First of all, not only is this not an "Apollo Justice" trilogy, I think it's questionable to even call these three games a trilogy to begin with. I'll get to why later though, let's talk about the games first.
Full disclosure, I didn't play Apollo Justice on this new collection since I'd only fairly recently finished the 3DS version; however, I'll still mention it here since it's part of this collection. To restate what I said back then, it's probably my favorite of the mainline series- I think it's the most consistently good of any of the six main games, the second case is the weak link but it's still much better than most of the other games' weakest cases and the other three cases (including the often-reviled third and fourth) are all great. Apollo isn’t as strong of a protagonist as Phoenix, but the new cast is still pretty likeable overall and AJ also makes Phoenix himself a much more interesting character. I can’t help but compare what this game did with him and the fandom's reaction to it to what The Last Jedi did with Luke Skywalker a decade later, and I think both works did it just as well- neither is perfect by any means but I don't think a character completing their initial journey means they should just become flawless forever, and being able to see them face new troubles, fall to their lowest moments and have to reckon with that and overcome them only makes them better heroes to me.
If Apollo Justice is The Last Jedi, then Dual Destinies is The Rise of Skywalker- after seemingly passing the torch to Apollo in the last game, not only is Phoenix back in the main protagonist role, but the game also introduces a third protagonist to the franchise, pushing Apollo to third fiddle, Trucy gets basically nothing after being a fixture of the last game, and the last game's events and status quo-changing ending are more or less ignored outside of some minor references and the game introduces new concepts and characters we've never heard of before that should definitely have been relevant to the previous game given the timeframe. Unlike The Rise of Skywalker, though, Dual Destinies manages to be a perfectly fine game in its own right if you can ignore the ways it (doesn't) connect to the previous game. Athena is a great addition to the series and her story is probably the best part of the game, and the game serves up a pretty solid set of cases to go along with it- even if none of them are all-time classics, it's probably more consistent that either Justice for All or Trials & Tribulations in that regard. What definitely doesn't work, though, is Apollo's story arc. Without going into spoilery details, the entire thing runs on the game telling the player how important something is while never actually showing it to them- it seriously compromises the climax of the game when a key component of it is this poorly thought out.
I feel like on a case-by-case basis, Spirit of Justice is better than Dual Destinies- it has lower lows, but also some higher highs, but when it comes to the overarching story both games have a lot of problems and I think they probably even out to the same level. The game makes an effort to push Apollo back into the limelight- he's clearly the character it wants to be the main protagonist, he leads the climactic case and it serves as a conclusion to his story for the time being- but Phoenix gets all the big story moments leading up to the climax with Apollo only taking over at the very end, which makes it feel like he's getting sidelined in what's supposed to be his own game again. Meanwhile, it feels like they had no idea what to do with Athena, since she only gets a single brief (and awful) case, which feels like an complete afterthought once the writers realized they forgot about her, as the lead character where her development from the last game is virtually ignored, and doesn't really do anything for the rest of the game besides her obligatory segments- as much as Dual Destinies sidelined Apollo at least they gave him some semblance of an arc even if the execution was poor. As for the whole Khura'in storyline, I get what they were going for with the parallels between the two countries, but it's undermined by Khura'in being depicted as an Exotic Foreign Other and the tribulations the two sets of protagonists face in each country being not equivalent in the slightest. The names for the minor characters are also really terrible and also quite questionable in other ways considering they follow the school of “take an English phrase and make it foreign sounding” and, unlike TGAA, not foreign-sounding in either the devs’ or localizers’ language, so you get such wondrous and culturally sensitive names as “Ahlbi Ur’gaid” and “Pees’lubn Andistan’dhin”. It's not all bad though- like I said the cases are generally better than Dual Destinies', I do like the new characters, it's nice that Trucy finally gets at least one case of focus again and even if the execution isn't the best all the time there’s a bunch of good ideas and some pretty hard-hitting scenes. Overall probably around the same level as Trials & Tribulations, that game has a stronger overall narrative but I think SOJ has better individual mysteries.
