Debeste was annoying, but he was designed to be so. I think it veered from annoying to narm-tastic in the 4th case. At least he was funny though, the "dying with dignity in the art gallery" had me in stitches
Justine...there are no redeeming features to that woman. I can understand what she did for John's sake, but there was no need for her to be as a big a bitch as she was. She didn't even strike me as very intelligent, and yet, everyone was in such awe of her.
Nice cameos in the first case.
I know it's weird, but I liked Horace Knightley. I thought killing him in the second case was a real waste of a good character after seeing the rest of his life.
Similar to Justine, I don't see what the big deal about Dogen is. I guess it was kinda cool his backstory, but seriously, the bastard is blind and in jail. Just kill him, Patricia, you're already a crook.
Jay Elbird. The name was so awful, it looped around and became good.
Playing as Gregory gave me the feels. I loved all of Case 3.
"A father can work miracles when his son is watching."
I didn't mind Kay, like some other people. Her leitmotif was sad.
I remember, in GK1, all of the victims were generally good people until the end: A by-the-book detective, intrepid Interpol, crook who tried to protect his daughter, Robin-Hood esque thief. Wow, they really swung the pendulum in the opposite direction in this case. It's sad when the kindest suspect aside from Jill and the reporter was Horace Knightley.

Weird? Have you seen BadPlayer like...ever?

If she killed Dogen, his subordinates would kill her. Plus, he probably had an ace up his sleeve to prevent such measures from happening (if she failed, he could reveal the truth of SS-5 and the location of Ou's body. Maybe he even had a will prepared if he needed revenge from beyond the grave

Oliver Deacon wasn't even a crook in the end. He was framed by his father. Plus, Cece Yew and Deid Mann were supposedly good people who turned against the smuggling ring. The only bad victims in that game were Manny Coachen and Mack Rell. Also, keep in mind that Jill Crane tried to kill Blaise. She easily could've become the culprit of Case 4. So really, the only good people who died were Knightley's coworker, the real Ou, and Cameron

Well, we might pull Jill under the "good person" category, given the fact Blaise was responsible for the death of her boyfriend after all.

I agree. Edgeworth had all of these "oh no, what is my future, gotta follow in daddy's footsteps" moments, but if you ask me, that really shouldn't have happened. I mean YES, it's Manfred von Karma's fault that he was a prosecutor in the first place, but I think after case 3-5, Edgeworth got over the whole "perfection" thing perfectly well. I would have thought after the Inherited Turnabout, Edgeworth would have been at peace for finding the truth that his father tried to find.
But, even so, I'm not mad about it at all. It just added a more dramatic flare, plenty of suspense, and the fact that he actually gave up his Prosecutor's Badge had me on the edge of my chair, and I couldn't stop playing.
Altogether, I loved the game. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Kay and Gumshoe are much better characters in this game than AAI. Kay, who came off as a Mary Sue in the first game, fits in a lot better this time around. I still object to Little Thief, though. That thing is ridiculous. Meanwhile Gumshoe isn't useless and annoying unlike AAI - he's a guy who tries his best at the job he loves, instead of standing around and wondering how to use logic.

Logic Chess is the best new mechanic to be introduced to the franchise. It's a much more intricate method of pressing the witness, by selecting your questions and responses.

I found case 2 to drag quite a bit, especially at the end. At least three times during the final confrontation, this happens:

Edgeworth: Ngh! Is this as far as I go?
Courtney: I will now hand down my verdict...
Someone: Hold it!

This happens so often it just becomes cliché.

Cases 3 and 4 were where the feels were had. Clearing Master's name and returning Kay's promise book

I hated Sebastian from the start, but I was pleasantly surprised when he got development in Case 5. We even get to play as him for a short while as he presents evidence to take down his father.

All of the cases were connected and there was a reason they happened day after day. Plenty of plot threads were introduced and wrapped up at the end of the game, like the missing sons of Dover and Gustavia.

It's good that we didn't actually get to play as Gregory in the courtroom as I had hoped. It would have turned out just like 4-4.

And why does nobody mention Phoenix by name? The game even goes out of its way to have a flashback of Edgeworth as the Demon Prosecutor, and the camera pans to the defense, only for it to cut out at that moment. NO PHOENIX FOR YOU.

Of all of the cameos, the best were the DeLites in Case 3.