Yeah, the setting strikes a particular chord with me; I like it a lot. Cover-based shooter is typical too, for sure, but the hacking gimmick and free roam loan themselves a lot of possibilities. Cues were certainly taken from Deus Ex: HR.
But who knows; maybe Ubisoft is fully capable of making a genuinely great game once a decade and this will be their next BG&E, which also introduced virtually no new concepts. But damn if that wasn't a quality game.
Definitely one I'll be keeping an eye on as it develops.