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Ace Attorney 5: Dual Destinies |OT| Rated M For Objectionable Content
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Gotcha. I skimmed through the beginnings of episode 1 again just to confirmed.
Just finished case 2. No idea what some of you guys are talking about criticizing it so much. It wasn't that long (it seemed to me like a normal 2 investigations / 2 court dates case), it had pretty good twists, a detestable villain that I was oh-so-glad to put behind bars and the rest of the cast was pretty enjoyable. I could see people not liking the mystical theme or the accused's attitude for most of the case, but it was definitely far from boring, badly paced or any other of the exaggerated complaints I see here.
On to case 3!
On to case 3!
Just finished Case 5.
... Holy fucking shit. This was a really, really good AA game. Probably up there with T&T as one of my favorites. The case was incredibly awesome and it even had a twist I didn't even see coming.
... Holy fucking shit. This was a really, really good AA game. Probably up there with T&T as one of my favorites. The case was incredibly awesome and it even had a twist I didn't even see coming.
I was expecting Clay to have faked his death or some BS, but I genuinely didn't see Fulbright coming.
Professor Beef
Banned
I just got to the first trial of case 3 and can already tell this shit is going to be crazy.
Also, sss.
Also, sss.
The mock mock trial was pretty hilarious. Especially Athena's "Order! Order!! Especially you Apollo" with the super angry face for a brief second. Even mock judges are thirsty for defense blood!
Klavier Gavin is a horrible human being and the true villain of Ace Attorney 4. Ema should hook up with women before hooking up with him. She should hook up with Gaspen and Winston Payne before hooking up with him. Marvin Grossberg before Klavier.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANYWAY, I made this for you all tonight:
And the best thing? She gets even better as the case goes on!
Oh man.
Mos' Def is.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
I found Myriam kind of annoying...
But otherwise Case 3 was solid, really kept me guessing, and I felt very connected to the characters.
CASE 3 ENDING SPOILERS
But otherwise Case 3 was solid, really kept me guessing, and I felt very connected to the characters.
CASE 3 ENDING SPOILERS
Professor Means' freak-out mode is the best, seriously. The Mohawk, the spinning the globe like a basketball, the chalk board...and he was such a delightfully vicious character too.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Man, the ending to Case 2 is just crazy. I thought I had most of the basics figured out going into the last trial, but then they just completely rip the floor out from you.
Definitely a real moment of turning the case on its head. And this is the case people thought was the weakest?
Filch being Tenma Taro blew my mind, and then everything starts getting crazy and you get that moment where you realize that Tenma wasn't even in the room, and is actually the Amazing Nine-Tails, and then things just spiral from there.
Definitely a real moment of turning the case on its head. And this is the case people thought was the weakest?
One could argue it's a testament to the strength of this game's cases on the whole.
All of the anime cutscenes are soooooooo baaaaaaaaaaaaaad.
For clarification:
There's more but I'm too lazy to think of anything.
Yeah, it's very poorly written. A ton of stuff happens because it's convenient to the plot and not because it makes any kind of sense.
For clarification:
The town's hidden secret is guarded by the most simplistic and most nonsensical puzzle in the world. Why would the alderman keep up a wall that basically spells out how to get to the gold so long as you have a first grade education? And why did it take Apollo and Athena so long to be like "Hey... wait a minute!"
The fact that the killer talks about the statue with the cup while giving testimony for no other reason than to give you something to object to. And the fact that the police missed the broken cup in their first sweep of the room despite it being RIGHT UNDER THE TABLE THE ALDERMAN DIED ON
Filch and the Mayor both not noticing eachother while in the Tanma chamber and Filch being LITERALLY BLINDED by the light entering the room when the door was opened
Also just the leaps in logic made by both sides of the court during the trial made the case very hard to follow or care about.
The Tanma suit was somehow carried by the wind long enough for it to look like it was flying before it escaped the view of anybody who saw it. This is a little pedantic and it wasn't very important to the plot, but I'm 99.9% sure that suit would have looked like a suit and nothing like a mythical beast.
Chie Satonaka
Member
Outside of the typos, yeah, it's pretty solid.
That villain is easily my favorite in the series' "filler cases". Certainly the funniest.
2 and a half cases in and I'm of two minds so far.
Phoenix, Apollo, and the 3D. All of them, fucking amazing and all I know is it has already made it so the game I want most in this world is AA1 remade in this engine. Would be the greatest thing ever.
Athena, jesus christ I can't stand this god damn character. Easily the single worst thing to come out of AA franchise and while I understand she is at the core of the brand new mechanic, I rather it just not be here and this character not exist so PW and Apollo could just do their thing.
Phoenix, Apollo, and the 3D. All of them, fucking amazing and all I know is it has already made it so the game I want most in this world is AA1 remade in this engine. Would be the greatest thing ever.
