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The soundtrack of this game is absolutely stellar. The guy they got, insaneintherain, does a bunch of jazz remixes of game music on youtube and he went all out here. I didn't know if he could compose - turns out he can! He played most of the instruments himself but there were a few other guest artists who contributed. The production value here is just out of this world - this game just sounds better than Ace Attorney soundtracks.

Yeah, all the stuff with Eris/Celeste in case 5 works really well and that's where the case shines. The stuff with Aster and the overall politics don't work as well - like I said, feels like some stuff basically just got cut either for time or because there was just too much shit to juggle. The game ends on such a weak note - the Eris thing feels like the game's actual climax but it feels like taking out Aster should be really satisfying and it just isn't. There are lots of flourishes in the case that look like they WOULD have made a good mystery, but it doesn't really work or make sense. Like, why would Aster have even made the mistake he did with the timing when his whole goal was to give himself an alibi by making it look like he couldn't move around? It's silly. And he gives up more easily than Redd White. It sucks. It should've been great.

Aria Steelwind is such a shockingly good character. Like, I've seen people try to make prosecutor characters before and they always come off like bad deviantart OCs, and she SEEMS like that at first - 18 year old prodigy prosecutor who doesn't initially seem like she has a personality, yeah, seen it all before. I never saw it coming by the end of the game that she'd be such a complex and developed character. She's honestly sort of a breath of fresh air compared to some of the prosecutors in AA in that she's like, actually reasonable and just doing her best, but they avoided making her a mary sue. I love the reversal they did in case 4 where Ruby's the von Karma-esque lawyer who has total control over the case and Aria's the one who's desperately trying to prove her case but unable to see it through. Her relationship with Aster is brilliant in how heartbreaking it is.

The main cast of this game in general is great. Tyrion's fine, but Celeste is such a fantastic sidekick character that she really elevates the two of them together. This might be one of the most believable romances I've seen in a game! I actually got invested in these two working things out! This is one of the throughlines that I think does stick the landing and I was satisfied with where these two end up at the end.

I really rooted for this game a lot and I think the characters and writing were really good for what the game is, but some of the plot and mystery design just barely fell short of being superb, and it sucks - this game is SO CLOSE, imo. I still like it better than like, AA4, lol, but the fact that it's even close to stacking up to an Ace Attorney game is a miracle in its own right for which I have to applaud the game, despite its faults.