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Gets a shit ton of flak - for good reason. The open world is used to minimal effect and the stage design effectively goes down the shitter because of it. A vast majority of the cast shares weapons with at least two other characters despite DW8's efforts to declone everybody. Now, what this game DOES have is a massive overhaul of the classic musou combat charge system into the new state combo system which, to be completely honest, feels fucking fantastic to play especially with some of the enchantments you get that increase attack speed and lets you cancel. Seriously the combat is probably my favorite of all the musou games I've played. I also quite like the way the story is handled, letting you pick a character and have them go through all the battles they canonically were there for - it gave a really nice sense of scale to the whole thing and the individual character endings are a nice touch. Unfortunately these great aspects are overshadowed by the mess of an open world they attempted to implement, though it does feel pretty comfy just wandering around on horseback. I still believe it's worth a play despite everything.

This game fucking blew me away on first playthrough, to the point that I might have even considered it the best in the series. After a while, though, it became clear that wasn't the case. While it definitely isn't the best, it's probably up there in the top three. In particular, the final villain is almost Disney-level ridiculous, even for Ace Attorney. Still one of the best the series has to offer for me, with some great new characters and massive development for Apollo, who's arguably gotten only the short end of the stick ever since he was introduced.