I'm surprised by how fun and fluid this game is. I never played the armored core series, might have to check it out now. I'm no fan of what's essentially inflation, thankfully it can be turned off almost entirely. I really like how the game works - enemies straight up grab you or latch on to you, but it's easy enough to evade them or break free. The sex actually ties into gameplay with temporary debuffs - importantly, ones that aren't so severely punishing, nor are they irreversible, so you're not forced to restart if you actually want to continue progressing. I like that it takes a lot of damage and repeated, if not deliberate failure to actually lose.
My only complaint is a lack of variety in enemies and their animations - there are only a few base ones, admittedly with many variations that do help keep them fresh - that said it felt like by the time I finished the first string of levels, I'd seen everything.