No, you move a character around and interact with the people in the environments, and there is a tactical turn-based part of the game which portrays the game's cast fighting in mechs. I just played this on the Switch last year, it was a really interesting game. You move about the city trying to figure out what's going on and solving puzzles, then enter the tactical part of the game in between those sections.
Pretty much everything is dubbed so you only have to read if you want to go through the game faster.
"I can't see!"