Originally played this on emulator looking for another click-and-point adventure game - later bought it when I got the money - I love this franchise.
when i told the judge phoenix wright would be my lawyer they sent me into the psych ward
GooeyScale: 75/100
GooeyScale: 75/100
Been a hot while but replaying this with simplecoffee has really made me appreciate it all the more.
incredible visual novel that everyone needs to give a chance.
For the most part, this game rocks sauce.
The incredible memes that are:
"OBJECTION"
"HOLD IT"
"TAKE THAT"
The dialogue is fun, the characters are entertaining and feel straight out of an anime with their odd quirks. It's enjoyable and the cases always feel fresh.
I did have some annoyances with the travel/map system. It felt like you had to backtrack to one location to get to another location and felt tedious at times.
I also didn't love having to pull out a walkthrough so I could use one random item at one random location to progress the story.
I'm looking forward to checking out the rest of the series with these fun characters.
The incredible memes that are:
"OBJECTION"
"HOLD IT"
"TAKE THAT"
The dialogue is fun, the characters are entertaining and feel straight out of an anime with their odd quirks. It's enjoyable and the cases always feel fresh.
I did have some annoyances with the travel/map system. It felt like you had to backtrack to one location to get to another location and felt tedious at times.
I also didn't love having to pull out a walkthrough so I could use one random item at one random location to progress the story.
I'm looking forward to checking out the rest of the series with these fun characters.
It’s about time I got into this damn series! I started playing this game years ago, but never finished it until now, and I’m really glad I did. Very few games are as satisfying to progress in as Ace Attorney, every time you prove you’re right and get to hear an “OBJECTION!” or a “TAKE THAT!” you just feel like an absolute boss. The recurring characters are all really likable, the writing in general is really good, and it’s just a game that constantly keeps you invested. Outside of like, the first one I guess, each case has you constantly playing to find out the truth of it all. There are some moments in this game where you really have no idea how it’s even possible for you to win, but again when it all clicks you feel like an absolute beast. Turnabout Goodbyes was easily the peak of that, I genuinely did not have any sort of clue on where it was gonna go after the first trial. Rise From The Ashes was also really good in that regard too, and frankly the other cases too. Whether the case is insanely mysterious and hard to figure out, or involves someone close to you, you always have a motivation for wanting to discover the truth, and it’s really awesome that they pulled that off. Amazing start to the series, and I am really excited to play the rest.
seria tipo um quadro do zorra total
Pretty good start for the series, but I'm not too big on the first two and a half cases. Straight up telling you the killer for the first two from the start removes a lot of tension, in my opinion, and the Steel Samurai case drags oooooon. The rest is peak.
big red words that spell out OBJECTION appear in my very eyes everytime i see people praising valorant
“A justiça é a busca pela verdade, não a vitória a qualquer custo.” - Anônimo.
Se fosse resumir esse jogo ou o que vem pela frente diria que essa frase dita por alguém, diz muito sobre essa franquia fenomenal
Um tema muito diferente do comum que vemos atualmente, e diria que arriscado, devido ao fato se limitar a um determinado publico. E quando conheci esse jogo eu estava com receio de não gostar. Aliás, advogado não é minha praia e achava que a sensação de ser um advogado em um jogo não iria dá certo, mas por incrível que pareça eu estava enganado e que no final da contas iria ser uma das experiências mais diferenciadas e divertidas que eu tive nesse meus anos que tenho conhecimento sobre jogos.
Os primeiros casos são bem introdutórios, pouco tempo e pouca expploração na busca de provas e informações, sendo em todo a jogatina as partes de tribunais ou o clímax dos casos as minhas favoritas junto a Essa música que é a minha favorita desse jogo e quando ela toca, você já sabe que vem uma jogada de advogado de primeira, e a satifação de fazer uma objeção com provas que tem reviravoltas em um caso é muito satisfatório.
