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IMO it's not ready for getting out of early access.
Most of the time crimes are exploitable because NPCs life and assassination patterns are repetitive.
For 20-30h it's cool. After that you have already learnt all the possible exploitations and it becomes power gaming gameplay.
If you don't believe, search for steam reviews with more than +30h.
30h of gameplay seems very reasonable for a $20 game.
replayability seems like the big advantage of something procgen like this though, independent of price. otherwise, why isn't it just a story curated by the dev?
I think both things can be true at the same time. 30h of gameplay off a $20 game is a very reasonable proposition. At the same time, not managing to translate the procgen core mechanic into - if not infinite then - better replayability is absolutely a flaw. Some will see the procedurally generated content part and hope for something to sink hundreds of hours into, so it's a fair warning.