Jesus Christ. That was 2 and a half hours?!
The open world stuff is a little bland, yeah. There's a lot of invisible walls and boxy buildings that you can't enter. But you can ninja run though it pretty quick, it has some nice scenery and the change of pace makes the game less exhausting to play than Platinum's usual stuff.
The game is strawberry floating amazing. The combat is wonderful and the seamless transition of gameplay styles is endlessly impressive. The setting is super cool and intriguing, and it's full of... Imaginative visuals. Stumbling into that
robot orgy was certainly unexpected. I love it.