To put it simply this is a great conclusion to the trilogy. It's characters were great , there isn't a bad case in this game and is just overall enjoyable. From the goofiness from cases 2,3 and the seriousness of the other cases there is something for all ace attorney fans to enjoy. The mystery of who Godot is was also really good ,even though it's pretty obvious who he is in case 4. Although it's not my favourite Ace Attorney game (that goes Apollo Justice) it deserves to get 5 stars because there is a reason this is a fan favourite game and is considered the best game in the mainline series.


Case Ranking: 5>3>2>4>1 (all of these cases are really good)

From the start this game set a pretty interesting mystery where you are trying to figure out "Who you are" and "Why was I shot" only for the mystery to deepen and it appears that Sissel is connected to a case that as been going on for ten years. This game also features the weird and crazy characters that makes you strangely emotionally invested in which is common in Shu Takumi games. Through out the game I interpreted the theme of this game was about second chances in life and how some people would act differently if given the chance, I felt like my interpretation was shown better later on, and I believe it executed that theme perfectly . The only complaint I had with this game was the Chapter where you try and smuggle Jowd out of prison, It was the only time where I had to look at a walkthrough and it made me drop the game for quite a while.

wow just wow. This episode just blew me away with how good it was and has easily become my favourite episode of the visual novel so far. The pacing felt very different then the previous 3 but it was welcome it was nice to follow a different character other than Battler for a while and to see how Rokkenjima mass murders had affect on those who were close to the Ushiromiya family and the medias reaction towards the incident. I also really enjoyed learning more about maria's (she is on of my favourite characters) relationship with Rosa. Hell Umineko is great at making me like a character to hating them the next episode and vice versa. I really hope it can keep up this quality in the last 4 Episodes. (I might change rating after I read the entire VN)

Wow that twist at the end of the chapter was amazing. This chapter was great at blurring the line between magic and reality really well. It was also nice to see the adults surviving for longer in this episode and see how all the parents work together. Even the witch's Epitaph was shown to be solved by both Eva and Rosa now I really want to find out the solution to it now knowing that the legend of the gold is real.

Edit: lowered from 5 to 4.5 because while I still really like episode 3 I think it's slightly worse than episode 1 but it is still way better than episode 2 and episode 4 is even better that I think it doesn't really hold up that well compared to that episode

(I might change the rating after I finish reading the entire VN)

Before I talk about the negatives of this game I would like to say that case 2 is a really good set up for the third game and that case 4 was a really suspenseful case with shell de killer begin really intimating. However those do not save the game from the dreaded case Turnabout Big Top. It is easily the worst case in the entire series, with such a gross plot line off a love triangle between 21 year old and 31 year all fighting for the love off a 16 year. The whole mystery off the case was boring as well as the setting. I also found the killers motives for murder being pretty fucking petty and he could off sorted it out by a rational adult. This game also seems to lack an overall plot unlike the first game with the DL6 incident and the third game focusing on dahlia Hawthorne and her family. I fell that Franziska also barley gets any development and hell even the ost was pretty forgettable. the only songs i remember Reminiscence ~ Steel Samurai's Ballad which is pretty good and Berry Big Circus which is the complete opposite of good.

Case ranking:
4>2>1>3

The way this game told it's story was amazing. I love how it's clear that it's the final chapter in John's life as he's forced into tying up all the loose ends of his past life. I love how John's character never really changed throughout the game and yet can show how he's redeemed in the eyes of his family especially in the final mission. I also love how it's left up to the player to interpret how John was like back in the van der Linden gang. I really wish I played this game first and then played the second because I know I would interpret certain scene differently. The reason why I gave this 4 and a half starts is because of the amount of crashes and bugs I encountered throughout my playthrough. This game definitely need a proper remaster on modern consoles that gives the game a smoother frame rate and iron's out some of the bugs and this game can easily become 5 stars.

This is the game the Resident Evil Franchise began to turn from Survival Horror into Action horror I say and on top of that they turn the story into some shitty B movie. Like seriously I find the pacing in this game to be awful but that also the reason I find this game to be good. One minute your in a town West Africa the next your in some sort of hidden mega facility and by the end of the you're in a FUCKING VOLCANO where Chris decides to punch a FUCKING BOULDER. The game does have a lean towards co-op play which is fun however when you are playing alone the ai that controls Sheva shows it's age. Overall this game is decent but it's not something I'll be replaying any time soon after I'm done with the DLCs