Back to the discussion about the trilogy as a whole, a lot of people have mocked the "Apollo Justice Trilogy" moniker and deservedly so. The “Phoenix Wright Trilogy” was an appropriate name for the first three games since, while each game is episodic in nature, they do feel like a single connected series- there’s a consistent main cast, each game builds upon and deals with the fallout of the previous game’s events and minor characters from past cases return in future games, showing how Phoenix saved people and changed people’s lives through his work. The same cannot be said of these three games in the slightest. Apollo Justice introduces a new protagonist and serves as a passing of the torch while leaving a few loose ends. However, Dual Destinies both brings back Phoenix and also introduces Athena, pushing Apollo out of the spotlight, and ignores all those loose ends and almost every character from the previous game. Spirit of Justice tries to put Apollo back in the limelight and brings back both elements from the original trilogy that were absent from the last two games and connections to Apollo Justice (6-2 is the only case in all 3 of these games resembling the pseudo-sequel cases to a previous game that made up a good chunk of the 2nd and 3rd games) but still does it more indirectly than the original trilogy games would have with, again, no returning characters, but in turn shafts Dual Destinies and its new additions. I have no evidence that this was the case, but knowing the state of the fandom at the time, it feels like a constant tightrope walk of trying to appease fans- Apollo Justice was divisive, which led to Dual Destinies largely reversing it, and when the Apollo Justice fans in turn complained about that Spirit of Justice brings back Apollo Justice stuff while making sure to not have too much Apollo Justice in order to not anger the people who didn’t like that game. It’s especially evident when you consider the themes/plot points the three games have in common, which are Apollo’s past and the state of the legal system; each of the three games explore this topic, but in ways that while not contradictory (well, mostly not contradictory) have almost nothing to do with each other despite dealing with the same topic- it just feels incredibly disjointed in a way the original trilogy wasn’t at all. It’s easy to blame the change in writers between Apollo Justice and Dual Destinies for this, but I don’t think that’s the case at all; it’s absolutely possible to follow up someone else’s work in a way that properly builds off it, and as Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice show, you can have 2/3rds of the same writing team and still make a sequel that fails in that regard. Don’t get me wrong, all three of these games are still good in isolation, but together they don’t really come together to make a satisfying whole the same way the first three games do. Still, all three games are worth playing, and this collection includes a pretty generous amount of extras to help offset the somewhat hefty price tag a bit- it's definitely the best way to experience this rather odd era of the series.
Full disclosure, I didn't play Apollo Justice on this new collection since I'd only fairly recently finished the 3DS version; however, I'll still mention it here since it's part of this collection. To restate what I said back then, it's probably my favorite of the mainline series- I think it's the most consistently good of any of the six main games, the second case is the weak link but it's still much better than most of the other games' weakest cases and the other three cases (including the often-reviled third and fourth) are all great. Apollo isn’t as strong of a protagonist as Phoenix, but the new cast is still pretty likeable overall and AJ also makes Phoenix himself a much more interesting character. I can’t help but compare what this game did with him and the fandom's reaction to it to what The Last Jedi did with Luke Skywalker a decade later, and I think both works did it just as well- neither is perfect by any means but I don't think a character completing their initial journey means they should just become flawless forever, and being able to see them face new troubles, fall to their lowest moments and have to reckon with that and overcome them only makes them better heroes to me.
If Apollo Justice is The Last Jedi, then Dual Destinies is The Rise of Skywalker- after seemingly passing the torch to Apollo in the last game, not only is Phoenix back in the main protagonist role, but the game also introduces a third protagonist to the franchise, pushing Apollo to third fiddle, Trucy gets basically nothing after being a fixture of the last game, and the last game's events and status quo-changing ending are more or less ignored outside of some minor references and the game introduces new concepts and characters we've never heard of before that should definitely have been relevant to the previous game given the timeframe. Unlike The Rise of Skywalker, though, Dual Destinies manages to be a perfectly fine game in its own right if you can ignore the ways it (doesn't) connect to the previous game. Athena is a great addition to the series and her story is probably the best part of the game, and the game serves up a pretty solid set of cases to go along with it- even if none of them are all-time classics, it's probably more consistent that either Justice for All or Trials & Tribulations in that regard. What definitely doesn't work, though, is Apollo's story arc. Without going into spoilery details, the entire thing runs on the game telling the player how important something is while never actually showing it to them- it seriously compromises the climax of the game when a key component of it is this poorly thought out.
