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Actual impressions:

FIrst of all, Kay Faraday. She's a Maya clone, all right. Perhaps even more of a clone than the other ones, I couldn't notice any differences in personality besides the stuff about thievery. But only now I've realized how much this game needed a Maya. Miles doesn't have quite the same chemistry with her as Phoenix/Maya do, but we needed an assistant that is actually on our side, is not a complete idiot and says funny things often. She makes this case more enjoyable for those reasons.

The case itself is pretty good. A little too long too, but the setup is cool. I liked how it plays around with different locations.

The cast is a mixed bag. I really disliked Lang, he's basically Nahyuta with a lower IQ, and IQ was Nahyuta's redeeming quality to being with. The end of the case suggests a more nuanced character, but so far he's just a jerk who likes to arrest people without evidence and relies on his army to do what his average intelligence can't.

The Amanos are all right, Lance is not a great villain but not particularly annoying, his father is a smily asshole that is fun to take down. Lauren Paups is basically the prequel of the girl from 6-6, but she's funny enough. Ema is in this case but she's a glorified cameo. Oldbag and Meekins are in this case and they didn't need to.

The case flows better than 1-2 because you don't have to defend yourself every 5 minutes. You do defend a few other people but that's more of a second mission to the main goal of finding the truth. I gotta say though, the game is really forcing excuses to have Miles play defense. 1-1 relied on obviously innocent people being accused, 1-2 on Miles himself, and 1-3 on the cop being a fascist jerk. Miles believing in Lauren and not inALance for no specific reason is still king of forced, though.

It's the best case so far, mostly thanks to Kay. That said, the most fun opponent to debate so far has been Portsman, and that's not exactly a good sign. I feel like this was a step up in difficulty compared to the first too though, so it was pretty fun.