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Finished it last night. Overall, a pretty good game, but easily the weakest in the series, IMO. Though, I rank JFA and TaT about on par with each other (if it wasn't for 3-4 and 3-5 in TaT, I'd probably rank JFA above it), so my opinion is definitely one of the more discrepant ones.
Anyway, I had a few problems with various things throughout the game, much of which grated on me. For one, the music is nowhere near the quality of the previous Ace Attorney's. Additionally, the character designs are, with some exceptions, horrid. Brushel, Wesley Stickler, Little Puma, Daryan, etc. were all grossly flamboyant.
I also found myself disliking many, many more characters than I normally do. There are always going to be some annoying characters throughout an Ace Attorney game, but this had a surfeit of them. Again, Brushel, Wesley Stickler, and Olga, in particular, really bugged me. Especially Brushel.
I also feel Klavier Gavin was nowhere near as intimidating or really as enjoyable as Edgeworth, Franziska, or Godot as a prosecutor. He was by no means a bad character, but he's not someone I'm really anticipating seeing in any forthcoming sequels.
Trucy was great. I think she filled the role of Maya pretty well, and had her own distinguishable personality, instead of being just a Maya clone. Ema Skye returning wasn't so bad, but I didn't enjoy her anywhere near as much as Gumshoe, since that was the role she was basically fulfilling. She was annoying at times, but, overall, not too bad. Phoenix Wright really bugged me, though. I understand that, given his situation (losing his attorney's badge), he was bitter and resentful, but his entire disposition changed from the end of Trials and Tribulations to Apollo Justice. He was no longer as... I guess naive, as he was in the previous games.
The last case was pretty good. Again, probably the weakest last case in the series, but still not bad. It was cohesive and comprehensive, since it spanned seven years. The only problem I had was the completely superimposed revelation that Apollo and Trucy were half-brother/sister, and Lamiroir = Thalassa. It felt contrived and unnecessary, and was merely there for shock value. Apollo's backstory was never really explored (outside of who his mother was), so I'm assuming that'll be something appearing in Ace Attorney 5. I think Phoenix Wright mentioned that Apollo was with the attorney's office at the age of 15, though, so I'm guessing he was still in training or something... but for seven years? Maybe I misunderstood, in any case.
Like I said, overall, a good game, the weakest in the series (IMO), and it'll be interesting to see where they go from here. I'm definitely missing the old cast, though.
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