I feel like on a case-by-case basis, Spirit of Justice is better than Dual Destinies- it has lower lows, but also some higher highs, but when it comes to the overarching story both games have a lot of problems and I think they probably even out to the same level. The game makes an effort to push Apollo back into the limelight- he's clearly the character it wants to be the main protagonist, he leads the climactic case and it serves as a conclusion to his story for the time being- but Phoenix gets all the big story moments leading up to the climax with Apollo only taking over at the very end, which makes it feel like he's getting sidelined in what's supposed to be his own game again. Meanwhile, it feels like they had no idea what to do with Athena, since she only gets a single brief (and awful) case, which feels like an complete afterthought once the writers realized they forgot about her, as the lead character where her development from the last game is virtually ignored, and doesn't really do anything for the rest of the game besides her obligatory segments- as much as Dual Destinies sidelined Apollo at least they gave him some semblance of an arc even if the execution was poor. As for the whole Khura'in storyline, I get what they were going for with the parallels between the two countries, but it's undermined by Khura'in being depicted as an Exotic Foreign Other and the tribulations the two sets of protagonists face in each country being not equivalent in the slightest. The names for the minor characters are also really terrible and also quite questionable in other ways considering they follow the school of “take an English phrase and make it foreign sounding” and, unlike TGAA, not foreign-sounding in either the devs’ or localizers’ language, so you get such wondrous and culturally sensitive names as “Ahlbi Ur’gaid” and “Pees’lubn Andistan’dhin”. It's not all bad though- like I said the cases are generally better than Dual Destinies', I do like the new characters, it's nice that Trucy finally gets at least one case of focus again and even if the execution isn't the best all the time there’s a bunch of good ideas and some pretty hard-hitting scenes. Overall probably around the same level as Trials & Tribulations, that game has a stronger overall narrative but I think SOJ has better individual mysteries.
Back to the discussion about the trilogy as a whole, a lot of people have mocked the "Apollo Justice Trilogy" moniker and deservedly so. The “Phoenix Wright Trilogy” was an appropriate name for the first three games since, while each game is episodic in nature, they do feel like a single connected series- there’s a consistent main cast, each game builds upon and deals with the fallout of the previous game’s events and minor characters from past cases return in future games, showing how Phoenix saved people and changed people’s lives through his work. The same cannot be said of these three games in the slightest. Apollo Justice introduces a new protagonist and serves as a passing of the torch while leaving a few loose ends. However, Dual Destinies both brings back Phoenix and also introduces Athena, pushing Apollo out of the spotlight, and ignores all those loose ends and almost every character from the previous game. Spirit of Justice tries to put Apollo back in the limelight and brings back both elements from the original trilogy that were absent from the last two games and connections to Apollo Justice (6-2 is the only case in all 3 of these games resembling the pseudo-sequel cases to a previous game that made up a good chunk of the 2nd and 3rd games) but still does it more indirectly than the original trilogy games would have with, again, no returning characters, but in turn shafts Dual Destinies and its new additions. I have no evidence that this was the case, but knowing the state of the fandom at the time, it feels like a constant tightrope walk of trying to appease fans- Apollo Justice was divisive, which led to Dual Destinies largely reversing it, and when the Apollo Justice fans in turn complained about that Spirit of Justice brings back Apollo Justice stuff while making sure to not have too much Apollo Justice in order to not anger the people who didn’t like that game. It’s especially evident when you consider the themes/plot points the three games have in common, which are Apollo’s past and the state of the legal system; each of the three games explore this topic, but in ways that while not contradictory (well, mostly not contradictory) have almost nothing to do with each other despite dealing with the same topic- it just feels incredibly disjointed in a way the original trilogy wasn’t at all. It’s easy to blame the change in writers between Apollo Justice and Dual Destinies for this, but I don’t think that’s the case at all; it’s absolutely possible to follow up someone else’s work in a way that properly builds off it, and as Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice show, you can have 2/3rds of the same writing team and still make a sequel that fails in that regard. Don’t get me wrong, all three of these games are still good in isolation, but together they don’t really come together to make a satisfying whole the same way the first three games do. Still, all three games are worth playing, and this collection includes a pretty generous amount of extras to help offset the somewhat hefty price tag a bit- it's definitely the best way to experience this rather odd era of the series.
After reflecting on my thoughts on these 6 games, here is my full tier list of all of the main cases.
(I didn’t do the DLC Cases)
https://x.com/obscureegg/status/1789730940719075826?s=46
(I didn’t do the DLC Cases)
https://x.com/obscureegg/status/1789730940719075826?s=46
Futuristic lawyers.
That took me longer than I expected. I dont necessarily approve of the writing in Ace Attorney 4 5 and 6. but this is the first time I have played through them since the 3DS, so let's talk about them properly.
