Great Ace Attorney is a spin-off of the popular Ace Attorney series, taking place in the early 1900s (mostly) in Britain. With the change of setting, the game brings a completely new cast and even new mechanics, which makes it feel quite fresh. In terms of "gameplay", it may even be the most "fun" iteration of the AA formula IMO. New to the game are the jury system for trials (something that has been teased since Apollo Justice...) and Herlock Sholmes' "great deductions" for investigations. Both new systems add more variety to the gameplay, making it, again, more fresh and fun.

Story is, as usual for AA games, pretty good, with an overaching plot that links many of the game's cases and a ton of twists. The new cast is fun, even if it holds some similarities to the traditional cast.

If there's anything to complain about, I'd say the pace of the game is slightly strange, since the first 3 cases feel like small tutorials of each main mechanic. Case 4 is the first case in the game with full investigation and trial sections, which is a little strange compared to other AA games.

Overall, I really liked this game. I'm not sure where exactly I'd rank it compared to the standard AA games but it's definitely near the top. Completely recommended.

Note: I played the Switch port included in the Chronicles collection.