i think the key to appreciating this game would be going into it knowing that it really doesn't want to be an ace attorney game. like, case 2 doesn't even have a trial and is super underwhelming. case 3 ends with absolutely no resolution. case 4 only exists to be a filler between cases 3 and 5 and its completely pointless, because this game's strength isn't the murder mysteries, it's the overarching plot and character motivations. i mean you literally don't even know who the victim is until you go to court, you get 2 pieces of evidence in a whole investigation day, what. case 5 is really interesting when it comes to the mystery behind it all, but the actual case is so far from any other "epic" case in the series, i mean what other final case takes places entirely in one room and has a total of... 3 witnesses? (2 of which are basically a pair anyway)
A+ for characters though. C- for the actual murder mysteries. like B for the overall plot. i'm quite intrigued to learn more in the sequel. just dreading these cases whose complexity levels basically never rise beyond the difficulty of a tutorial case.