A very welcome spin on the Ace Attorney-type VNs. Comparisons are unavoidable, and it's clear that the devs don't even try to hide it, but Tyrion Cuthbert does enough to distinguish itself.

There are some pretty clever deductive game elements that tie well into the world and the characters. Tyrion's ability to read people's thoughts and emotions plays a big role in both the story and gameplay. Even some of the stylistic choices get some payoff near the end of the game.

Probably the biggest (well... second biggest to me) downside is that this game lacks some of the polish that the Ace Attorney games have. Graphically it looks fine. Really good even in some places. However, the characters generally have little if any animation, making this game feel a bit more stiff compared to its inspiration.

The characters themselves are well developed, and they build up a world that I want to see more of, but everyone speaks in almost the exact same way. It's never confusing, since whoever is talking is conveyed well, but there is very little variety in speech patterns between different characters. This is a shame especially because of the themes of classism that this game handles. It is by no means a deal breaker, but it does prevent characters from really being memorable.

One last complaint about a pet peeve of mine, and on the off chance that the writer of this game reads this. "Anyways" is not correct. Please stop using this. The s at the end should not be there. While it could be used for a certain character archetype that speaks very informally, it is not proper English. It shows up an awful amount of times in dialog, and especially when the nobles say it, it breaks any immersion I had.

The complaints are relatively minor though, as the cases are intriguing and they are set in a world that I just want to dive more into. All cases revolve around some sort of mystery involving magic. The magic system itself is very similar to the likes of Dungeons & Dragons, and they used it in a way that is believable within the setting. The rules are always clearly explained, meaning you never feel like an answer just came out of nowhere or was set up simply for plot convenience.
The game does add some red herrings that do not add a lot to the experience. It includes details in the record that just never come up later on. If this was used to subvert expectations it would have been fine, but now it just feels like they were ideas that were cut from the final story, but not fully removed from the plot. It does not detract from the experience much, but it sometimes feels like Checkov’s gun being left unfired.

Overall I would highly recommend this to fans of the Ace Attorney games. This game has a lot of heart, and I can only hope that a sequel will build upon this solid foundation.