This review contains spoilers
It's a mostly negative mixed bag. The last case had among one of the best plot twists of any Ace Attorney game, although the chapter with Athena and Blackquill is absolutely pointless even if it's a bit fun. It's almost like the devs were like "Oh wait, those characters exist, welp we gotta find a way to shoehorn them into the story." And the way they did it doesn't even matter to the overall plot of the entire game.
However, the the biggest reason why I do not like this game is the expansion of Apollo's backstory in an unnecessary direction, along with the continuing trend that started with Dual Destinies where it pretty much ignores the continuity of Ace Attorney 4. Instead of continuing where AA4 left off from regarding Apollo and Trucy Wright's biological mother, along with the foreshadowing of Trucy's past, AA5 and AA6 bring in new characters and puts their stories in the forefront.
Dual Destinies kind of gets away with that because for all of its faults, I still enjoyed the game. As for Spirit of Justice, not so much. It's sort of an out of nowhere ass pull of Apollo's origin story and brings in a new country and a new cast of characters that imo wasn't needed. It is among the most genuine what the fuck asspulls the series has ever pulled.
I don't buy that somehow a country that conducts its court cases the way it does and then kills DAs along with the guilty party is somehow never mentioned in the entire series until now. I also couldn't stand the prosecutor of this game. I swear to God if he says "putrid" one more time...
At least Maya's back, however she's only in the game for a good half hour (technically longer through someone else) and that's it. It's almost like she was brought back just as a marketing ploy.
However, the the biggest reason why I do not like this game is the expansion of Apollo's backstory in an unnecessary direction, along with the continuing trend that started with Dual Destinies where it pretty much ignores the continuity of Ace Attorney 4. Instead of continuing where AA4 left off from regarding Apollo and Trucy Wright's biological mother, along with the foreshadowing of Trucy's past, AA5 and AA6 bring in new characters and puts their stories in the forefront.
Dual Destinies kind of gets away with that because for all of its faults, I still enjoyed the game. As for Spirit of Justice, not so much. It's sort of an out of nowhere ass pull of Apollo's origin story and brings in a new country and a new cast of characters that imo wasn't needed. It is among the most genuine what the fuck asspulls the series has ever pulled.
I don't buy that somehow a country that conducts its court cases the way it does and then kills DAs along with the guilty party is somehow never mentioned in the entire series until now. I also couldn't stand the prosecutor of this game. I swear to God if he says "putrid" one more time...
At least Maya's back, however she's only in the game for a good half hour (technically longer through someone else) and that's it. It's almost like she was brought back just as a marketing ploy.