As mecânicas do jogo eram simples, coletar itens a fim de buscar provas e mais provas junto as respostas, até ai tudo bem. Mas do nada é que no FINAL DO JOGO no último caso eles implementaram mecânicas que mudariam a imersão do jogo. Inspecionar itens em 3d, usar objetos que tem que assoprar, sim, assoprar o DS para digitais e dentre outros. Parecia que era outro jogo e isso fez eu me admirar cada vez mais a essa obra
Esse jogo dispensa elogios, o que mais me deixou meio intrigado é como de uma história para a outra não evolui ou tem um desfecho interessante, temos 5 casos nesse jogo e só 2 deles que foram sensacionais (a do MIles e da Luana), não desmereço os outros mas acredito que foi mal construido todo o enrendo daqueles que não funcionaram apesar de serem legais (O caso do samurai é um exemplo disso). E outra coisa que fica muito confuso que algumas vezes queinfelizmente tive que correr a longplays ou detonados é em momentos de exploração por não saber o que fazer. Perdido e sem idéia de onde ir, não acho que isso seja uma crítica pode ser até burrice minha na hora de jogar, mas sabe quando algo não fica muito claro nos diálogos e muitas coisas são na "sorte" para descobrir esse jogo mostra bem isso, e para muitos pode ser até motivo de pessoas desisitirem de apreciar o jogo.
Sendo um jogo para mim uma porta de boas vindas a essa franquia, ela foi bem recebida. Pode ter seus erros mas não faz dele ruim, aliás seu futuro não mostoru isso a franquia faz sucesso até os dias de hoje, e é com todo mérito, para um jogo de DS e suas limitações na época faz esse jogo ter um carinho não só pela histórias em casos que realmente é bom. Mas sim como ele é desenvolvido.
Podem ir jogar tranquilo, que sem dúvidas vai ser uma das experiências mais interessantes e intrigantes que você terá!
Se fosse resumir esse jogo ou o que vem pela frente diria que essa frase dita por alguém, diz muito sobre essa franquia fenomenal
Um tema muito diferente do comum que vemos atualmente, e diria que arriscado, devido ao fato se limitar a um determinado publico. E quando conheci esse jogo eu estava com receio de não gostar. Aliás, advogado não é minha praia e achava que a sensação de ser um advogado em um jogo não iria dá certo, mas por incrível que pareça eu estava enganado e que no final da contas iria ser uma das experiências mais diferenciadas e divertidas que eu tive nesse meus anos que tenho conhecimento sobre jogos.
Os primeiros casos são bem introdutórios, pouco tempo e pouca expploração na busca de provas e informações, sendo em todo a jogatina as partes de tribunais ou o clímax dos casos as minhas favoritas junto a Essa música que é a minha favorita desse jogo e quando ela toca, você já sabe que vem uma jogada de advogado de primeira, e a satifação de fazer uma objeção com provas que tem reviravoltas em um caso é muito satisfatório.
As mecânicas do jogo eram simples, coletar itens a fim de buscar provas e mais provas junto as respostas, até ai tudo bem. Mas do nada é que no FINAL DO JOGO no último caso eles implementaram mecânicas que mudariam a imersão do jogo. Inspecionar itens em 3d, usar objetos que tem que assoprar, sim, assoprar o DS para digitais e dentre outros. Parecia que era outro jogo e isso fez eu me admirar cada vez mais a essa obra
Esse jogo dispensa elogios, o que mais me deixou meio intrigado é como de uma história para a outra não evolui ou tem um desfecho interessante, temos 5 casos nesse jogo e só 2 deles que foram sensacionais (a do MIles e da Luana), não desmereço os outros mas acredito que foi mal construido todo o enrendo daqueles que não funcionaram apesar de serem legais (O caso do samurai é um exemplo disso). E outra coisa que fica muito confuso que algumas vezes queinfelizmente tive que correr a longplays ou detonados é em momentos de exploração por não saber o que fazer. Perdido e sem idéia de onde ir, não acho que isso seja uma crítica pode ser até burrice minha na hora de jogar, mas sabe quando algo não fica muito claro nos diálogos e muitas coisas são na "sorte" para descobrir esse jogo mostra bem isso, e para muitos pode ser até motivo de pessoas desisitirem de apreciar o jogo.
