In semiwork's recent Q&A, the question of whether or not mimics would ever come to REPO was answered, and you'll be pleased to know that it was a very firm "maybe." But since this isn't really a confirmation, nor is it a solid no, no details on how they'd work or what exactly this would mean in REPO were shared.
According to semiwork, there have been "talks about a mimic, actually from pretty early on in development, but if we want to add a mimic it needs to be really interesting." A few concept sketches of what a mimic could look like were also shared, taking the standard look of a semibot, or "Badbot" as they were labelled on the diagram, and making them look as if they were decomposing after taking on the form of a player. After this stage, it looks as if there were plans for the mimic to turn into a frenzied robot, flailing around and baring a mouth of fanged teeth. Similar to everyone's least favourite enemy, the Apex Predator.
