Pretty interesting spinoff of the ace attorney series and i honestly expected a lot worse from it
This game main differences from the usual AA game are
The setting,now you go entirely into investigations and now you are basically doing detective work,this has its pros and cons,on the good side you get a lot of knew mechanics like normal logic and you get a lot more in depth investigations with a big pro to it to being not on first person,that was always a problem with the original trilogy so getting throwned into this game with its overview camera its so good it gives you a much better perspective on how the scene is going,
also another pro is that you get a lot more variety on the settings,you solve crimes on a flight,on a police themed park,on a prosecutors office you get the deal and it is really refreshing than always being in the courtroom
The only real con to this is pretty big and that is that there is much less tense,like sure you do get tense situations but you know it isnt that instensity that you have in the courtroom battiling prosecutors
Another difference is the cast of the game,you now get to be edgeworth on this game,and apart from some funny moments with other characters i feel that his characterization feels a little weak,i feel that this also happens to gumshoe,he feels flanderized a lil bit,this is by far his dumbest appereance on a AA game i played so far,he still is likeable but i prefered is characterization on the trilogy,another weak point in the cast is kay,and i dont think she is bad,but comparing her to other similar characters like maya,you really see that kay is a little one note.
But most of the rest of the cast is pretty good,i like franziska both on the past and in the present,i also liked lang and yew,i really liked badd,i think most of the one chapter characters are a little on the weaker side but nothing horrible.
My biggest problem with characters though are the cameos,there are way to many returning characters that give nothing to the plot and only serve to bring bad fanservice,example ema skye.
i think this game biggest problem is that it can be a little boring even though is pretty consistent,like i just spaced out sometimes especially on case 3 but that also happened during jfa especially during 2-3 and let me tell you that case is worse than that one,much worse.
The ost i know a lot of people like it and i think is good,but not that good,i prefer T&T ost for example over this one.but sound design is about as good as in the original and jfa.
CASE BREAKDOWN
On the cases this game is pretty consistent,there is not an s tier case,but i also dont think are any f tiers,just a lot of c tiers and some b tiers.
Case ranking
5:The Kidnapped Turnabout
Only bad case on the game,cool setting,plenty of characters introductions like kay and lang,and i liked the first parts of the case,but as the case goes on it just becomes more boring and more boring,and by the point you get to the ending im just hoping that it ends because it was overly complicated with the whole mirror business and i just didnt care about any of the characters that werent main cast,the victim,the killer,the wrongly accused,i was just bored.
Other problems from these cases are:useless cameos,pacing problems,obvious plot ¨twists¨ and just being uninteresting in general
4:Turnabout Visitor
Is fine,maybe a little on middle on the road,but is fine,honestly i will put it as the second best tutorial case i played so far,not overly complicated plot,easy to grasp new mechanics,decently interesting mistery and setting and a decent launching point from the game,not a lot to say though like in most tutorial cases.
3 & 2:Turnabout Airlines and Turnabout Ablaze
I think both cases have their pros and cons and are pretty close in quality,but i think i will give maybe the edge to airlines because is more tight
Turnabout Airlines is just a very good case,fun banter between miles,gumshoe and franziska,interesting one time characters like rhoda,a really interesting setting,good pacing,decent villain,decent mistery and is just fun and doesnt overstay its welcome.
now Turnabout Ablaze is different,is much more ambitious but it drags on a bit,most plot points are ended decently especially the yatagarasu,yew again is a very good villain,again you have fun dynamic with miles and franziska,i really like lang in this chapter,i think kay and gumshoe dynamic is interesting,gumshoe being kind of like an uncle.
but again the case does drag on and its a little boring from time to time,but it does feature some really good scenes like yew cross examination.
At one point there are so many last minunte hold its that it becomes kinda like a parody,its absurd just how many obvious fake endings there are,and just in general the last confrontation is so long it feels a little bit like parody,and that made it more enjoyable for me.
1:Turnabout Reminiscense
Best case in the game,is just a really fun case,and i dont the fanservice puts it down.
I really liked the cast,yew is a really good villain that isnt instantly obvious,detective badd is extremely fucking cool,i like franziska dynamic with miles (imo the best sidekick in the game),i liked manfred even if he appeared only a little i though his characterization was well done and consistent with previous games and is interesting to see how he talks to franziska and miles,cross examining the judge is fun,i think this is kay best part in the game and i liked gumshoe (especially the beige coat is sick af).
And the case can get pretty tense,especially on the last cross examination.
