Otherwise, you’ll run into a lot of spoilers. While I don’t believe you need to play the original to understand Lost Judgment, I’d highly recommend playing it one first if you intend to. Several old characters from the original Judgment return in Lost Judgment. The gameplay in this title is solid and there’s so much to do that you could spend a good fifty hours exploring it all. A drone racing mode with upgrades to make, classic games to collect and play such as Sonic the Fighters and Alex Kidd, and all the bits already mentioned in School Stories. Outside of that, there’s a lot of extras too.
All for a mechanic that you only really see a handful of times. There was even a homage to Metal Gear Solid with a box at one point. Infiltration for example lets you sneak about, move between cover points, choose different methods to distract enemies, and take them down from behind. What I found particularly impressive was how each of these mechanics seems very fleshed out. Occasionally it dips into other modes for tailing people or chasing them. It neatly mixes in mechanics such as lockpicking, infiltrating, parkour, and searching with a variety of tools into the normal gameplay though. Whether progressing through the story or going off into side-missions, you’ll find yourself mostly running around and using the excellent combat system. One of the strengths of Lost Judgment is the sheer variety of gameplay. The first one, the dance game felt as good as some smaller rhythm games. Some of the mini-games are genuinely fun too. After the case is solved, you then get asked to look into another club. The gameplay loop here is completing games, getting to know the student, and being able to solve small cases. Going through a number of clubs including dancing, robot fighting, skateboarding, and more, he needs to earn the trust of members to resolve cases. Yagami starts working with school clubs as part of his investigation. With that said, the dark themes in Lost Judgment were lightened up by plenty of silly moments like a Yakuza attacking you for a limited edition figure, answering a phone during a fight, or chasing UFOs in side-missions.Ĭonnected to but separate from the main narrative are a line of side quests called ‘School Stories’. The story was serious overall with some hard-hitting and touching moments. The characters who we got to know and love did help to cover for much of this though. I still enjoyed it a lot, but it’s certainly not perfect. I felt the pacing was too slow, it required too much time to get into and many of the reveals weren’t as exciting as they could’ve been. It is an intriguing story but wasn’t as gripping as it could’ve been. I wouldn’t say that it makes the player think much though, as it certainly takes a clear stance on the issues presented. It’s very much a criticism of the system in a way but poses the question of when justice is fair. The main narrative looks at the flaws in the justice system and has some complex moral judgments.
Though they did slightly go back on it later in the story. I was happy to see that they didn’t shy away from it.
It was a twist that I predicted, but one I thought they’d not do due to the reaction some people may have had. There are plenty of twists and it builds up the suspense well – that said, I saw a lot of them coming.Ĭovering a lot of sensitive topics, I was surprised by how one was handled in particular.
As the mystery unfolds, we learn more about the characters and the consequences of their actions. With themes of bullying and suicide, the tone is very serious at times. The story from there revolves around a pair of schools. It’s a mystery that detective Yagami has to unravel. The main suspect has an iron-clad alibi – he was caught on camera with his hand up a young woman’s skirt just before the murder and was in jail! There’s a good reason to suspect him though, as he announced the location of the body in a courtroom. The main narrative of Lost Judgment revolves around a set of seemingly impossible crimes. Read on as we follow Yagami back into Kamurocho and the new city in Yokohama. The sequel Lost Judgment has a lot to live up to. Its thrilling story, amazing world, and superb gameplay make it well worth playing. While it originally came out in 2019, I played the 2021 PS5 remaster. Judgment was one of my top titles this year.
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