Sendo um jogo para mim uma porta de boas vindas a essa franquia, ela foi bem recebida. Pode ter seus erros mas não faz dele ruim, aliás seu futuro não mostoru isso a franquia faz sucesso até os dias de hoje, e é com todo mérito, para um jogo de DS e suas limitações na época faz esse jogo ter um carinho não só pela histórias em casos que realmente é bom. Mas sim como ele é desenvolvido.
Podem ir jogar tranquilo, que sem dúvidas vai ser uma das experiências mais interessantes e intrigantes que você terá!
Played the switch version, but i want to review this game separately from the rest
The writing for this game is probably Phoenix Wright at it's most core fundamentals. The series hasn't yet been overwhelmed with supernatural elements nor increasing bizarre murders to continue upping the ante. So in terms of just the murder mysteries themselves, this game has my favorite bunch. Particularly cases 4 and 5, are really creative and daunting cases which complicated murders but could still have happened within the realm of possibility in the real world. I particularly love Case 5 due to the fact that it feels like you're actually uncovering a giant conspiracy within the police department and the prosecutor's office. Von Karma and Damon Gant are the series best villains.
That being said, Case 2 while still compelling is too easy. To the point that it feel a little bit like an extension of the tutorial in case 1. And Case 3, while not the worst 3rd case in the series was just very boring to me.
Game play is usual Ace Attorney fair. Investigate murder scenes looking for evidence and talking to witnesses then in court, listen to testimony and find contradictions. This works well up until most the way through case 4. BUT some of these investigations particularly in case 5 are really long, and you perform specific sequence of events to get the next piece of dialogue in an investigation to trigger. So without a guide, you might be wandering from place to place for like 20 minutes re-investigating and talking to everyone just to figure out what you missed. Likewise in case 5, to up the challenge, a testimony might not have a contradiction readily apparent and you have to press the witness to amend their testimony! That's fine but in case 5 you might have to press the witness's statements in a specific order to trigger the change and testimony, and it's a little frustrating to be stuck because you accidentally pressed the statements in the wrong order. Things like this are just kinda immersion breaking which is really important in Visual Novel where you need to be immersed to have fun.
The writing for this game is probably Phoenix Wright at it's most core fundamentals. The series hasn't yet been overwhelmed with supernatural elements nor increasing bizarre murders to continue upping the ante. So in terms of just the murder mysteries themselves, this game has my favorite bunch. Particularly cases 4 and 5, are really creative and daunting cases which complicated murders but could still have happened within the realm of possibility in the real world. I particularly love Case 5 due to the fact that it feels like you're actually uncovering a giant conspiracy within the police department and the prosecutor's office. Von Karma and Damon Gant are the series best villains.
That being said, Case 2 while still compelling is too easy. To the point that it feel a little bit like an extension of the tutorial in case 1. And Case 3, while not the worst 3rd case in the series was just very boring to me.
Game play is usual Ace Attorney fair. Investigate murder scenes looking for evidence and talking to witnesses then in court, listen to testimony and find contradictions. This works well up until most the way through case 4. BUT some of these investigations particularly in case 5 are really long, and you perform specific sequence of events to get the next piece of dialogue in an investigation to trigger. So without a guide, you might be wandering from place to place for like 20 minutes re-investigating and talking to everyone just to figure out what you missed. Likewise in case 5, to up the challenge, a testimony might not have a contradiction readily apparent and you have to press the witness to amend their testimony! That's fine but in case 5 you might have to press the witness's statements in a specific order to trigger the change and testimony, and it's a little frustrating to be stuck because you accidentally pressed the statements in the wrong order. Things like this are just kinda immersion breaking which is really important in Visual Novel where you need to be immersed to have fun.
This game was a delight. The writing was fantastic and the cast of characters was quite charming. The trials were so gripping I was on the edge of my seat for most of them. I also loved the art style, it adds to the game's charm. A major downside of the game though was the investigation. They weren't overly difficult, just repetitive. Traversing between areas was also rather repetitive. Still, it's a solid game nonetheless.
Played this on the trilogy rerelase on Steamdeck and made me realize I just do not have the patience for visual novels. 20+ hours for 5 cases and only two are good (the final one and the DLC), the redrawn sprites also look like ass.
Maya is very cute though.
Maya is very cute though.
This review contains spoilers
carried by the music!
