LogFAQs > #954749646

OK, so time for the wrap-up post on "The Forgotten Turnabout."

Overall it's okay, but a clear step down from E2-3. Blaise being the culprit here is surprising only because I thought he was going to be the culprit in the next case. I know the point of AA isn't "figuring out who the murderer is" but "how was the murder committed" and "what are the emotional stakes of this crime." Here, the latter two are not particularly satisfying because much of it is being purposefully reserved for the next case. If not for the Kay memory loss subplot (pretty hackneyed even by AA standards) I probably would've been extremely bored.

I've already written about this, but I really do hate how AAI is structured sometimes. I just can't justify a guilty party willingly allowing themselves to get caught by continually engaging with Edgeworth, when at any given moment they could just say "see ya" or "shut up" and get away relatively easily. Blaise goes as far as to give Edgeworth the evidence back. The "this person is ego-maniacal and overconfident" excuse really only works once. At some point it's just bad writing.

Blaise is interesting enough. I'm sure he'll be back in the next case, as will Roland (maybe Gustavia too). I'll reserve final judgment I guess. I liked seeing Ema and Lotta again, even though Ema is just a gameplay mechanic at this point and the case might have been more interesting if Lotta had been a new character (then at least there might be an additional suspect). Bonnie and Karin had potential (would love for AA to actually develop a regular coroner/morgue tech character) but ended up just being a weird rehash of the Ben/Trilo gimmick.

Predictions:
Ray is bad/morally grey/has some connection to Zheng Fa. He's still my favorite of the original AAI2 characters, but I'm still a bit suspicious of him. I don't see any reason for the writers to keep him around otherwise! Maybe after Edgeworth died he embraced a more "ends justifies the means" mentality and is organizing the evidence black market. Or maybe he's here for comic relief and I'm over thinking it.

Courtney is clearly a lawful good type character who is trying to root out corruption in the prosecutor's office in her own way, but can't do it all on her own for some reason so she needs Edgeworth to do it. She's a female character in an AA game, so I'm sure I'll have to rescue her somehow.

I'm 100% sure Sebastian will have something of a "redemption arc" in which he accidentally ends up being competent and saves the day somehow.

Lastly, in addition to Roland, Blaise and Gustavia, Dogen, President of Zheng Fa, Knightley (flashback), and Gustavia's son will all appear.

I'll start Case 5 tonight and have a write-up tomorrow.

---

while you slept, the world changed