The biggest problem with it is Miles characterization,he just feels off for being his pre 25 year old self,especially when he was 20,miles was a fucking asshole that really resembled manfred,and it will have been really interesting to have a protagonist like that,but for some reason instead of exploring that he have his goody truth finding present self,and it just feels off,i still like his dynamic with other characters though.
overall,honestly expected a lot worse because of how controversial this game is but i honestly like it more than jfa
Strong 6 to Light 7
This game main differences from the usual AA game are
The setting,now you go entirely into investigations and now you are basically doing detective work,this has its pros and cons,on the good side you get a lot of knew mechanics like normal logic and you get a lot more in depth investigations with a big pro to it to being not on first person,that was always a problem with the original trilogy so getting throwned into this game with its overview camera its so good it gives you a much better perspective on how the scene is going,
also another pro is that you get a lot more variety on the settings,you solve crimes on a flight,on a police themed park,on a prosecutors office you get the deal and it is really refreshing than always being in the courtroom
The only real con to this is pretty big and that is that there is much less tense,like sure you do get tense situations but you know it isnt that instensity that you have in the courtroom battiling prosecutors
Another difference is the cast of the game,you now get to be edgeworth on this game,and apart from some funny moments with other characters i feel that his characterization feels a little weak,i feel that this also happens to gumshoe,he feels flanderized a lil bit,this is by far his dumbest appereance on a AA game i played so far,he still is likeable but i prefered is characterization on the trilogy,another weak point in the cast is kay,and i dont think she is bad,but comparing her to other similar characters like maya,you really see that kay is a little one note.
But most of the rest of the cast is pretty good,i like franziska both on the past and in the present,i also liked lang and yew,i really liked badd,i think most of the one chapter characters are a little on the weaker side but nothing horrible.
My biggest problem with characters though are the cameos,there are way to many returning characters that give nothing to the plot and only serve to bring bad fanservice,example ema skye.
i think this game biggest problem is that it can be a little boring even though is pretty consistent,like i just spaced out sometimes especially on case 3 but that also happened during jfa especially during 2-3 and let me tell you that case is worse than that one,much worse.
The ost i know a lot of people like it and i think is good,but not that good,i prefer T&T ost for example over this one.but sound design is about as good as in the original and jfa.
CASE BREAKDOWN
On the cases this game is pretty consistent,there is not an s tier case,but i also dont think are any f tiers,just a lot of c tiers and some b tiers.
Case ranking
5:The Kidnapped Turnabout
Only bad case on the game,cool setting,plenty of characters introductions like kay and lang,and i liked the first parts of the case,but as the case goes on it just becomes more boring and more boring,and by the point you get to the ending im just hoping that it ends because it was overly complicated with the whole mirror business and i just didnt care about any of the characters that werent main cast,the victim,the killer,the wrongly accused,i was just bored.
Other problems from these cases are:useless cameos,pacing problems,obvious plot ¨twists¨ and just being uninteresting in general
4:Turnabout Visitor
Is fine,maybe a little on middle on the road,but is fine,honestly i will put it as the second best tutorial case i played so far,not overly complicated plot,easy to grasp new mechanics,decently interesting mistery and setting and a decent launching point from the game,not a lot to say though like in most tutorial cases.
3 & 2:Turnabout Airlines and Turnabout Ablaze
I think both cases have their pros and cons and are pretty close in quality,but i think i will give maybe the edge to airlines because is more tight
Turnabout Airlines is just a very good case,fun banter between miles,gumshoe and franziska,interesting one time characters like rhoda,a really interesting setting,good pacing,decent villain,decent mistery and is just fun and doesnt overstay its welcome.
now Turnabout Ablaze is different,is much more ambitious but it drags on a bit,most plot points are ended decently especially the yatagarasu,yew again is a very good villain,again you have fun dynamic with miles and franziska,i really like lang in this chapter,i think kay and gumshoe dynamic is interesting,gumshoe being kind of like an uncle.
but again the case does drag on and its a little boring from time to time,but it does feature some really good scenes like yew cross examination.
At one point there are so many last minunte hold its that it becomes kinda like a parody,its absurd just how many obvious fake endings there are,and just in general the last confrontation is so long it feels a little bit like parody,and that made it more enjoyable for me.
1:Turnabout Reminiscense
Best case in the game,is just a really fun case,and i dont the fanservice puts it down.
I really liked the cast,yew is a really good villain that isnt instantly obvious,detective badd is extremely fucking cool,i like franziska dynamic with miles (imo the best sidekick in the game),i liked manfred even if he appeared only a little i though his characterization was well done and consistent with previous games and is interesting to see how he talks to franziska and miles,cross examining the judge is fun,i think this is kay best part in the game and i liked gumshoe (especially the beige coat is sick af).
And the case can get pretty tense,especially on the last cross examination.
The biggest problem with it is Miles characterization,he just feels off for being his pre 25 year old self,especially when he was 20,miles was a fucking asshole that really resembled manfred,and it will have been really interesting to have a protagonist like that,but for some reason instead of exploring that he have his goody truth finding present self,and it just feels off,i still like his dynamic with other characters though.
overall,honestly expected a lot worse because of how controversial this game is but i honestly like it more than jfa
Strong 6 to Light 7