Jensen has heterosexual romance options including ex-girlfriend Megan Reed and pilot Faridah Malik, with no gender or pronoun customization and no queer relationships. The core premise revolves around transhumanism, megacorporate power, and the resulting class divide between those who can afford mechanical augmentations and those who cannot, framed through classic sci-fi storytelling and player choice in stealth, combat, or social approaches.

These themes echo longstanding cyberpunk tropes of inequality and technological hubris rather than contemporary activist framing around systemic oppression or identity. Incidental diversity appears among original characters such as Zhao Yun Ru and Faridah Malik, fitting naturally into the futuristic setting without race or gender swaps of established figures. The social divisions depicted through mechanical apartheid function purely as world-building and plot conflict, without developer-stated activist intent or modern social justice lectures. One stereotypical NPC named Letitia drew criticism for caricature rather than progressive representation, underscoring the title's focus on traditional narrative elements over ideological messaging.