Almost perfect, in my opinion. Cry all you want about the trooper cards, i like them, even if they do bring down the game a little bit. I think they shouldve stayed in the minigame. Best RGG soundtrack, one of the best stories, and one of the best casts in the series. I love this game. The recasts are all great, in my opinion, except i think Takechi should've stayed as an original model. It doesnt bring his boss down any, i just think using shibusawa again is a bit obvious to the fact that he's gonna be the final boss and cheap.

literally so good. i cant describe how much enjoyment i got out of this game, especially just coming off of the first judgement. Just to list a few of the highest praise ive got:
-Tsukumo becoming a main character after his side character status in the first judgement is a really good decision. everybody loves my man tsukumo
-Kuwana is the best villian ive seen in a video game in a very long time.
-the SOUNDTRACK FUCKING SLAPS
-side content is all fun, was only really annoying once or twice
-best protagonist and friends dynamic ive seen in a video game. the gang of all time

really good game with litle to no issues, except a few

-Crane style for fighting is nearly useless outside of its EX Boost ex action.
-A few of the friends are really annoying to complete (Ebisu owner, m-side cafe couple, and yurika tachibana)
-I really wish Yagami had, as a detective, deduced that Kuroiwa was the mole on his own instead of Hamura just dropping it out of nowhere.