Really great execution of its central mystery and character arcs, probably as good or better than the original GBA trilogy. Excellent cast all around too, van Zieks putting his foot on the table is on par with Phoenix's point in terms of never getting old.

But can't give it full marks when it's often even worse about dragging and railroading you to the most obvious twist in the case possible and stopping you from presenting certain pieces of evidence or pointing out obvious lies until Ryunosuke recognizes them himself (read: when the writers decided you should be allowed to move things along instead of reading mostly fluff press dialogue). The dual testimonies/interruption mechanic is a good illustration of this, it basically asks you to press on every statement until the game gives you a free "Press A on this guy to advance the case" with an accompanying audio cue, and absolutely no room to recognize/act on things yourself or to approach that step of the trial in a different way. Also I probably prefer the original games' music though this soundtrack grew on me quite a bit over time. Still a 9/10 game though lol. I should play ghost trick