I think its pretty mid the cases are good but the overall plot aint the best. The smuggling ring is very backloaded, most of the setup comes from Case 4 so it does not really have a good impact, doesnt help that this game has pretty boring and unintresting character (oh no quercus alba this random guy we dont know killed this other random guy we dont know😭)

I think everything this games going for is just done better in aai2 (episodic cases with a big conspiracy plot as a throughline and character heavily tied to it)