What a journey. If I knew back then how much of a hold this series'd have on me.
remembered that this site lets you mark the medium as watched which means yay, i can put the visual novels i watched as let's plays on here!!! the brainrot i had over this series when i was 11 - 12 was unmatched
Classic crime-fighting game that makes up for its linear nature with anime humour and creativity.
não lembro onde tem o arquivo do jogo e do emulador que eu usava meu deus preciso continuar jogando pq é bem bacaninha
Who knew being lawyered up would be dope.
cool story and great concept but many gameplay flaws impede the experience
The first ace attorney has a lot of cases that are weak by the series standards, but due to this game being the first it isn't as noticeable, especially since the bad cases are in the first half when you're still getting used to the format and the main cast. The last few cases are engaging with a lot of good comedy, Von Karma isn't exactly the most nuanced villain but he's hilarious, Edgeworth is obviously great, and I'm one of the few people who like rise from the ashes despite the investigation segments being a little drawn out.
Memorable and iconic. The start of a remarkable series. Love the characters, the soundtrack, and most cases.
This review contains spoilers
(note: played through the trilogy collection on switch)
i had always heard about this series and seen some memes and skits and generally understood it was 'haha funny lawyer game' and it is that and so much more . so , so much more . outside of memes i had actually hardly known a thing about this game but the name kept floating everywhere so i always knew /of/ it but only a single speck of sand's worth /about/it so one day after revisiting random encounters and getting its' musical on it stuck in my head i coudlnt get it out and at this time i was desperate for a new hyperfixation and my brain was latching on - i had to know what this was finally all about . and was it one of the best impulse purchases i've made bc it's only been a few days and i am absolutely obsessed and completely understand the hype and reverence and i may be jumping the gun like larry butz with a new girlfriend but i think this may be one of my favourite things ever now and i don't see that changing ...
here i'll go over parts of the included 5 cases and share some scattered thoughts about what makes up the rest of the game ... i've never really been good at transition sentences in essays so this is my attempt at one and i've spent countless hours trying to write this thing so even tho it'll be a little messy i hope it's comprehensible enough since jumbled is just my style
[EPISODE ONE -]
good introduction to the world of aa without overwhelming you too much
wright and the player both being new and nervous about their first case helps endear the player to wright more since you grow with him along the way ... outside of those two things there's really not too much else to say about this one tho and while it's good at these things the second case expands on them further and is more memorable and plot-focused ... case in point i don't even remember what this case is called while i do the others so i elected to title these breaks 'episode _' instead
[EPISODE TWO -]
this one for me was rather tough and i felt like quite the idiot ... i'm not sure comparatively how long it 'should've ' taken but it took me like 2 or 3 hours i think ? i was quite stumped a few times but i think it can be excused by my still fumbling around finding my footing with the game
i love how after his first case being a success wright has to immediately grapple with the loss of his mentor and has to defend her sister and later on himself although the ending with the whole deus ex miachina thing felt a littttle ... annoying for want of a better word ... underwhelming perhaps ... ? i understand that it's only wright's second-ever case so he's still nervous and new to the game (much like the player) but it does make him feel quite a bit incompetent ... and like yeah he definitely can be but idk something about it just kinda bothers me a bit and i felt it could've been done a little better rather than 'damn i can't pin this guy guess i'll die' "i have come from the grave to tell you to flip over this note" 'oh dang i didn't think about that' i feel for what we got though it's still a decent case (stares longingly at taaams interpretation of the episode)
[EPISODE THREE -]
while some people might complain about this one not having much plot relevance and call it filler i think it's necessary enough ... sure it's not super deep like the other episodes excluding 1 but i feel it serves as a break between two emotional cases for our characters and as a decent preparation for episode 4 as this case gives wright more experience with being an attorney and the player more experience with a longer case (although as i'll go onto mention it would've done well to be a little shorter) + it also offers some early depth on edgeworth and we get to understand him just a little more as an appetiser of sorts before we dive into the feast that is turnabout goodbyes
i caught onto the killer as soon as she was mentioned and i felt like a 1000 iq genius when this case went pretty smoothly for me compared to my rather rocky start with the first two although i did feel a little fatigued during the third investigation ... as i mentioned i do agree that it should've been a bit shorter but overall i did still enjoy this one i think more than others might've but i suppose it's not really got much else to say for itself ...
