I had a great time with Judgment. It's certainly not perfect (in fact there are a few BIG problems) but the good is more than enough to outweigh the bad.

Let's get the issues out of the way first. Mortal Wounds are a lame system. Certain attacks causing permanent damage that takes some work to remove is a good idea on paper. It could limit the infinite spam of healing items these games can fall prey to. However, it just becomes really annoying considering that removing wounds is needlessly time-consuming and not exactly fun at all. The second are the trailing missions. They are all extremely boring, and they make any chapter or sidequest they're in worse.

Now for everything else. Combat is about as good as you'd expect from RGG. It's fun, but not the most refined thing out there. It gets heavily carried by the weighty animation. Side content is great as usual. I spent a lot of time on the baseball minigame, befriended a lot of people in town, and put a fair bit of time into a bunch of other sidegames. I didn't care much for the drone races, but they were still fine.

Where this game really shines is in the narrative. The quests are stupid and fun, but the main story is just fantastic. Yagami is an excellent protagonist and is so fun to watch at every turn. Kaito is a great foil, and is generally a sick character. Pretty much everyone else is really good as well, with standout villains and side characters. There's a constant intrigue that is kept up masterfully, and many moments I was glued to my seat.

In short, fun-ass game with a superb narrative. Go play it