It has the needlessly complicated combat design of a PM game.
It has the incredibly confusing hints of a PM game.
It has the grindy nature of a PM game, only even more this time duo to being a gacha game.
What it lacks is a good story, which is the only real reason people that aren't masochists play their games.

At least up to chapter 3, the story is the worst in any PM entry, both in themes and how it's presented.
Pretentious writing for the sake of wordiness, current-year lingo written in the style of 'game translators' (though I don't know if the source material is any better), and several cases of "show don't tell".

In LoR, the whole reveal behind W corp's warp trains was gradual, showing the player every step of it through brief story sections and gameplay.
In Limbus, the truth behind J corp's singularity is just told to you in a cutscene by the "I am smartest" character, followed by multiple instances where it's shown and told to the player what it does... again.

The names of the sinners are at most dressing and at worst made for clickbait youtube videos.
I have no idea what in Gregor's story in Chapter 1 has anything to do with Kafka's "The metamorphosis" besides almost coincidental similarities (They mentioned apples once!) even though he was based on it, down to his name. (Besides the fact he was turned into a bug, I guess)

The one part where an unnamed gang boss with a robotic body gets squashed by a hydraulic press is obviously made to look like Tipheret's death in LC, which is in poor ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ taste.
Comparing some random scum that leads a gang of fatasses that swear a lot to the tragic circumstances of Tipheret feels like a slap in the face for anyone who actually cares for the story.
The entirety of the second chapter felt like a comedy routine, almost like a slightly edgy SoL anime. You tell me if that ever came to mind when you thought of PM's writing.

I know the dull combat might be changed, I know all the bugs and QoL problems will be fixed, I know PM cares.
But I'm here for the story, and the story sucks. Unless they pull an LC and retranslate the entire script, I don't see the point in playing.

[h1]TL;DR, if you're here for the story, skip this one.[/h1] It has the needlessly complicated combat design of a PM game. It has the incredibly confusing hints of a PM game. It has the grindy nature of a PM game, only even more this time duo to being a gacha game. What it lacks is a good story, which is the only real reason people that aren't masochists play their games. At least up to chapter 3, the story is the worst in any PM entry, both in themes and how it's presented. Pretentious writing for the sake of wordiness, current-year lingo written in the style of 'game translators' (though I don't know if the source material is any better), and several cases of "show don't tell". In LoR, the whole reveal behind W corp's warp trains was gradual, showing the player every step of it through brief story sections and gameplay. In Limbus, the truth behind J corp's singularity is just told to you in a cutscene by the "I am smartest" character, followed by multiple instances where it's shown and told to the player what it does... again. The names of the sinners are at most dressing and at worst made for clickbait youtube videos. I have no idea what in Gregor's story in Chapter 1 has anything to do with Kafka's "The metamorphosis" besides almost coincidental similarities (They mentioned apples once!) even though he was based on it, down to his name. (Besides the fact he was turned into a bug, I guess) The one part where an unnamed gang boss with a robotic body gets squashed by a hydraulic press is obviously made to look like Tipheret's death in LC, which is in poor fucking taste. Comparing some random scum that leads a gang of fatasses that swear a lot to the tragic circumstances of Tipheret feels like a slap in the face for anyone who actually cares for the story. The entirety of the second chapter felt like a comedy routine, almost like a slightly edgy SoL anime. You tell me if that ever came to mind when you thought of PM's writing. I know the dull combat might be changed, I know all the bugs and QoL problems will be fixed, I know PM cares. But I'm here for the story, and the story sucks. Unless they pull an LC and retranslate the entire script, I don't see the point in playing.