[EPISODE FOUR -]
hell . fucking . yes .
everything finally bleeds out into the open here but it doesn't feel like an exposition dump and it feels well paced i hardly noticed how much time had truly passed i took about 8 hours and it never once felt tiring
i was on the verge of tears multiple times (mostly bc the emotional moments really got to me ... others bc i was very stressed in the trials i had to take a few minutes break after each one and i chewed quite a bit of gum throughout to help get my brain thinking) and after i finished the episode i had to take like an entire day to reflect on it
sure it can be cheesy and not to mention absolutely bonkers but god damn it if i don't absolutely love it for that . same applies to the whole game really
it's zany . it's serious . it's emotional . it's insane . it's heartwrenching . it's bullshit . it's touching . the parrot is a witness and i'm crying over edgeworth
little detail i love wright's fierce and unbending faith in edgeworth and how he'll do anything to stand up for him just as miles had done for him all those years ago . like in case 3 when mia questions wright if he thinks powers is guilty the player has a dialogue choice in whether or not they doubt his innocence - here you don't bc wrights belief in his friend is that strong . i just think that's really touching and adds just that little bit more to it
all this ... and we still don't know what grossberg was doing at the boat shack ... unless you watch taaam ;)
[EPISODE FIVE -]
really good but jesus it was way too long . 15 hours . my god . granted again i am a little incompetent and kept getting stuck on stupid parts (i failed to notice the glove in the bg for like 30 minutes or longer despite doing literally everything else) and about an hour or two was actually time taken up by breaks but point still stands holy hell it's so loooong
this episode ... i don't know how to explain it but something about the way it's written feels noticeably different compared to the other four ... like much so ... ? probably bc it was only the initial four in the original gba release so there was what a 4 year
time gap ? idk didn't affect my overall enjoyment much it again was just more apparent ... it also felt a bit more ... 'hand-holdy' and on the nose ... so like characters (mostly namely wright) woukd more often think stuff like 'wow i wonder if this has relation to something i could bring that up now' and like i kinda felt talked down to at times like with the chessboard in edgeworth's office i had already picked up on the symbolism before they even mentioned it but then they just had to blatantly spell it out and it kinda annoyed me slightly and i dont recall the other cases being quite as much in your face with that stuff ? but hey , at least there's no magical mia ! well except for like a glimmer there but ig that's moreso wright thinking about what she would say ... also what was with the first part and starr's overwhelming hatred of prosecutors and how it seemed someone was trying to make them look bad with lana accused of murder and constant doubt thrown onto edgeworth but then it seems like nothing is really done with this idea except pushing edgeworth into thinking of resigning ig but i still don't fully get the motive there if that was at all intended ... ig in universe it's just a coincidental side effect perhaps ... still felt like it was leading onto something more tho ...
