| Wright said: Tagged, as I'm not on my computer and I hate writing chunks of texts on my mobile.
I did see that Edgeworth reference since I love rubbing the Attorney's badge on everyone's face. Since Apollo is where he is now, it's a plausible theory that Gumshoe will be working where Nick, as opposed as Ema on Khur'ain.
I don't really think Apollo is being retired, like Cloudman says, and the main reason is that they won't simply ditch the "Insight" mechanic introduced here. The only way to keep it though, is to leave someone on Khur'ain. It makes perfect sense!
On a honest note, I didn't like Phoenix attitude on the final case. I loved that Apollo got the spotlight, since they made an amazing development on his character throughout, but as a consequence Phoenix suffered greatly; he batantly lied and warped the truth during the first half of the case (and accused an innocent man, and before you say "but Maya", might as well remind you that Phoenix already went through a very similar situation in Justice for All, and he acted entirely different, for that was his purpose as a lawyer), throwing his character development off a window just to make him Apollo's rival. And during the second half...he's barely useful. Maybe they were trying to make the point that Apollo has surpassed his master, but heck, even Phoenix says he would have given up several times (really? He of all the people?)...nghhh. It was painful to watch.
Case 4, as great as it was seeing Blackquill, it felt like pure filler, without even an investigation sequence thrown in. Sure, that has been done already in other cases (3-4, for example), but it really felt like "let's give Athena something to do" and call it a day.
Overall a good game, but I struggle to rate it highly. At least it was a bit more challenging than AA5. |
The trial where you go up against Phoenix is a civil trial, so he wasn't actually bringing any criminal charges against Datz. In AA2, if Phoenix had complied, it would have meant a killer going free and an innocent woman going to prison, likely for life. If he succeeded here, it would have meant Paul getting the orb, and Datz possibly being arrested to stand trial. Even if he was successful in convincing the court that Datz had killed the Dr, they'd still have to have an actual trial, where Phoenix could have defended him if he though he was innocent. Plus, Datz is pretty good at escaping from custody anyways. It's still a little morally iffy, but the consequences of Phoenix complying were a lot less dire than in AA2, and the consequence of failing was Maya dying, so it's understandable that he'd act different.
Also, Phoenix didn't say he would have given up several times. What he said was, there were several times where he would have understood if Apollo gave up. He's basically saying he underestimated Apollo.
This may be my favorite of the AA games, although the only other one I've played through recently was 2. I think the supporting cast outside the main characters was better than it's been in other games. Dhurke, Rayfa, Nahyuta, and Datz were great characters, and the Queen was probably the most hateable prosecutor in the series so far. Athena's case was indeed filler, but as far as filler goes, it was one of the better ones. I actually think it worked well as a palette clenser between the more serious 3rd and 5th cases.