Apollo Justice Ace Attorney completely destroys Phoenix Wrights character. I hated it on the DS and I hate it still. At least Klaver Gavin is the prosecutor you least of all wanna punch in the face
Dual Destinies, here the games took a trip up due to the 3DS hardware and the use of anime scenes and better firepower meant they could experience a bit more with 3D on these titles
Spirits of Justice, God this game is wild. the writers smoked some wild dope when they wrote the story here
The higher resolution and the bonus features are nice and it is all in all a very definite way to play Ace Attorney 4 5 and 6
But they are still the three bad Ace Attorney games cause the y do not stand a chance to the original trilogy
Apollo Justice Ace Attorney completely destroys Phoenix Wrights character. I hated it on the DS and I hate it still. At least Klaver Gavin is the prosecutor you least of all wanna punch in the face
Dual Destinies, here the games took a trip up due to the 3DS hardware and the use of anime scenes and better firepower meant they could experience a bit more with 3D on these titles
Spirits of Justice, God this game is wild. the writers smoked some wild dope when they wrote the story here
The higher resolution and the bonus features are nice and it is all in all a very definite way to play Ace Attorney 4 5 and 6
But they are still the three bad Ace Attorney games cause the y do not stand a chance to the original trilogy
I finally finished playing all 3 games included in the trilogy, man was it a beautiful experience and did I shed some tears a few times, specially on Spirit Of Justice, the final case there just brought me to tears for personal reasons, I remember playing all these games on my ds and 3ds and this is an awesome remake for the switch and other platforms! <3
Very high quality and well made collection. Played the first two games included so far. More of the same great gameplay and characters. One of the most consistent game series' I've ever played.
This review contains spoilers
where do i even start here? those three games are much more different from each other than the three games in the first trilogy were. this trilogy started off very strong, with the first game perhaps being my favorite ace attorney game ever!
the first game has my favorite cast of characters and the best music in the entire franchise. it's also not too long and just hits a sweet spot with its length. i never got tired of it but it also never felt too short. after finishing it, i immediately wanted to replay it!
dual destinies isn't as bad as people pretend it is, but i still didn't enjoy it as much as the first game in the trilogy. athena and simon are wonderful characters, but don't get enough time to shine (and it sadly only gets worse for them in the next game...). i think the game didn't start very strong but got better over time. i enjoyed what they did here, but some things absolutely could've been better in this game.
and then, spirit of justice... probably my least favorite ace attorney game. i didn't enjoy the setting and i did NOT enjoy the ending. nahyuta is the weakest prosecture in the series (cool theme though, i'll give him that), i hated devination seances and i did not enjoy how apollo was connected to the events of this game. i love apollo, but he didn't need to be here. he should've stayed home, but instead he now opened a law office there. i genuinely hate this, as it just felt so out of the blue. i'd be the first person rooting for my boy to get his own law office, but this just didn't feel earned. plus, i loved his dynamics with trucy, athena and even phoenix, who he is now removed from. plus, apollo and trucy's mother being hinted at during the ending... she should've been here sooner. i loved her in the first game of the trilogy but by the time she "showed up" in spirit of justice, i was just annoyed and wanted her to hurry up.
i really enjoyed my time with the trilogy, but it really sucks that it ended on such a sour note for me. perhaps a future game can fix what i disliked, but for now, this sadly annoyed me enough that i can't get myself to rate this game any higher.
however, i did enjoy the special episode of spirit of justice, which at least made me like something about that game! soo, that's something!
the first game has my favorite cast of characters and the best music in the entire franchise. it's also not too long and just hits a sweet spot with its length. i never got tired of it but it also never felt too short. after finishing it, i immediately wanted to replay it!
dual destinies isn't as bad as people pretend it is, but i still didn't enjoy it as much as the first game in the trilogy. athena and simon are wonderful characters, but don't get enough time to shine (and it sadly only gets worse for them in the next game...). i think the game didn't start very strong but got better over time. i enjoyed what they did here, but some things absolutely could've been better in this game.
and then, spirit of justice... probably my least favorite ace attorney game. i didn't enjoy the setting and i did NOT enjoy the ending. nahyuta is the weakest prosecture in the series (cool theme though, i'll give him that), i hated devination seances and i did not enjoy how apollo was connected to the events of this game. i love apollo, but he didn't need to be here. he should've stayed home, but instead he now opened a law office there. i genuinely hate this, as it just felt so out of the blue. i'd be the first person rooting for my boy to get his own law office, but this just didn't feel earned. plus, i loved his dynamics with trucy, athena and even phoenix, who he is now removed from. plus, apollo and trucy's mother being hinted at during the ending... she should've been here sooner. i loved her in the first game of the trilogy but by the time she "showed up" in spirit of justice, i was just annoyed and wanted her to hurry up.
i really enjoyed my time with the trilogy, but it really sucks that it ended on such a sour note for me. perhaps a future game can fix what i disliked, but for now, this sadly annoyed me enough that i can't get myself to rate this game any higher.
however, i did enjoy the special episode of spirit of justice, which at least made me like something about that game! soo, that's something!
Eu amo Ace Attorney cara.
Essa trilogia realmente me fez re-avaliar AJ e DD como jogos, aprecio AJ melhor agora, porém DD continua sendo um jogo aceitável.
