Got some hours in with this over the weekend after about a week away and just spent my time clearing lots of side gigs - haven't progressed the main story too much at all after starting act 2. I've also taken a real liking to my shiny katana, going to morph my V into a blade-wielding cyborg ninja
I've watched and read plenty about the shortcomings of the game and whilst I agree with nearly all of it, I'm still really enjoying just existing in the world and clearing areas of enemies in a blur or violence and synth music, it really does draw me in and lets me actually *role-play*. Before the katana caught my eye I was sticking with my trusty pump-action shotgun as it felt cool to have this old-school blunt trauma weapon that just devastated enemies and made me play the game at a slower pace - walking through an enemy area slowly reloading each shell after blasting gonks in the chest just makes you feel like a badass
Also, this song is a brainworm: