NieR: Automata reviewed

Here, in reality, we live in a period of unprecedented introspection with regard to robots and automation. Hastening developments in the fields of artificial intelligence and cybernetics are converging on the creation of machines that are independent from human oversight. A recent commission from the European Parliament demanded a set of regulations be drawn up to govern the creation, use, and even rights of robots. Luminaries such as Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk have warned that AI presents the greatest existential threat to mankind. You play as YoRHa No. 2 Model B (hereafter 2B for brevity and sanity's sake), a combat droid deployed by the human survivors who live on a spaceship circumnavigating Earth.