Ainda não comecei SoJ, porém eu já amei o jogo quando o terminei na primeira vez, então se qualquer coisa só vai me fazer aprecia-lo ainda mais.
Eu amo Ace Attorney cara.
Essa trilogia realmente me fez re-avaliar AJ e DD como jogos, aprecio AJ melhor agora, porém DD continua sendo um jogo aceitável.
Ainda não comecei SoJ, porém eu já amei o jogo quando o terminei na primeira vez, então se qualquer coisa só vai me fazer aprecia-lo ainda mais.
Eu amo Ace Attorney cara.
Having already played these games, I guess I'll just give my thoughts on this "second trilogy" as a whole.
I really do think I have a higher opinion of Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice than a lot of longtime fans do. Don't get me wrong, there's stuff about those games that I didn't like and wish had been done better, but I'm of the opinion that even the worst Ace Attorney game is still really good. I will say, AA4 is easily the strongest here, followed by 6 and then 5. Without giving much away though, 6 may have the strongest ending in the entire series, so it's worth playing through just for that. I hope this collection is successful and we get more new AA games soon.
I really do think I have a higher opinion of Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice than a lot of longtime fans do. Don't get me wrong, there's stuff about those games that I didn't like and wish had been done better, but I'm of the opinion that even the worst Ace Attorney game is still really good. I will say, AA4 is easily the strongest here, followed by 6 and then 5. Without giving much away though, 6 may have the strongest ending in the entire series, so it's worth playing through just for that. I hope this collection is successful and we get more new AA games soon.
It's 3 neat videogames.
INCRÍVEL, a Capcom sempre surpreende com as suas collections, e essa aqui não decepciona ninguém, a qualidade absurda que eles deram pra os 3 jogos é outro nível, principalmente o Dual Destinies e Spirit of Justice que são as versões mais bonitas que esses jogos tiveram, além da otimização e gameplay melhorada.
Fico feliz também em dizer que joguei antecipadamente essa coleção pra fazer um vídeo no canal, o que foi um marco gigante pra mim, fica o link da review completa no Youtube, espero que gostem: https://youtu.be/oQJ9oX8S96Y
Fico feliz também em dizer que joguei antecipadamente essa coleção pra fazer um vídeo no canal, o que foi um marco gigante pra mim, fica o link da review completa no Youtube, espero que gostem: https://youtu.be/oQJ9oX8S96Y
It's called the Apollo Justice trilogy because he's three different characters in every game
Dual Destinies is the greatest video game ever conceived by a human being i'm in tears from the amazing story about The Dark Age of the Law
WARNING: THIS PORT OF ACE ATTORNEY: APOLLO JUSTICE COMES WITH TWO VIRUSES THAT CLAIM TO BE GAMES CALLED "DUAL DESTINIES" AND "SPIRIT OF JUSTICE", DO NOT OPEN EITHER OF THEM UP BECAUSE THEY WILL BRICK YOUR CONSOLE/PC
Great remaster. Some elements of these games did not age super well. But still an amazing playthrough. One of the best games of 2024.
Strange how there’s no AA4 and it just skips straight to Dual Destines. I mean, DD randomly introduces this Apollo guy out of nowhere. I wish this trilogy gave us a game where we could play as him and establish him as a character.
Anyways
AJ:AA - 2/10
DD - 9/10
SOJ - 10/10
Case ranking coming soon
Anyways
AJ:AA - 2/10
DD - 9/10
SOJ - 10/10
Case ranking coming soon
Does... justice... to the original trilogy!
Was nice to revisit this trilogy in higher resolution. While I do not agree with some of the decisions they made with Phoenix's story moving forward from the modern trilogy, it is a good package and I am satisfied with how they rereleased games 4 through 6 of the series. This is definitely the definitive way to play AJ through SoJ.
I'm always a sucker for these type of games. It could have the worst characters and most boring premises for cases and I'd still love them. My enjoyment of the games grew as I played through each one. So AJ < DD < SoJ. Dhurke is a bad ass, black quill was the best prosecutor of the three games, and my man Wright looking as dapper as ever.
This review contains spoilers
Just beat the game and man, I have so much to say...
This is gonna be a lengthy review, because I want to discuss a little in depth the 3 games so here we go:
Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice:
I'm surprised that there's a fair amount of individuals that didn't enjoy this game, at least not as much as I did. When I finished it, I was thrilled and so satisfied so I guess it was a shock to learn that. Anyway back to the game itself, this one in particular I think is fantastic because all of the cases are great (even case 2). Case 4 legitimately blew my fucking mind when I first played it, it was such an amazing experience. To me, the MASON system was probably the coolest feature yet. Shame they got rid of it after case 4. The investigation phases felt thrilling and enjoyable, and forces you to actually think to progress through the investigations whilst jumping back and forth to the present and past. To uncover the many truths, all linked to Pheonix Wright in some way to uncover the ultimate reality. I also want to add that this game has the best soundtrack out of any of the AA games imo, it's just too good, every single track. Klavier as prosecutor i thought was real cool. I like his design, his personality, how chill he is, and his involvement in the final case. Can't forget his iconic "Achtung! Baby".