besides those few gripes indeed this was a good episode and i'm glad it was included . the mysteries were engaging and i think the forensics parts were really interesting and helped shake up the overly long investigation segments + i love the mental image of wright running around spraying every last inch of the room he's in with the luminol and ema wondering how there's anything still left in that bottle
i also think it was this episode that made me laugh the most and even though this one tired me the most from its longevity i still very much enjoyed this episode and i was so happy to see the blue badger die in the credits <3
[(mostly) EVERYTHING ELSE]
this game is an absolute riot it had me doubled over laughing in mirthful tears on multiple occasions (read: almost every minute) and there were quite a few times i fell almost comically back onto my bed like a knocked over plank of wood just out of pure disbelief and i was comparatively like edgeworth screaming at a drawing of the blue badger it's no wonder this series has such been memed it's just that funny
the music and sfx really contribute a lot to this game . i wouldn't say it's exactly extraordinary but it is absolutely iconic and recognisable and playing without it is a crime . it really kicks up the atmosphere and it just wouldnt be a complete experience muting it like the music cutting out when a revelation is made or you're getting to a key point and the music slowly kicks back in and did i mention the sfx reaallllyyyy adds like 2 extra points to the whole experience like i never usually pay as much attention to sfx in most things but they really shine fantastically here that it's hard to ignore
the characters are all so damn good . yes edgeworth is my favourite what an original take but it's very easy to understand why he's so popular and largely beloved ... that i instead am going to talk more about wright who i also love immensely he's easily one of if not my favourite video game protagonist he's filled with so much personality and most of his traits are very admirable and i love his flaws too ... also for whatever reason i felt very connected to him ... it's probably the shared strong sense of justice and i super respect him standing up for what he believes in with a willpower of steel and defending those when no one else will ... i also love how much of a straightman (ha as if) wright is in comparison to the other wacky characters around him yet he himself is still rather goofy in his own ways i love that he canonically loves showing off his badge at every opportunity and i also love that he's a little pathetic at times yet simultaneously incredibly smart he's full of shit and his antics turn out to do well in uncovering hidden truths .. what a lad
gant was easily my favourite culprit mvk is also super good but where he is cold and ruthless gant can be too /but/ he's so much more threatening through his initial kind and fun demeanour and how he will stare at you with a hawks eyes and laugh accusations off with a cheery guffaw ... how he doesn't need to do much to get people to be afraid of him yet still be regarded highly by so many until the truth finally comes out and it felt SOOOO good to whip out the book and rub it in his face
i love the feeling of the absolute brainblast you get when figuring stuff out and i found myself physically pointing and almost verbally saying 'OBJECTION' 'HOLD IT' 'TAKE THAT' and most importantly 'THIS BADGE PROVES THAT I AM A LAWYER' + it feels really good to prove when someone is spewing rubbish and when you can bring about the truth ... as someone with a very strong sense of justice and carrying importance in correct information it always deeply irritated me when someone wouldn't believe me even when i was telling the truth or they just refused to listen despite proof so getting the chance to prove that you're right in what you believe in and prevailing against all odds is such a satisfying and amazing feeling .
i think it's a little amusing how a videogame about being a lawyer sounds boring on paper (as was my family's reaction when they asked what i was so excited about) yet in reality is absolutely anything but ... you really just have to be there and give it a chance to understand that it is indeed as good as everyone says and well deserves it's high acclaim ... whenever i think of this series i can feel a little glow in my heart and electricity coursing through my blood i hold so much love for this franchise and these characters already and i hardly even know much about it yet i still have all the others to go through and i'm so looking forward to it <3
i had always heard about this series and seen some memes and skits and generally understood it was 'haha funny lawyer game' and it is that and so much more . so , so much more . outside of memes i had actually hardly known a thing about this game but the name kept floating everywhere so i always knew /of/ it but only a single speck of sand's worth /about/it so one day after revisiting random encounters and getting its' musical on it stuck in my head i coudlnt get it out and at this time i was desperate for a new hyperfixation and my brain was latching on - i had to know what this was finally all about . and was it one of the best impulse purchases i've made bc it's only been a few days and i am absolutely obsessed and completely understand the hype and reverence and i may be jumping the gun like larry butz with a new girlfriend but i think this may be one of my favourite things ever now and i don't see that changing ...
