This review contains spoilers
tl;dr: good theme, bad delivery
this game is a mess, story-wise. apollo's struggles from aa:aj (like the whole trucy and thalassa thing) aren't adressed anywhere. this feels like a spinoff to aa:aj rather than a sequel. you can't even investigate like in the previous games, as you are only allowed to investigate the crime scene in a three-dimensional setting which feels weird. the forensics stuff (which was really innovative) was basically cut out too (makes no sense).
the only point where it does cling onto aa4 is the "dark age of law", but even while discussing that, (insert main villain from aa4) isn't mentioned anywhere. the whole trial is briefly mentioned a single time. additionally sometimes it feels like they WANT to shove "the dark age of law" down your throat because it gets mentioned almost every minute in case 3 & 5.
as a game alone, it's really good nonetheless. imo, the relationship between athena and blackquill could've been discussed further. the new mood matrix is a fantastic new gimmick i really like. what i didn't like was the downgrading of apollo's bracelet (it was totally unneccessary and could've been enhanced even further if it weren't for blackquill's stupid bird).
case 5 is the second-best case in the series in my opinion, almost being better than 3-5.
the other cases aren't too bad, but they aren't over the top/anything remarkable. the investigation section were made for three-year olds, because the game basically tells you what to do rather than actually figuring it out yourself. the court sections were really good, as blackquill makes it kind of entertaining and enjoyable. i felt like playing in one of mia's trials you could play in t&t because of how humoristic they were.
music is great (as expected from an aa game)
that being said, it's not a bad game like many say. it just isn't the best either. i'd still rank it above aa1 and aa2, though. the game has its good moments as well as its sentimental moments (case 5 was a whole roller coaster ride of emotions. like mood matrix, like case.)
this game is a mess, story-wise. apollo's struggles from aa:aj (like the whole trucy and thalassa thing) aren't adressed anywhere. this feels like a spinoff to aa:aj rather than a sequel. you can't even investigate like in the previous games, as you are only allowed to investigate the crime scene in a three-dimensional setting which feels weird. the forensics stuff (which was really innovative) was basically cut out too (makes no sense).
the only point where it does cling onto aa4 is the "dark age of law", but even while discussing that, (insert main villain from aa4) isn't mentioned anywhere. the whole trial is briefly mentioned a single time. additionally sometimes it feels like they WANT to shove "the dark age of law" down your throat because it gets mentioned almost every minute in case 3 & 5.
as a game alone, it's really good nonetheless. imo, the relationship between athena and blackquill could've been discussed further. the new mood matrix is a fantastic new gimmick i really like. what i didn't like was the downgrading of apollo's bracelet (it was totally unneccessary and could've been enhanced even further if it weren't for blackquill's stupid bird).
case 5 is the second-best case in the series in my opinion, almost being better than 3-5.
the other cases aren't too bad, but they aren't over the top/anything remarkable. the investigation section were made for three-year olds, because the game basically tells you what to do rather than actually figuring it out yourself. the court sections were really good, as blackquill makes it kind of entertaining and enjoyable. i felt like playing in one of mia's trials you could play in t&t because of how humoristic they were.
music is great (as expected from an aa game)
that being said, it's not a bad game like many say. it just isn't the best either. i'd still rank it above aa1 and aa2, though. the game has its good moments as well as its sentimental moments (case 5 was a whole roller coaster ride of emotions. like mood matrix, like case.)