Dual Destinies:
This game is considered to be the weakest game of the 6 and I can see why. I don't know if I can agree, but what I can agree on is that despite being one of the weaker games in the franchise, it's still a fantastic game. It still does a lot right. The animations are awesome so I'd say the transition from 2d to 3d was a success. It introduces a new lawyer to the mix, Athena Cykes. She's the first playable female lawyer since Mia Fey in the OG trilogy. I really like Athena. I enjoy her personality and how cheerful and Goofy she is, her dynamic with Apollo, her backstory, her connection to Blackquill and Widget is fun to use. When it comes to the cases themselves, they probably have the weakest cases in the franchise but by no means are they bad. I found all of them to be enjoyable, just a few minor complaints here and there, in particular the first 2 cases. Case 5 and the DLC case are extremely good and stand out from the rest of the trilogy for sure. I really hate how they moved on from the retro style music and took on a more modern approach, because quite frankly the music is pretty mediocre in comparison to AJAA. Prosecutor Blackquill has to be my favorite prosecutor so far. His design is so cool, he's got a fun sense of humor, he's got Taka the bird, His relationship with Athena is interesting, His backstory as a convict (albeit wrongfully so) is unique,etc. I just can't put into words how much I love that samurai bird wielding prosecutor. Sidenote, Blackquill is such a hardass last name.
Spirit of Justice:
This one may be my favorite of the 3 Apollo Justice games. It starts off strong, the new mechanics of Insight and Divination Seance is really cool and creative. Rayfa must be protected, and for the most part the cases went really well.
And as for that final case...
Honestly, just play it yourself and you'll understand
This is gonna be a lengthy review, because I want to discuss a little in depth the 3 games so here we go:
Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice:
I'm surprised that there's a fair amount of individuals that didn't enjoy this game, at least not as much as I did. When I finished it, I was thrilled and so satisfied so I guess it was a shock to learn that. Anyway back to the game itself, this one in particular I think is fantastic because all of the cases are great (even case 2). Case 4 legitimately blew my fucking mind when I first played it, it was such an amazing experience. To me, the MASON system was probably the coolest feature yet. Shame they got rid of it after case 4. The investigation phases felt thrilling and enjoyable, and forces you to actually think to progress through the investigations whilst jumping back and forth to the present and past. To uncover the many truths, all linked to Pheonix Wright in some way to uncover the ultimate reality. I also want to add that this game has the best soundtrack out of any of the AA games imo, it's just too good, every single track. Klavier as prosecutor i thought was real cool. I like his design, his personality, how chill he is, and his involvement in the final case. Can't forget his iconic "Achtung! Baby".
Dual Destinies:
This game is considered to be the weakest game of the 6 and I can see why. I don't know if I can agree, but what I can agree on is that despite being one of the weaker games in the franchise, it's still a fantastic game. It still does a lot right. The animations are awesome so I'd say the transition from 2d to 3d was a success. It introduces a new lawyer to the mix, Athena Cykes. She's the first playable female lawyer since Mia Fey in the OG trilogy. I really like Athena. I enjoy her personality and how cheerful and Goofy she is, her dynamic with Apollo, her backstory, her connection to Blackquill and Widget is fun to use. When it comes to the cases themselves, they probably have the weakest cases in the franchise but by no means are they bad. I found all of them to be enjoyable, just a few minor complaints here and there, in particular the first 2 cases. Case 5 and the DLC case are extremely good and stand out from the rest of the trilogy for sure. I really hate how they moved on from the retro style music and took on a more modern approach, because quite frankly the music is pretty mediocre in comparison to AJAA. Prosecutor Blackquill has to be my favorite prosecutor so far. His design is so cool, he's got a fun sense of humor, he's got Taka the bird, His relationship with Athena is interesting, His backstory as a convict (albeit wrongfully so) is unique,etc. I just can't put into words how much I love that samurai bird wielding prosecutor. Sidenote, Blackquill is such a hardass last name.
Spirit of Justice:
This one may be my favorite of the 3 Apollo Justice games. It starts off strong, the new mechanics of Insight and Divination Seance is really cool and creative. Rayfa must be protected, and for the most part the cases went really well.
