Hiring Dave Gibbons for the artwork was definitely quite a scoop. That alone would have been reason enough for me to buy the game.
I absolutely love the opening scene. The helicopter crash, escaping into the factory. The music blending with the stomping of the machines. Wow, what atmosphere!
After that, after finding Joey (great Planetfall hommage!) and being more or less able to move around freely, it really loses its urgency and much of its tension. The characters are cheap caricatures. It feels indeed very British in its apparent break of the “grim, oppressive” towards “people are people, facing mundane difficulties”. It went really overboard with the court scene.
Some other scenes, on the other hand, are still strong throughout. Such as going down into the subway, exploring this world’s subconscious underbelly.
Overall, I believe it still holds up, even if not exactly exceptional in the gameplay department.