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LeonhartFour 02/13/20 11:30:34 PM #439:	#47. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney I feel like if you had to sum up what Ace Attorney is all about in a single image, it would be that one. The extreme closeup and the speed lines for maximum intensity and drama as Phoenix says something patently absurd but yet ends up somehow solving the case, thats the series in a nutshell, and it all started here. I initially resisted Ace Attorney fever for the first few years because the idea of playing as a lawyer in courtroom trials didnt sound very interesting to me. Law is pretty boring and tedious in real life! I dont even remember what initially made me decide to give it a shot. It might have been Phoenixs success in SC2K8 when he finally advanced past the first round. Either way, despite the three-year delay, I managed to enter into the series completely spoiler-free because I didnt click on Ace Attorney topics since I wasnt all that interested but I wanted to avoid spoilers in the event that I eventually did play it (a policy I still try to uphold!). Im glad I was able to play the series fresh because I cant imagine what its like playing a game like this for the first time when you already know what happens! The first case is short and simple but gives you a pretty solid idea of how the core gameplay works. Then they threw a pretty big twist at you right away at the beginning of 1-2, which I thought was a pretty bold move. There were a few eyebrow-raising moments throughout the case that made me a little dubious (such as Phoenix illegally pocketing the wiretap, which really confused me, and then the sudden revelation of spirit channeling being a real thing in this world, which confused me even more), but the writing was clever and the characters were colorful and humorous, so I decided to stick with it. 1-3 is where Ace Attorney really comes into its own. This is the first case where Phoenix and Maya team up on an investigation, and their chemistry was instantaneous. I still enjoy replaying 1-3 just to watch how their dynamic develops because theyre just getting to know each other. However, there was a moment at the end of the second day of 1-3 that completely sold me on Ace Attorney. It was a crazy twist that I never could have predicted, and I finally understood what this game was really about. Then the last day had its own share of crazy twists and I realized that the hype was justified. 1-3 is still a top ten overall case for me just because of how it basically cemented my fandom. But then 1-4 took the game to an entirely different level. Phoenix has to defend his childhood friend turned rival against a seemingly unbeatable opponent. For three solid days, victory seemed impossible and defeat felt like it was only a snap of the finger away. This was the case where Phoenix Wright became one of my favorite characters because he embodies one of my favorite tropes (The Determinator) so well here. Theres a moment where youre told that the moment you run out of explanations is the moment you lose, and somehow he never does. Theres a moment when everything seems lost and everyone else is ready to give up, and theres Phoenix getting his case ready like its no big deal. He impressed the heck out of me here. Then I was confused by 1-5 because it felt so different from the first four cases, but I had no idea why at the time. Suddenly I was actually using the features of the DS to investigate, and the quality of the sprites jumped drastically! For most of the first game, I refused to save scum or look at a guide. If I got a game over, I just went back to the games designated save points. However, the final stretch of 1-5 day 3 broke me of that habit because I kept getting game overs and it took so long to get back to where I was, but I eventually emerged victorious. I could probably go on and on if I wanted. Ive probably spent more time and space talking about Ace Attorney on this board than any other series except for maybe Final Fantasy. Ive been dubbed the boards number one Ace Attorney fan by multiple users (a title I would wear with pride!), and Ive done insane things in the name of my fandom, like timing how long it takes to beat every case or figuring out how many lines of dialogue are in each case. I still have the results on a Google Doc if anyone wants to see them! --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq <cite>LeonhartFour posted [p:934352490] in Leonhart R... [t:78360286]...</cite> <quote>#47. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney I feel like if you had to sum up what Ace Attorney is all about in a single image, it would be that one. The extreme closeup and the speed lines for maximum intensity and drama as Phoenix says something patently absurd but yet ends up somehow solving the case, thats the series in a nutshell, and it all started here. I initially resisted Ace Attorney fever for the first few years because the idea of playing as a lawyer in courtroom trials didnt sound very interesting to me. Law is pretty boring and tedious in real life! I dont even remember what initially made me decide to give it a shot. It might have been Phoenixs success in SC2K8 when he finally advanced past the first round. Either way, despite the three-year delay, I managed to enter into the series completely spoiler-free because I didnt click on Ace Attorney topics since I wasnt all that interested but I wanted to avoid spoilers in the event that I eventually did play it (a policy I still try to uphold!). Im glad I was able to play the series fresh because I cant imagine what its like playing a game like this for the first time when you already know what happens! The first case is short and simple but gives you a pretty solid idea of how the core gameplay works. Then they threw a pretty big twist at you right away at the beginning of 1-2, which I thought was a pretty bold move. There were a few eyebrow-raising moments throughout the case that made me a little dubious (such as Phoenix illegally pocketing the wiretap, which really confused me, and then the sudden revelation of spirit channeling being a real thing in this world, which confused me even more), but the writing was clever and the characters were colorful and humorous, so I decided to stick with it. 1-3 is where Ace Attorney really comes into its own. This is the first case where Phoenix and Maya team up on an investigation, and their chemistry was instantaneous. I still enjoy replaying 1-3 just to watch how their dynamic develops because theyre just getting to know each other. However, there was a moment at the end of the second day of 1-3 that completely sold me on Ace Attorney. It was a crazy twist that I never could have predicted, and I finally understood what this game was really about. Then the last day had its own share of crazy twists and I realized that the hype was justified. 1-3 is still a top ten overall case for me just because of how it basically cemented my fandom. But then 1-4 took the game to an entirely different level. Phoenix has to defend his childhood friend turned rival against a seemingly unbeatable opponent. For three solid days, victory seemed impossible and defeat felt like it was only a snap of the finger away. This was the case where Phoenix Wright became one of my favorite characters because he embodies one of my favorite tropes (The Determinator) so well here. Theres a moment where youre told that the moment you run out of explanations is the moment you lose, and somehow he never does. Theres a moment when everything seems lost and everyone else is ready to give up, and theres Phoenix getting his case ready like its no big deal. He impressed the heck out of me here. Then I was confused by 1-5 because it felt so different from the first four cases, but I had no idea why at the time. Suddenly I was actually using the features of the DS to investigate, and the quality of the sprites jumped drastically! For most of the first game, I refused to save scum or look at a guide. If I got a game over, I just went back to the games designated save points. However, the final stretch of 1-5 day 3 broke me of that habit because I kept getting game overs and it took so long to get back to where I was, but I eventually emerged victorious. I could probably go on and on if I wanted. Ive probably spent more time and space talking about Ace Attorney on this board than any other series except for maybe Final Fantasy. Ive been dubbed the boards number one Ace Attorney fan by multiple users (a title I would wear with pride!), and Ive done insane things in the name of my fandom, like timing how long it takes to beat every case or figuring out how many lines of dialogue are in each case. I still have the results on a Google Doc if anyone wants to see them! --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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