I saw the trailer way back when. I thought it was awesome.
I saw the reviews. It seems people like it,
I played it myself. This game is... awful.

Nothing is polished or feels good to do.
The simple act of looting feels bad and the rewards from it are so homogeneous, they immediately feel so bland,
None of the weapon upgrades I encountered felt impactful or interesting,
I usually like stealth in games, but in this it felt like ♥♥♥♥ for so many reasons,
The voice acting and the characters are absolutely atrocious, especially the main character and whatever that fridge is supposed to be,
The yellow paint feels like such a clunky way to tell the player where they're supposed to go,
Climbing poles and shimmying ledges feels slow and boring,
The combat's serviceable at best,
There were so many objects floating off the ground, phasing through walls, and other stuff like that,

I have no idea how this game has as good of a score as it does.
If there's one thing that I can praise the game for, it's the art direction. That's what pulled me in with the trailer and that's all it seems this game has going for it.
Oh, and the trailer's music. My friend says the game's music is good? But maybe it's just so bogged down by the rest of the game's aspects that I can't even appreciate it for what it is.

Also, softlocks. One happened pretty early on into the game and barely cost me any time.
I wasn't planning on doing a second session, but I wanted to give the game another chance.
And then after 30 minutes of gameplay, I got softlocked. Again.

Just awful.

I think the Art direction and atmosphere are the majority of what carries this game to a Mostly Positive. The re imagining of Soviet Russia into a Bio-shock-esque wonderland is great and what carried me through the game where the dialogue, story, and repetitive game play tried to force me away (something, something, horny fridge). I got to the end due to sunk cost fallacy, but was a struggle for the last push. So credit where its due, but do not recommend.

One of my favourite games ever made i had a blast playing it and cant wait for the second game to come out, the plat was so much fun 10/10