And as for that final case...
Honestly, just play it yourself and you'll understand
Starts off strong, falls flat in the middle, and ends nicely.
Good collection of games, my only complaint is the 30fps lock which is stupid cause the ogs were literally 60fps iirc. Really wish dual destinies was just a different game entirely but spirit of justice did the best it could with that dogshit setup
Good collection of games, my only complaint is the 30fps lock which is stupid cause the ogs were literally 60fps iirc. Really wish dual destinies was just a different game entirely but spirit of justice did the best it could with that dogshit setup
Aqui estamos novamente com Ace Attorney, desta vez com o recém-lançado Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy. Meu primeiro contato com Ace Attorney foi justamente no ano passado, quando joguei e me encantei com o Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy graças ao nosso amado gamepass, que achei simplesmente maravilhoso. Obviamente, quando soube do lançamento deste aqui, bati o olho e fiquei mega empolgado, já querendo pegar, e não deu outra: estamos com ele desde seu lançamento.
Começamos com Apollo Justice, ambientado sete anos após Trials and Tribulations. Nesse tempo, muita coisa aconteceu, e Wright está bem diferente nesse início de jogo. Em Apollo Justice, nosso novo personagem principal, quer se junta à Wright Anything Agency (anteriormente conhecida como Wright & Co. Law Offices), esperando fazer uma verdadeira diferença na profissão jurídica. Infelizmente para ele, está iniciando sua carreira durante a Era das Trevas da Lei, onde promotores desonestos e assassinos manipuladores não medirão esforços para se safar de seus crimes.
Assim como a Magatama de Phoenix, Apollo tem seu próprio poder secreto: uma pulseira mágica que permite desacelerar o tempo e perceber os "tells" das pessoas - os movimentos involuntários dos músculos que destacam suas mentiras. Ao contrário da Magatama, isso é quase exclusivamente usado no tribunal para desestabilizar as pessoas durante seus depoimentos, adicionando um novo elemento a Ace Attorney.
Nosso primeiro caso vê o próprio Phoenix sendo acusado de assassinato e estabelece as intenções deste novo jogo como uma versão mais sombria e triste do que aconteceu antes. O segundo caso um pouco mais lento, Turnabout Corner, combina três mistérios separados - um roubo, um atropelamento e um assassinato. Mas Turnabout Serenade e Turnabout Succession, a gente revisa imagens de um concerto e faz uma viagem no tempo (de certa forma) - enquanto transformam o tom do game em algo muito mais intenso.
No geral, se comparado à trilogia anterior, acho que Apollo Justice foi relativamente curto, apesar, claro, de ainda ser um bom tempo de gameplay (no meu caso 38 horas). Quando você está no embalo, o tempo no jogo passa voando. Uma coisa muito legal no game certamente são as artes, mudando as transições dos sprites 2D da trilogia anterior para personagens e cenários em 3D, e claro, animações e escrita fantásticas, além de cutscenes totalmente animadas. Os casos em si são muito mais legais, incluindo altos plots que vão deixar certamente qualquer um jogando de boca aberta.
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy é realmente um baita jogo. Me arrependo profundamente de nunca ter corrido atrás deles antes no passado. Afinal, nunca foi por falta de gostar do gênero, já joguei muitos jogos da Spike Chunsoft, por exemplo, que claramente bebem muito de Ace Attorney e certamente por servir de inspiração para diversos jogos incríveis. Ele claramente não poderia ficar atrás, sendo um baita de um jogo e mais do que recomendado para todos. Um dos pontos que vai limitar qualquer um a jogá-lo é a falta de minimo uma legenda em PT-BR e certamente seu preço, que não é nem um pouco acessível no nosso Brasil, mas certamente, se a primeira trilogia chegou no Game Pass, quem sabe essa um dia também não possa chegar, inclusive joguem Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy disponivel no gamepass.
Pontos Positivos:
- Arte e animações
Pontos Negativos:
- Um pouco curto se comparado ao seu anterior
Versão utilizada para análise: XSS
Começamos com Apollo Justice, ambientado sete anos após Trials and Tribulations. Nesse tempo, muita coisa aconteceu, e Wright está bem diferente nesse início de jogo. Em Apollo Justice, nosso novo personagem principal, quer se junta à Wright Anything Agency (anteriormente conhecida como Wright & Co. Law Offices), esperando fazer uma verdadeira diferença na profissão jurídica. Infelizmente para ele, está iniciando sua carreira durante a Era das Trevas da Lei, onde promotores desonestos e assassinos manipuladores não medirão esforços para se safar de seus crimes.
