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| Topic | Wifebolo plays Ace Attorney Trilogy [progressive spoilers] |
| Llarian 07/16/20 9:56:03 PM #157: | Case 3-5 - Bridge to the Turnabout It has been a wild three months, friends and neighbors. Yeah, I definitely mainlined this entire courtroom case because I couldnt drag it out for a couple more days. Once I started, it wasnt stopping. train horn We apparently slung Misty Feys dead body over the chasm using one of the suspension cables from the currently burning bridge. This yeeting was the flying body that was mysteriously present in Laurice Deauxnim/Larry Butzs drawing of the burning bridge. We have been grilling Iris, or so we thought, until we realize it is actually Dahlia Hawthorne on the stand!! Dahlia had this all planned out with Morgan in jail, thus the plans that Pearl was blindly trying to follow through on. Turns out Misty Fey channeled her before Pearl could, and got killed for it. As Dahlia suspects this was Mayas doing, she writes Mayas name in blood on the white lantern. At this point, were pretty sure that Maya is despairing about the loss of her mother, Dahlia capitalizes on this by telling us Maya threw herself into Eagle River. Except, coming from the Inner Temple side, theres a large rocky bank, so instead of a splash, shed have made a splat. Maya writes a note and channels Mia, asking what she should do - she then manages to channel Dahlia. In the courtroom, Pearl is channeling Mia, who lets Dahlia really have it before Dahlia is forced to leave Mayas body and return to the hell of eternally being herself. Maya collapses, and after a brief recess, she comes to and is forced to testify. Despite being exhausted and emotionally wrung dry, Maya also seems to be hiding something from us as she testifies - its pretty obvious to Phoenix that shes trying to protect someone. We push further and can tell that Mayas trying to protect Godot. One of the coolest moments in the case happens here, when Maya accidentally lets it slip that she saw red lights in the pitch black of that fateful night. We dig into the way the area was cleaned up - that weird rectangular shape of snow removed, but Maya written in blood remained as well as the Kurain Master charm, we realize that the person who cleaned it up likely cant see red. Apparently, Godot, formerly known as Diego Armando, overheard the dastardly plot between Morgan and Dahlia, opened the now-burnt letter received by Pearl, and coordinated with Misty Fey in order to save Maya and [hopefully] Pearl. He admits that it all could have gone far more haywire than it did, and that he only did it to somehow atone for failing to protect Mia. As Diego, he had been poisoned by Dahlia Hawthorne, lost all color in his hair and most of his eyesight. He spent the next 5 years in a coma, during which time Mia was killed. This also explains Godots unforgiving attitude toward Phoenix Wright - he was eager to blame anyone but himself for what had happened, since he was convinced he could have protected her if he hadnt been poisoned. A bloodied dagger from the incident in the garden is determined not to be the victims blood, since Godot hasnt had a chance to change clothes and his clothes are intact, we suspect the injury that night was covered by his mask. He cries blood, and we get our Not Guilty for Iris. https://i.imgur.com/08KEJR0.jpg [In other news, Larry's art is excellent and I am slightly jealous.] Turns out there was a little treat stashed in the Kurain Master charm, which the Master must wear as long as she is alive - a little photo of young Mia repairing the Ami Fey vase while Maya sobs uncontrollably. Comforting to know that even though Pearl was so worried about breaking the vase, it had been done before, and almost certainly will be again. https://i.imgur.com/WszIRth.jpg?1 Final Impressions: A great time was had, there certainly were some cases which werent that great, but as they say - its 100 Floors of Frights, theyre not all gonna be winners. Lots of memorable characters, and some that I became surprisingly attached to - Maya probably wasnt a big deal to me throughout most of this, but if we lost her during that last case, I would have been inconsolable. I truly was expecting Angel Starr in 1-5 Rise from the Ashes to be a bigger deal. There was something so suspicious yet innocuous about the Cough-Up Queen turning to selling bento lunches, plus the heterochromia [apparently colored contacts according to the devs]. Plenty of times, if you spent enough time digging around in the Court Record, youd know the information you needed to know before you were tested on it in the courtroom. This saved me a lot of time when witnesses would give faulty testimony, and I wouldnt have to throw everything at them systematically to see what would stick. I learned when to save [early and often] and started to think more accurately in-universe, following the tropes and details to their next logical conclusion. The only times I was very frustrated was when I was learning something new [Psyche Locks were a disaster the first time I tried them] or when I clearly didnt get the logic the storyline was going for. Any other takes you wanna know, just ask! Im very glad I took the time to play this trilogy. Any recommendations on my next Ace Attorney game, aside from AAI? Let me know. Favorite characters, in order:
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Memes I Made: https://i.imgur.com/E6wUEQ1.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ez6tyGj.jpg --- Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. -Marcus Aurelius ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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