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As someone who has read the Visual Novel (both 1996 and 2019), i can tell you that this adaption feels somewhat rushed and very much could have had greater potential. The result of this was mainly due to the number of episodes.

What essentially made YU-NO was the ideas and concepts behind the meaning of the plot which was thinned down a ton and even some were never mentioned. This somewhat made it easier to understand, but those ideologies were the key to its success in its era of time.

The plot felt very weak, I see where they were trying to go with it but ... in actual fact, it harmed the protagonist in the way in which does not compare to how he acts in the VN. His personality doesn't feel interesting overall especially where it mattered most. And the suspense was very much weaker in this adaptation. I would personally say that some scenes were executed nicely but don't outweigh the negatives.

There's nothing special about the art, it's your usual clean modern generic style but doesn't give that same mature vibe as the original, they definitely could have gone with a better art style than this. The same goes for the OST, they did use some amazing tracks but not all.

I personally wouldn't recommend this to anyone and I'd say invest time to play the game instead before watching the anime (Game is around 30 hours anime is 10 hours).