@elthommy yes i played nier automata. mechanically, the games are fairly similar. the combat is a bit less fluid but still pretty good, the world is not one map but splitted up in chunks with loading times in between.
the story (at least to the point where i can play it) is heccing awesome. its a bit more melancholic in tone than nier automata was but it also has many references between the games

tl;dr
if you liked nier automata, you gonna like nier replicant.