I love the vibe in this entry. Very cool graphics and style, and music fits perfectly! I played with the controller and it was generally a smooth experience.
My main issue was that it is way to easy to accidentally open up the inventory with just about any button and also have just about any button then be consume first item (aka health kit). I think it is more reasonable that you open and close inventory just with the north button in this case.
I sometimes also accidentally did bonus, unintentional moves due to how quick movement was and potentially too by the narrow, if any, dead zoning on the sticks.
Especially in the beginning it also felt more natural to click primary action rather than walking into things, but I did learn.
The fighting was fun and an interesting fusion. It took me a while to register the prompt that I could sneak up and bump into them to get a free hack round. But I’m kind of glad I did too, because since those didn’t have any danger, they got quite boring.
The rescue hacks were much more stressful, and also fun. It did get a whole lot easier with all the upgrades though.
At some point I got a bit lost, but in general since each level had clear zones with different textures, it wasn’t much of a problem.
Very very good entry indeed.
Playthrough: https://youtu.be/5f-i39eLcSY