here i'll go over parts of the included 5 cases and share some scattered thoughts about what makes up the rest of the game ... i've never really been good at transition sentences in essays so this is my attempt at one and i've spent countless hours trying to write this thing so even tho it'll be a little messy i hope it's comprehensible enough since jumbled is just my style
[EPISODE ONE -]
good introduction to the world of aa without overwhelming you too much
wright and the player both being new and nervous about their first case helps endear the player to wright more since you grow with him along the way ... outside of those two things there's really not too much else to say about this one tho and while it's good at these things the second case expands on them further and is more memorable and plot-focused ... case in point i don't even remember what this case is called while i do the others so i elected to title these breaks 'episode _' instead
[EPISODE TWO -]
this one for me was rather tough and i felt like quite the idiot ... i'm not sure comparatively how long it 'should've ' taken but it took me like 2 or 3 hours i think ? i was quite stumped a few times but i think it can be excused by my still fumbling around finding my footing with the game
i love how after his first case being a success wright has to immediately grapple with the loss of his mentor and has to defend her sister and later on himself although the ending with the whole deus ex miachina thing felt a littttle ... annoying for want of a better word ... underwhelming perhaps ... ? i understand that it's only wright's second-ever case so he's still nervous and new to the game (much like the player) but it does make him feel quite a bit incompetent ... and like yeah he definitely can be but idk something about it just kinda bothers me a bit and i felt it could've been done a little better rather than 'damn i can't pin this guy guess i'll die' "i have come from the grave to tell you to flip over this note" 'oh dang i didn't think about that' i feel for what we got though it's still a decent case (stares longingly at taaams interpretation of the episode)
[EPISODE THREE -]
while some people might complain about this one not having much plot relevance and call it filler i think it's necessary enough ... sure it's not super deep like the other episodes excluding 1 but i feel it serves as a break between two emotional cases for our characters and as a decent preparation for episode 4 as this case gives wright more experience with being an attorney and the player more experience with a longer case (although as i'll go onto mention it would've done well to be a little shorter) + it also offers some early depth on edgeworth and we get to understand him just a little more as an appetiser of sorts before we dive into the feast that is turnabout goodbyes
i caught onto the killer as soon as she was mentioned and i felt like a 1000 iq genius when this case went pretty smoothly for me compared to my rather rocky start with the first two although i did feel a little fatigued during the third investigation ... as i mentioned i do agree that it should've been a bit shorter but overall i did still enjoy this one i think more than others might've but i suppose it's not really got much else to say for itself ...
[EPISODE FOUR -]
hell . fucking . yes .
everything finally bleeds out into the open here but it doesn't feel like an exposition dump and it feels well paced i hardly noticed how much time had truly passed i took about 8 hours and it never once felt tiring
i was on the verge of tears multiple times (mostly bc the emotional moments really got to me ... others bc i was very stressed in the trials i had to take a few minutes break after each one and i chewed quite a bit of gum throughout to help get my brain thinking) and after i finished the episode i had to take like an entire day to reflect on it
sure it can be cheesy and not to mention absolutely bonkers but god damn it if i don't absolutely love it for that . same applies to the whole game really
it's zany . it's serious . it's emotional . it's insane . it's heartwrenching . it's bullshit . it's touching . the parrot is a witness and i'm crying over edgeworth
little detail i love wright's fierce and unbending faith in edgeworth and how he'll do anything to stand up for him just as miles had done for him all those years ago . like in case 3 when mia questions wright if he thinks powers is guilty the player has a dialogue choice in whether or not they doubt his innocence - here you don't bc wrights belief in his friend is that strong . i just think that's really touching and adds just that little bit more to it
all this ... and we still don't know what grossberg was doing at the boat shack ... unless you watch taaam ;)
[EPISODE FIVE -]
really good but jesus it was way too long . 15 hours . my god . granted again i am a little incompetent and kept getting stuck on stupid parts (i failed to notice the glove in the bg for like 30 minutes or longer despite doing literally everything else) and about an hour or two was actually time taken up by breaks but point still stands holy hell it's so loooong
this episode ... i don't know how to explain it but something about the way it's written feels noticeably different compared to the other four ... like much so ... ? probably bc it was only the initial four in the original gba release so there was what a 4 year
time gap ? idk didn't affect my overall enjoyment much it again was just more apparent ... it also felt a bit more ... 'hand-holdy' and on the nose ... so like characters (mostly namely wright) woukd more often think stuff like 'wow i wonder if this has relation to something i could bring that up now' and like i kinda felt talked down to at times like with the chessboard in edgeworth's office i had already picked up on the symbolism before they even mentioned it but then they just had to blatantly spell it out and it kinda annoyed me slightly and i dont recall the other cases being quite as much in your face with that stuff ? but hey , at least there's no magical mia ! well except for like a glimmer there but ig that's moreso wright thinking about what she would say ... also what was with the first part and starr's overwhelming hatred of prosecutors and how it seemed someone was trying to make them look bad with lana accused of murder and constant doubt thrown onto edgeworth but then it seems like nothing is really done with this idea except pushing edgeworth into thinking of resigning ig but i still don't fully get the motive there if that was at all intended ... ig in universe it's just a coincidental side effect perhaps ... still felt like it was leading onto something more tho ...
