Lyte, you are more than welcome to go back and replay the games. Would LOVE you to. Go on.
I'm not discounting that the previous games do that "Is this the end...?" motif, but the problem with Edgeworth is that ITS NOT AN INTERESTING CASE GAME. They repeat it OVER and OVER. The case is over finally, woohoo, this is the bad guy. No wait, another piece of evidence. Ok cool gotcha. Nope, not yet. STOP YOUR GAME SUCKS LET ME FINISH.