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Leonhart4 posted...

This is definitely true. I imagine this one gets a lot of credit for not being "more of the same," which is probably what dragged down many of the sequels.

I think this is 100% correct, and it's not even something I strictly blame reviewers for - they have to play shitloads of games, so the stuff that is going to stand out to them is stuff that they haven't seen before, even if "the same thing again" is exactly what I want. This is always a mismatch between critic and consumer values that you need to account for when reading a review, although a good reviewer will take this into account of course. But I think the fact that this game is really well-produced and different, in a time where the Ace Attorney series is now regarded as an all-time great rather than a mere curiosity, creates a perfect storm for good reviews.