The art direction, graphics, and music beautifully merge the styles of Ace Attorney and Layton while also nailing a medieval fantasy setting. Its courtroom sequences are thrilling and the Layton exploration segments are a nice break with generally decent puzzles.

Unfortunately, the story collapses on its own twists in the final case and becomes dependent on long exposition dumps to wrap up. I had a lot of fun, but didn’t walk away with that great “Aha!” feeling that the best Ace Attorney games deliver so well.