| MTZehvor said: Pros: Excellent character dynamic between the three lawyers in the Wright Anything Agency, great backstories for the two main new characters, Apollo somehow has managed to become an interesting, well developed character with relatable motives after being an almost blank slate at the end of AJ. The story is great, as per the course in Ace Attorney games, with arguably the most shocking "twists" out of any game so far. ... The unique gameplay elements and personality of each lawyer do a good job of making playing as different characters feel very distinct without ever feeling like any character swap or special ability was shoehorned in. Gameplay in and of itself is still top notch, investigation sequences no longer require presenting random evidence to random people until you find the one thing to progress, court segments do an excellent job of retaining the old Phoenix Wright style while making good use of the Mood Matrix, and there's a lot less of multiple explanations for a given problem of which the game will accept only one. Also, perhaps this is a personal win for me and not many other people, but I was delighted that DD makes it abundantly clear that Phoenix kept in touch with his old friends during his disbarment, as opposed to just ignoring them like AJ did. The game also doesn't really have any one weak case; won't find any Turnabout Serenades here. |
I largely agree, although some of the twists felt just a bit too "out there" even by Ace Attorney standards. Still, excellent game all around.
| MTZehvor said: Cons: Getting rid of being able to examine anything and everything at any scene kind of sucks, game is hit or miss on answering the big mysteries left by AJ, game kind of bludgeons players with the idea of "the dark age of the law" without ever extrapolating on it, the final boss's motivation, employer, and reasoning are almost entirely left out. |
The part about the Dark Age also bugged me, as it's almost entirely talked about rather than ever actually seen. It ends up feeling entirely shoehorned, especially when we know that fabrication and forgery were going on for decades before Wright's disbarment (see: von Karma, Manfred). As to the spoilered, I expect it'll come up in the next game: someone took a shot at the spy, after all...
| MTZehvor said: Minor characters are very memorable as well, usually without being too annoying (nudgenudgeIniMiney). |
Well that's, like, totally mean, and you really shouldn't ........