besides those few gripes indeed this was a good episode and i'm glad it was included . the mysteries were engaging and i think the forensics parts were really interesting and helped shake up the overly long investigation segments + i love the mental image of wright running around spraying every last inch of the room he's in with the luminol and ema wondering how there's anything still left in that bottle
i also think it was this episode that made me laugh the most and even though this one tired me the most from its longevity i still very much enjoyed this episode and i was so happy to see the blue badger die in the credits <3
[(mostly) EVERYTHING ELSE]
this game is an absolute riot it had me doubled over laughing in mirthful tears on multiple occasions (read: almost every minute) and there were quite a few times i fell almost comically back onto my bed like a knocked over plank of wood just out of pure disbelief and i was comparatively like edgeworth screaming at a drawing of the blue badger it's no wonder this series has such been memed it's just that funny
the music and sfx really contribute a lot to this game . i wouldn't say it's exactly extraordinary but it is absolutely iconic and recognisable and playing without it is a crime . it really kicks up the atmosphere and it just wouldnt be a complete experience muting it like the music cutting out when a revelation is made or you're getting to a key point and the music slowly kicks back in and did i mention the sfx reaallllyyyy adds like 2 extra points to the whole experience like i never usually pay as much attention to sfx in most things but they really shine fantastically here that it's hard to ignore
the characters are all so damn good . yes edgeworth is my favourite what an original take but it's very easy to understand why he's so popular and largely beloved ... that i instead am going to talk more about wright who i also love immensely he's easily one of if not my favourite video game protagonist he's filled with so much personality and most of his traits are very admirable and i love his flaws too ... also for whatever reason i felt very connected to him ... it's probably the shared strong sense of justice and i super respect him standing up for what he believes in with a willpower of steel and defending those when no one else will ... i also love how much of a straightman (ha as if) wright is in comparison to the other wacky characters around him yet he himself is still rather goofy in his own ways i love that he canonically loves showing off his badge at every opportunity and i also love that he's a little pathetic at times yet simultaneously incredibly smart he's full of shit and his antics turn out to do well in uncovering hidden truths .. what a lad
gant was easily my favourite culprit mvk is also super good but where he is cold and ruthless gant can be too /but/ he's so much more threatening through his initial kind and fun demeanour and how he will stare at you with a hawks eyes and laugh accusations off with a cheery guffaw ... how he doesn't need to do much to get people to be afraid of him yet still be regarded highly by so many until the truth finally comes out and it felt SOOOO good to whip out the book and rub it in his face
i love the feeling of the absolute brainblast you get when figuring stuff out and i found myself physically pointing and almost verbally saying 'OBJECTION' 'HOLD IT' 'TAKE THAT' and most importantly 'THIS BADGE PROVES THAT I AM A LAWYER' + it feels really good to prove when someone is spewing rubbish and when you can bring about the truth ... as someone with a very strong sense of justice and carrying importance in correct information it always deeply irritated me when someone wouldn't believe me even when i was telling the truth or they just refused to listen despite proof so getting the chance to prove that you're right in what you believe in and prevailing against all odds is such a satisfying and amazing feeling .
i think it's a little amusing how a videogame about being a lawyer sounds boring on paper (as was my family's reaction when they asked what i was so excited about) yet in reality is absolutely anything but ... you really just have to be there and give it a chance to understand that it is indeed as good as everyone says and well deserves it's high acclaim ... whenever i think of this series i can feel a little glow in my heart and electricity coursing through my blood i hold so much love for this franchise and these characters already and i hardly even know much about it yet i still have all the others to go through and i'm so looking forward to it <3
Made me gay!
may as well log this again now i've finished rise from the ashes
and wow. what a case. obviously plenty of notoriously ass gameplay moments (that fucking blue badger song will haunt my nightmares forever) but when the story it tells is that impactful, i can't help but love it. an emotional and psychological marathon, in the best way possible.
and wow. what a case. obviously plenty of notoriously ass gameplay moments (that fucking blue badger song will haunt my nightmares forever) but when the story it tells is that impactful, i can't help but love it. an emotional and psychological marathon, in the best way possible.
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