If you are coming from the game then its mostly disappointing. From what I've heard, the production was a mess. animation quality was sub par, due to not giving animators enough time.

Adapting a video game is pretty hard by itself, so with the scheduling issues it tuened out ro be disappointing.

Video by Canipa Effect talking about it

The NIER: AUTOMATA ANIME Deserved Better | Animation Spotlight

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@Awerenj idk. I enjoyed it. I felt it was a pretty faithful adaptation

Maybe i just had very high expectations. I absolutely loved the game and i guess i went in expecting a lot more. They hired some really talented animators, and I think the adaptation deserved to be one of the best animated shows with excellent 3dcg and fight choreography (esp with thw games stunning animation as reference).

I hope they really step up their game for the remaining episodes.