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I had a good time with this game but this game has a major pacing issue. Incomprehensibly weird pacing with most cases taking too long, some taking too short, the placements of the cases being in an odd order in comparison to the "feel" of the case (meaning a "Case 1", "Case 2", etc.) and none of them really "feeling" like the place they're in aside from Case 3, and sections either lasting too long or too short.
The cases themselves aren't too interesting either aside from Case 3 which is very cool, especially with the context Case 5 casts upon it. The character interactions carry the cases, especially any time Sholmes is on screen who is the most singularly entertaining character in the series.
The new gameplay mechanics are very fun at least. The Judiciary Examinations are a really fun way to break up the pacing of cases and gives a different way to problem solve, while Course Correction is the single smartest inclusion in the entire series from a gameplay perspective that the series' shift to 3D perfectly compliments.
Perfectly fine game but please don't ONLY play this game. This game is a very very good prologue to the second game which blows this game out of the water so hard it might be fighting at the top with Trials and Tribulations as my favorite in the series.
I had a good time with this game but this game has a major pacing issue. Incomprehensibly weird pacing with most cases taking too long, some taking too short, the placements of the cases being in an odd order in comparison to the "feel" of the case (meaning a "Case 1", "Case 2", etc.) and none of them really "feeling" like the place they're in aside from Case 3, and sections either lasting too long or too short.
The cases themselves aren't too interesting either aside from Case 3 which is very cool, especially with the context Case 5 casts upon it. The character interactions carry the cases, especially any time Sholmes is on screen who is the most singularly entertaining character in the series.
The new gameplay mechanics are very fun at least. The Judiciary Examinations are a really fun way to break up the pacing of cases and gives a different way to problem solve, while Course Correction is the single smartest inclusion in the entire series from a gameplay perspective that the series' shift to 3D perfectly compliments.
Perfectly fine game but please don't ONLY play this game. This game is a very very good prologue to the second game which blows this game out of the water so hard it might be fighting at the top with Trials and Tribulations as my favorite in the series.