i wish i could give a game negative stars. in all seriousness this game is almost entirely irredeemable in my eyes from the rampant racism in the entire execution of khurain.

the returning cast feels like they're all poor actors trying to pretend to be their past selves, especially phoenix, maya, and trucy (the latter two who are regressed into wind up dolls that say 'steel samurai' or 'magic panties' whenever the camera pans to them). the cases drag on with dull mysteries, and without that emotional connection i would routinely stop playing.

the closest this games gets to being good is turnabout storyteller because it is not attached to the main plot of the game at all. athena and blackquill get some time to riff off of each other and i would really rather play that than see a lobotomized phoenix.

the new characters are also uninteresting, with the exception of rayfa. nahyuta is actually the worst written prosecutor in my eyes (THIS INCLUDES DGS) for the criminal sin of being boring. him being bitchy isn't even funny. it feels like they read everything people liked about the trilogy and tried to copy it without understanding why it worked