I've been getting really into visual novels as of late. Games like Doki Doki Literature Club Which turns a dating simulator into a disturbing yet engaging story. Games like the Persona series which takes a visual novel and turns it into a turn-based RPG. And a personal favorite being Danganronpa which brings a certain visual novel, and raises it to an absurd level.
What game might that be? What game influenced countless visual novels such as those to be so great?
Well, the answer is simple your Honor.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Ace Attorney has been around for around 18 years now. It was a series I've wanted to try out for years and when they finally ported a remastered collection of the original Phoenix Wright trilogy to the PC, I just had to play it
Phoenix Wright brings you to an alternate version of Los Angeles, California. It's called alternate because it shares both American culture and practices, as well as Japanese. It specifically borrows American and Japanese judicial systems and mixes them. It heavily uses the bias towards Prosecutors in Japan. They get more money, respect, and privileges than Defense Attorneys
The game puts you in the shoes of Phoenix Wright, an amateur Defense Attorney. With the help of your spirit medium and assistant Maya Fey, you crack cases and turn the court on its head and win the respect that most Defense Attorney's lack. You find a way to get your client declared innocent and finding the true culprit in the process.
Each chapter usually starts with a murder, In which you begin investigating, looking for clues and alibis. Then you go to the courthouse and find contradictions in testimonies through your evidence.
The trilogy has a huge cast of characters. People like your assistants Maya Fey, and Pearl Fey. Many witnesses and people involved in a crime. As well as friends like Detective Dick Gumshoe, Larry Butz, Lotta Hart, and many more. As well as the Prosecutors you go against like Miles Edgeworth, Franziska Von Karma, and Godot.
Each chapter has a unique story to tell as wells as a huge overarching story going on in the background.
The music is excellently used. When the music picks up in intensity as you find a contradiction is always satisfying.
My only real issue is that some chapters drag out for a very long time. Some chapters are over 7 hours long. Fortunately, the endings for these said chapters are very good. The ending for each game is great (especially the last one).
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice For All, and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials And Tribulations, make one very good trilogy
Who knew that a Judicial System Satire, Court Drama, Anime Trilogy would shape the way visual novels are made today
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Nice updated comp of the original trilogy but the graphics are only done so much that they were clearly made for the small screen so you should really only give these a swing on a 3DS if that option is available to you.
I primi tre capitoli di Ace Attorney restano dei gran bei titoli. Non esenti da difetti: non è sempre chiaro cosa dover mostrare come prova andando così a tentoni e certe soluzioni di trama potevano essere sviluppate meglio. Malgrado i problemi però i giochi riescono a tenere l'interesse alto per tutta la loro durata.
Ciò che però non si può perdonare è il risultato di questa remastered. I disegni sono letteralmente rovinati rispetto ai capitoli originali, soprattutto per i fondali che risultano acquarellati, di bassa qualità. Ingiustificata anche la mancanza dell'italiano tra le lingue selezionabili visto che nelle versioni originali era presente.
Un lavoro pigro che rovina ciò che era stato fatto ai tempi.
Ciò che però non si può perdonare è il risultato di questa remastered. I disegni sono letteralmente rovinati rispetto ai capitoli originali, soprattutto per i fondali che risultano acquarellati, di bassa qualità. Ingiustificata anche la mancanza dell'italiano tra le lingue selezionabili visto che nelle versioni originali era presente.
Un lavoro pigro che rovina ciò che era stato fatto ai tempi.