Finished Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All. That last episode was something else. Probably the strongest one in the series yet. It was also great to see the character progression. Still have one game left in the trilogy, but will play it later.
I think JFA is overall the weakest game in that trilogy, but that last case more than makes up for it. It's an S-Tier case and one of the most memorable in the series.
Finished Cadence of Hyrule!
Side game #1. Played mostly with Link and enjoyed it, but not as much as the original Crypt of the Necrodancer.
I think what annoyed me most was the uneven difficulty - it's really hard at first, then you get a good weapon and a couple heart upgrades and breeze through most of the game, only for the difficulty to spike up again in a nasty final dungeon before the final boss.
Playing The Messenger!
Side game #2. Pretty good Ninja Gaiden clone so far, challenging but not unfair. Just reached the "Searing Crag" area.
Playing Hatsumira: From the Future Undying!
Chapter 1 was stupidly long, by the time I finished it the in-game progress display was at 24%!
It focused on the beastman tribe and the second heroine Alilah, and overall was a good section. Highlights were the side-characters, which I liked way more than the main heroines so far - Lyth, Fal, Curio and even the three beastman warriors were great.
Also hoping we get less sections where it shifts the POV to the villains, because even though those sections were short they still managed to bore me to tears.
Anyway, Chapter 2 is looking like it's going to be a breather episode focused on the resistance with more worldbuilding. Current progress is 18% into Chapter 2, 26% overall.
If you ask 10 people "rank the Ace Attorney games" you'll get 10 very different answers (which IMO shows how consistently good the series tends to be), but there's three games that tend to hang near the top of most lists:
This last one is the only AA game I haven't played yet, but I can definitely say that the first two are my favorites so far.
Really hyped to get the Investigations bundle, will probably be the next "main" game I play once I finish Hatsumira.
I'm getting a bit frustrated with some aspects of the game (mainly the excess of cheap deaths), but overall it's really good. I got to the part where it turns "metroidvania" and it was a really cool change.