I've been thinking this one over for days. The combat is surprisingly fun, and I do like the main cast of characters.

However, the game's story is what's stopping me from liking it. There is clearly a rich world here, but I need to constantly be checking log files to understand what's going on. After a while, I found myself just apathetically mashing my way through conversations because I just couldn't care anymore. I really did mean it when I said I enjoyed the combat, but the dungeons just felt too short and everything outside of them felt like a chore. I might give it another shot in a year or so because I really want to like this game.

Mato Anomalies is a JRPG that could be described as a cyberpunk Persona with an adult cast, but without the daily life elements.
Nice visuals and audio (English voices are surprisingly good, Japanese even better), good story, very solid turn-based combat, interesting characters, pretty fun additional stuff (mind-hacking in the form of a card game, an optional rogue-like dungeon), well-made PC version - no bugs, unlocked FPS, perfectly playable with both gamepads and keyboard mouse.
There's one "but" though: the English translation. It doesn't really have many grammar mistakes or anything. Rather than that, a lot seems to be lost in translation. At times, I felt as if I skipped a part of a dialogue, because someone's line made no sense to me. Fortunately, this does not prevent the player from understanding the story. At least as long as they take a look at the journal once in a while. It contains explanations of some terms used in dialogues.
Plus, there's a general "budget" feel to it. Actually, the translation problem is most likely a part of this as well. They still achieved a lot with what they had though.
Those flaws don't change the fact that Mato Anomalies is now my favourite non-Japanese "J"RPG (perhaps even the only one I managed to finish) and at the same time my favourite Persona game.

Objectively: 8/10