It has high highs, and ridiculously low lows. It has the bones of a good sci-fi detective mystery, it has a lot of interesting moving pieces, and it has some very good ideas. But ultimately it fumbles them in its execution as it attempts to act similar to Phoenix Wright's comedic tone, when the game functions better as a serious crime thriller. The comedy as well largely hinges on half the jokes being toward or in spite of women compared to Phoenix Wright, which makes the game much like the Yakuza series, something that I cannot in any good faith ever recommend to any of my woman friends.

Iris route is really bad, both in how it barely serves to forward the plot until the true ending, as well as how Iris can really grate on the player when she isn't just a side character. The fact you can choose Iris route first purely by a 50/50 coin flip at the start of the game can make the game rough to play. It is hard to describe just how much better Mizuki route is.

There are some really good and solid characters that are dragged down by some legitimately really awful ones with Aiba and Date's relationship being a highlight. Visuals and style could be beautiful, but also rough around the edges as it was clear they were working with a small budget. Playing around with dreams could be quite interesting but many puzzles were guesswork as a result. The action sequences could be funny, but were generally pretty bad. There was a lot of heart in here, but... Overall... Weakest of the big Mystery VNs in my opinion.