Assim como a Magatama de Phoenix, Apollo tem seu próprio poder secreto: uma pulseira mágica que permite desacelerar o tempo e perceber os "tells" das pessoas - os movimentos involuntários dos músculos que destacam suas mentiras. Ao contrário da Magatama, isso é quase exclusivamente usado no tribunal para desestabilizar as pessoas durante seus depoimentos, adicionando um novo elemento a Ace Attorney.
Nosso primeiro caso vê o próprio Phoenix sendo acusado de assassinato e estabelece as intenções deste novo jogo como uma versão mais sombria e triste do que aconteceu antes. O segundo caso um pouco mais lento, Turnabout Corner, combina três mistérios separados - um roubo, um atropelamento e um assassinato. Mas Turnabout Serenade e Turnabout Succession, a gente revisa imagens de um concerto e faz uma viagem no tempo (de certa forma) - enquanto transformam o tom do game em algo muito mais intenso.
No geral, se comparado à trilogia anterior, acho que Apollo Justice foi relativamente curto, apesar, claro, de ainda ser um bom tempo de gameplay (no meu caso 38 horas). Quando você está no embalo, o tempo no jogo passa voando. Uma coisa muito legal no game certamente são as artes, mudando as transições dos sprites 2D da trilogia anterior para personagens e cenários em 3D, e claro, animações e escrita fantásticas, além de cutscenes totalmente animadas. Os casos em si são muito mais legais, incluindo altos plots que vão deixar certamente qualquer um jogando de boca aberta.
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy é realmente um baita jogo. Me arrependo profundamente de nunca ter corrido atrás deles antes no passado. Afinal, nunca foi por falta de gostar do gênero, já joguei muitos jogos da Spike Chunsoft, por exemplo, que claramente bebem muito de Ace Attorney e certamente por servir de inspiração para diversos jogos incríveis. Ele claramente não poderia ficar atrás, sendo um baita de um jogo e mais do que recomendado para todos. Um dos pontos que vai limitar qualquer um a jogá-lo é a falta de minimo uma legenda em PT-BR e certamente seu preço, que não é nem um pouco acessível no nosso Brasil, mas certamente, se a primeira trilogia chegou no Game Pass, quem sabe essa um dia também não possa chegar, inclusive joguem Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy disponivel no gamepass.
Pontos Positivos:
- Arte e animações
Pontos Negativos:
- Um pouco curto se comparado ao seu anterior
Versão utilizada para análise: XSS
LET ME USE THE OLD SCHOOL OUTFIT IN SPIRT OF JUSTICE FUCK YOU CAPCOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Heartbreaking: two games you vehemently despise for spitting on the creativity of your favorite contentious sequel of all time just got a good port
AA is my favourite series and the Apollo trilogy is honestly really weak compared to the original trilogy, Dgs Duology and Investigations 2.
The original trilogy felt like it continously built ontop of itself but kinda gives a different taste in each game, this trilogy the direction, vibes and the story are all over the fucking place and its exteremly unfocused for a collection of story games no game really connects with one another in a meaningful way like aa1-aa3, The non-story cases are some of the weakest here. alot of the charm the original trilogy had is gone and its replaced with different vibes in every game. 4 and 6 are equal for me and have some nice moments in them, 4 is all around really great and it has one of the best vibes and soundtracks, 6 has some really great highs for mainline and 6-5 has some of the stuff I CAME to the last 3 games for but apollos story in it is really nice too and 6-2 is personally my favourite case in the last 3 games. but 5 is genuinely cursed and it ages like milk and i already didnt like it when i beated it. (the 5 dlc is goated tho)
but ace attorney is like pizza.
and pizza is like sex.
so its still pretty goooooood
The original trilogy felt like it continously built ontop of itself but kinda gives a different taste in each game, this trilogy the direction, vibes and the story are all over the fucking place and its exteremly unfocused for a collection of story games no game really connects with one another in a meaningful way like aa1-aa3, The non-story cases are some of the weakest here. alot of the charm the original trilogy had is gone and its replaced with different vibes in every game. 4 and 6 are equal for me and have some nice moments in them, 4 is all around really great and it has one of the best vibes and soundtracks, 6 has some really great highs for mainline and 6-5 has some of the stuff I CAME to the last 3 games for but apollos story in it is really nice too and 6-2 is personally my favourite case in the last 3 games. but 5 is genuinely cursed and it ages like milk and i already didnt like it when i beated it. (the 5 dlc is goated tho)
but ace attorney is like pizza.
and pizza is like sex.
so its still pretty goooooood
AA4 is mid, AA5 is shit, and AA6 is pretty good. I will be double dipping day 1
No Gumshoe no money from me Crapcom