Athena, jesus christ I can't stand this god damn character. Easily the single worst thing to come out of AA franchise and while I understand she is at the core of the brand new mechanic, I rather it just not be here and this character not exist so PW and Apollo could just do their thing.
But why...
I think Athena brings a very welcome and unique dynamic to the Wright Anything Agency.
SloaneRisette
Member
Yeah, I feel like I've noticed a ton of typos thus far, but overall it's pretty great.
Case 3 is by far one of the best cases I've played in an AA game.
This is the same team that made AAI and AAI2, so convoluted murder plots are expected. I honestly didn't think Case 2's was all that ridiculous, and I especially liked how in Case 3, (warning, mild AA3 and AAI spoilers inside)
your initial suspicions are more convoluted than what really happened, which never has really happened in the AA series before. You ride with this crazy "body flying through the air" theory for a while, but then you find out that no, it was just a simple stabbing on the stage. I thought that was a little wink toward the goofy murder in AA3-5 with the body flying across the bridge on a rope, and to AAI-5, with the "Great Statue Swap Crossbow Caper" or whatever the heck that was.
MissDeviling
Member
Really? I actually rather like Athena. She's no Maya, but kinda reminds me of old Phoenix. Could do with less outbursts though. I prefer her to Apollo's stupid Chords of Steel schtick. Glad they toned the latter down in this game; I wanted to strangle him in AA4.
Yeah, really digging Athena. She's a likable character with some good insight and manages to pull off the rookie angle (that Apollo more or less occupied in his game) without feeling utterly incapable of solving things on her own. And calling her 'easily the worst thing to come out of the AA franchise' is some hyperbole after the likes of Lotta Hart.
And she's the first playable female defense attorney!
And she's the first playable female defense attorney!
That doesn't die.
She brings nothing Unique at all besides being a female attorney. Her ability is the worst support ability yet, and she is just loud and annoying.
I'm all for a leading lady, I just don't need another rookie who is loud, ugly as hell, and has really dumb gimmick.
I will not tolerate Lotta Hart smack talk.
No hyperbole. Even Lotta and Oldbag serve their purposes well and I never got sick of seeing them and their wacky antics.
Man, I totally disagree. The fact that she's prone to emotional outbursts and is a total go-getter is a very different dynamic than how Phoenix and Apollo act.
I think this conveys just how different she is than the others:
BassForever
Member
At the second trial portion of case 3, honestly I don't buy for one second who the game keeps trying to convince me is the killer. I continue to suspect the real killer is
Course I could be wrong, honestly this game has done a far better job at keeping me guessing compared to AJ or AAI.
Also I think Simon may arguably be the best prosecutor in the series. It's truly a pleasure to feel challenged by a prosecutor after the last few games.
This game has gotten me to appreciate Apollo Justice more, both as a character and as a game. He's far more interesting as a support character and his percieve ability being moved to outside the court was a really great decision. I am surprised at Trucy's incredibly reduced role, I assumed she's be like Pearl as a second assistant, as opposed to being borderline cameo material. I also really enjoyed how case 3 helped to establish why Klavier was so different from past prosecutors, it doesn't make him less boring of a rival in court but as a character he's grown on me.
prof mean, he has the most to gain from the victims death and his ends justify the means mentality could easily lead to him justifying murder and framing a student to eliminate the plague that is "truth
Course I could be wrong, honestly this game has done a far better job at keeping me guessing compared to AJ or AAI.
Also I think Simon may arguably be the best prosecutor in the series. It's truly a pleasure to feel challenged by a prosecutor after the last few games.
This game has gotten me to appreciate Apollo Justice more, both as a character and as a game. He's far more interesting as a support character and his percieve ability being moved to outside the court was a really great decision. I am surprised at Trucy's incredibly reduced role, I assumed she's be like Pearl as a second assistant, as opposed to being borderline cameo material. I also really enjoyed how case 3 helped to establish why Klavier was so different from past prosecutors, it doesn't make him less boring of a rival in court but as a character he's grown on me.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Athena is a girl with spunk. I have to like her.
Handled shittly character wise, abuses objection too much, its annoying after it happens like 6 times in a trial.
On case 3 I found that the reason behind the murder was disappointing. Actually sucked ass now that I think about it. I
was expecting prof means to kill her because he was wanting to finally get rid of her and have full control over the teaching method and push his ideals. It turns out he was just exposed for a shitty 2D money making scheme freaked out and killed her over it which is slightly out of character to me.
This is how I feel as well. I just want her to shut up and let Apollo and PW handle things. It doesn't help that I can't stand the sound of her voice actress. Any time I hear her clips I feel bile rise in my throat.
For how much I was dreading Athena (because of how much I hated Kay (to me, she's the worst thing this series has ever wrought) and the 18 year old lawyer thing) I actually find her really endearing and I'm really liking her.
I also like the three lawyer dynamic in general, to see who they are from your perspective and it see how they are from others perspectives.
I also like the three lawyer dynamic in general, to see who they are from your perspective and it see how they are from others perspectives.
