The Ace Attorney games have always lived and died by their story and characterizations. This is only natural when a game has fewer gameplay elements and mechanics than your average Point-and-Click adventure. Unfortunately, a compelling story is where Justice for All falls short.

It leans heavily into the ridiculous and wacky side of the series, asking the player to stretch the suspension of their disbelief to its breaking point, with zany cases and a logic that sometimes is hard to follow; it's just a little too much. You lose sight of the original’s charm and humor, when each new case just tries to top the previous one, instead of offering a compelling murder mystery to crack.