Actually, what you describe in Nier: Automata sounds freaking awesome. Finally a game that's not just hand-holding bullshit? Sign me up!
In any case, whenever the actions in a game actually make sense in the world it's portraying is the kind of game I want to play.
You should play that game for it's philosophical themes alone. The way the game works is an added bonus, to be honest.
Yeah, problem is I'm kinda strapped for cash at the moment... I'll possibly get it during a sale or something, at some point.