightly foggy, night/sunset time, low lighting, cherry petals falling, trees, flowers, banners swaying, shadows are aligned, and even little details like petals on roofs, fishes splashing, and butterflies hovering. Though, flooring textiles could be better. Cutscenes are incredibly amazing, especially Saber's first time using their noble phantasm. The cutscenes' fight scenes are incredible and did a great job.

Sound

They nailed the sound and music. With same town atmosphere, I could hear the incredible background music, hearing the wind, fish splashing, own walking sounds, Saber walking, Saber's misc idle sounds (procedural gen of NPCs, so no walking sound). Main and side character VAs also did a great job. Perfectly nailed each scenario, including the cutscenes. Even the VAs for the random NPCs are incredibly good too.

Characters

Iori, the MC. Some people might not like him since he's the less-expressive type of personality. In other words, resting b**ch face. Also, his tone of voice doesn't change much. However, almost all the other main and side characters are expressive, like Kaya (little sister personality) and Musashi (outgoing personality) are very expressive when you first meet them. Aria is my favorite lately, giving me yandere loli vibes from her. Can't say much about character development yet. Wish you could play other servants more (2%), while 90% Iori and 8% Saber. (-2nd half of game, you play other servants more often-)

Dialogue and Interactions

It's amazing... It's more focused on the VN part, so this is incredibly important too. Like Kaya, the expressions and action animations of characters during the VN mode are very great. For example, when you first meet Kaya, the sister of Iori, she goes from a greeting > pouting > geez moment > worried > "I told you so" > embarrassed. Just saying, this is only ONE scene and that tells you a lot already. Dialogue itself is solid, a minority may not like it since it sounds like they're talking in phrases. Also, doggo and neko interactions are cute, though a bit redundant after a while.

Story

I think it's good so far. Can't explain much since spoilers, but there's some kind of progression so far. Pacing feels good. However, slightly lacking in context, though maybe will be revealed later. But just story context. There's info boxes in the menu in case you missed anything or need an explanation on the info needed.

Combat

Combat in this game isn't too difficult. Know that the game is VN heavy rather than combat. Technically, you could spam both click buttons while evading, but I don't think you could do that for elites or servant battles. Both battle types have a shell (shield) you have to break to deal some massive damage. So, you end up using several skills. Just note, pay attention to health management. Could go from 1000 hp to 100 hp real quick, especially in servant battles. At least food is instant with one click. Small note, Rogue Archer is somewhat difficult.

Enemies

Enemies are fine. There are some variations in enemies, but majority are probably reused assets. I think the Servant (boss) battles are definitely different, and elite enemies also vary a little too, but still uses reused assets.

Leylines

Some players dislike this, but it's not bad. It's like a mini-game of chess, but to a lesser degree. I think what they don't like are the enemy battles in between. Enemy battles are similar to random town battles. Developers could of made a new battle format while playing the leyline mini-game, but that's just my opinion.

Skill Tree

I think the skill tree is okay, but they could of made adjustments. You usually find frags and jewels from errands, town loot, and commissions. You gain some skill points while leveling up. Saber gets some points from random map events too. Some skills are locked behind requirements or even progression, and majority of them aren't too difficult. Skills aren't much of a game changer. There are some skills that would probably matter, like the revive skill and skill upgrades for your stance, ex. additional attacks or ability to block.

Equipment

For equipment, just loot whatever you get and equip the best one. Once you find a decent equip that has higher stats and 2-3 good effects, you usually upgrade that with the hammers. Just note that upgrades are from a future workshop upgrade unlock. You most likely will unlock it before Chapter 2 starts.

Commissions

Commissions are like achievement quests, very similar to errands except they vary more. Majority are kill X amount with this type of attack. Some are different where you do X amount of counter attacks or win X amount of battles with no damage or win X amount of battles within 20 seconds or kill X amount of this type of elite enemies or regular enemies.

Digressions

One of the flaws. Digressions are side quests. Like, where I played as Archer. Only went through the mini story dialogue and fought. They should have more quest types like stealth or tracking. Might be difficult to implement anyways, especially tracking quests since enemy mobs are limited and town maps are small. Stealth might work since enemies could get a visible radar and require you to sneak past. Despite this, you use Archer's attacks and skills instead, so different combat style is more fun.

Exploration

Exploration might be a miss for me. I keep finding items way easily on town map and could be more hidden. Two loots are required for an errand and could find skill frags in town loot, so you're required to look for loot in town. There are "hidden" paths in the town sometimes, but not hidden at all. Kinda like alternative paths. So there's no secret areas, especially since the map reveals everything. Couple areas that you can't reach that time, but it seems like you could revisit them in the future. Some errands are a type of exploration in this game.

Errands

Another flaw for my opinion. Errands are too simple. Basically, errands are like town quests that give small bonuses if completed. The errands pretty much sum up as kill X amount of this type of enemies, click X amount of times for this pet or object, or collect 2 special town loot. The last 2 objective types ties in to the exploration too. The developers could made more variations for the errands.

Bugs

Seems like there's a cutscene bug so far, probably will be patched in a future update. The temporary solution for now is either turn off your Anti-Aliasing settings for NVIDIA users or download VP9 video extensions.