Ah, the Kingdom of Khura'in. Is this... supposed to just be like a Bhutan or Nepal-type place? Because I'm fine with that, I just can't think of any other games with that setting.
Ah, the famous green-eyed children of the Far East. And don't be like that, the game went out of its way to say this is in "the Far East." When you do that, you surrender your right to not have green-eyed children stand out. I don't make the rules.
We open up with a monk guy killing a dude in a black void and telling the audience directly (since no one else is there) that he'll frame a child for it. Phew! I'd hate to have any mystery in this mystery game.
"Wow! An ox right in the middle of the street! I have to get a picture of that!" If I didn't know Phoenix was really Japanese, I'd say he was the whitest tourist ever.
Game, I'm officially banning you from having any more names like "Ahlbi Ur'gaid" from this point on. I expect everyone to be named Sam or Alice, things like that.
I do however approve of "Tehm'pul Temple."
I, uh... I don't know if you can really "celebrate" training to be an "ascetic," Phoenix. Do you know what that word even means?
"I read that the people of this country are all adherents of Khura'inism." I was going to make a joke about a country that bans all other religions, but I couldn't figure out how to do it in a way that didn't sound like I was making a joke about a specific real world country, so I just gave up.
I like how everyone in this anime cutscene is dressed very Spartanly, with just a single cloth and very monk-y, and then the priestesses is in like a pink whatever and has a transparent cloth and a crown. I can obviously tell she's going to be important, probably a princess or high priestess or whatever, but still.
While she dances, cops break into the temple and arrest Ahlbi.
I have to say, I do appreciate how the court lobby is like the LA court lobby, except with a gong, a sacred scroll, some candles, and a fishbowl on a pillow. A second later in the courtroom itself, it's the same thing, and we get an Asiany font with the GUILTY . If this game wasn't made by actual Asian people, I'd say was going a little heavy on the Asian stereotypes.
So Ahlbi was already declared guilty after a seance, I guess.
I don't know why "Your Magistry" made me laugh.
I don't know, I feel like a country not having lawyers would be famous, if only among lawyers who are personally friends with multiple spirit mediums, which I admit is a small demographic.
I know that courtrooms in these games basically do not have rules, but for some reason my first thought was "I wonder how difficult it is to get Californian-Khurai'inese reciprocity for attorneys?"
"I have more than ten years of experience!" That isn't even technically true, Phoenix, unless you're talking about non-lawyer experience, you liar.
I approve of Paht Rohl, but it should have just been Patrick Roll. I guess that's not foreign enough, but still, make it Paat Ruul.
Phoenix, look. Look. I mean, come on. You no longer have the right to be skeptical about souls and spirit mediums and stuff. I'm just saying.
"I guess there are national treasures that are off-limits to the public back home, too." A phrase that makes more sense if Phoenix is Japanese than American, sadly.
Man, we're getting more lawyer hate here than we did in an entire game about the "Dark Age of the Law."
Last game, I complained about the re-recorded objection lines being worse than the originals. This is apparently also true for Payne, who's longer screechy. Too bad.
Ahhh voice acting
By the way, I knew in one second that the country would punish lawyers along with criminals, because that's the only "crazy foreign" way you can play hatred of lawyers, just like that one Justice League episode where the Flash becomes a lawyer to buy time for... whoever it was. Green Lantern? Hawkgirl? I dunno.
"Pees'lubn Andistan'dihn" is an A+ name, I have to admit.
"In an old building like that, I guess the walls would be pretty thin." Phoenix, this building is a giant stone temple, shut up.
I like how he plays his dahmalan poorly when he's nervous.
Woah, getting the "character who acts nice and then reveals s/he's evil and takes on a different form" out of the way a little early, aren't you, game?
Holy crap, I'm shocked that he has a deeper voice tick than other characters, has this ever happened before? I thought there was just a male and female one.
Oh man, royalty-free genericized We Will Rock You audience stomping, I love it.
"Brain, don't fail me now."
Look, I guess I have to be the one to question where you could even sell an ancient sacred magical treasure. I don't think a pawn shop would accept it.
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