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Topic	Finally playing Edgeworth 2 (spoilers)
colliding 07/02/21 1:36:13 PM #236:	Power Rankings cont. cont. 19 - Nicole Swift I'm as surprised as the rest of you that she's this high. She's mostly here for her role in E2-1, which in hindsight ended up being one of the game's best cases - wish I'd spent a bit more time on it at the beginning of this topic. She's a classic AA damsel in distress mixed with a healthy dose of Lotta-inspired witness nonsense. I still don't quite get her gimmicks: I guess she's meant to be like a hiker or something, which explains her off-brand North Face gear and her bear trap. She's less good in E2-5, but we can blame that on Lotta's negative influence. Decent character design; very colorful, though her character portrait is ugly af. 18- Lang A disappointing showing. Lang was one of my favorite parts of AAI. He has some decent moments in AAI2, but for the most part he's just kind of there. I was waiting for his big moment in E2-5, but it never really arrived. Probably the character most harmed by the game's bloated cast. 17 - Shelly De Killer If you read comics, you know the Joker was originally like a normal guy who did bad things, and he eventually became something... different. Like writers gave him a supernatural quality. That's kind of what has happened to De Killer. So they went a little overboard with his character is what I'm saying. I dig the idea of him being a creepy ice cream salesman. Also,he is able to retain a lot of what made him good in 2-4. But he also is a bit fan-fictiony. 16- Simon Keyes Speaking of the Joker, Simon was almost certainly going to be third from last on this list until a third of the way into E2-5, when it became obvious he was the mastermind. The twist here certainly makes him more interesting, but I don't love him as a "final boss." An Ace Attorney final boss needs to feel threatening in some way: you either need to hate them or fear them. With the best Ace Attorney final bosses, after you beat them you also pity them. He never feels threatening, nor do I ever feel sorry for him. At most, I am annoyed. Like it's all well and good that he's the son of Gustavia and did a lot of manipulating behind the scenes. That's great. I like how even as early as E2-2 he was playing mind games. Part of Simon's intended character is that he's meant to come across as meek and boring - I get that. But I can't help but compare him to Engarde, where I actually liked his "fake" persona, which made his reveal all the more powerful. Plus, I hate clown/circus characters. This isn't a 2-3 thing, this is personal: I always have and I always will. I guess his "objection"/voice manipulation gimmick is cool, but like I said in the playthrough he should have done it more. 15 - Blaise Debeste Speaking of final bosses, I still feel like Blaise is the actual final boss of this game. That's weird, right? Because it's clearly not true. But the game goes so far to make him feel like the big bad, I kept expecting him to make a final appearance at the end. On one hand, it's interesting that the game subverted expectations, but on the other that does leave me with a somewhat unsatisfied feeling. Unlike Simon - I do feel anger/hate/revulsion toward Blaise, for his philosophy about "truth," for his mistreatment of Sebastian, for his overall appearance. He even has a better "objection" than Simon! In retrospect, Blaise is Damon Gant if Gant hated his kid. And had substantially worse hair. --- while you slept, the world changed <cite>colliding posted [p:955674091] in Finally pl... [t:79442673]...</cite> <quote>Power Rankings cont. cont. 19 - Nicole Swift I'm as surprised as the rest of you that she's this high. She's mostly here for her role in E2-1, which in hindsight ended up being one of the game's best cases - wish I'd spent a bit more time on it at the beginning of this topic. She's a classic AA damsel in distress mixed with a healthy dose of Lotta-inspired witness nonsense. I still don't quite get her gimmicks: I guess she's meant to be like a hiker or something, which explains her off-brand North Face gear and her bear trap. She's less good in E2-5, but we can blame that on Lotta's negative influence. Decent character design; very colorful, though her character portrait is ugly af. 18- Lang A disappointing showing. Lang was one of my favorite parts of AAI. He has some decent moments in AAI2, but for the most part he's just kind of there. I was waiting for his big moment in E2-5, but it never really arrived. Probably the character most harmed by the game's bloated cast. 17 - Shelly De Killer If you read comics, you know the Joker was originally like a normal guy who did bad things, and he eventually became something... different. Like writers gave him a supernatural quality. That's kind of what has happened to De Killer. So they went a little overboard with his character is what I'm saying. I dig the idea of him being a creepy ice cream salesman. Also,he is able to retain a lot of what made him good in 2-4. But he also is a bit fan-fictiony. 16- Simon Keyes Speaking of the Joker, Simon was almost certainly going to be third from last on this list until a third of the way into E2-5, when it became obvious he was the mastermind. The twist here certainly makes him more interesting, but I don't love him as a "final boss." An Ace Attorney final boss needs to feel threatening in some way: you either need to hate them or fear them. With the best Ace Attorney final bosses, after you beat them you also pity them. He never feels threatening, nor do I ever feel sorry for him. At most, I am annoyed. Like it's all well and good that he's the son of Gustavia and did a lot of manipulating behind the scenes. That's great. I like how even as early as E2-2 he was playing mind games. Part of Simon's intended character is that he's meant to come across as meek and boring - I get that. But I can't help but compare him to Engarde, where I actually liked his "fake" persona, which made his reveal all the more powerful. Plus, I hate clown/circus characters. This isn't a 2-3 thing, this is personal: I always have and I always will. I guess his "objection"/voice manipulation gimmick is cool, but like I said in the playthrough he should have done it more. 15 - Blaise Debeste Speaking of final bosses, I still feel like Blaise is the actual final boss of this game. That's weird, right? Because it's clearly not true. But the game goes so far to make him feel like the big bad, I kept expecting him to make a final appearance at the end. On one hand, it's interesting that the game subverted expectations, but on the other that does leave me with a somewhat unsatisfied feeling. Unlike Simon - I do feel anger/hate/revulsion toward Blaise, for his philosophy about "truth," for his mistreatment of Sebastian, for his overall appearance. He even has a better "objection" than Simon! In retrospect, Blaise is Damon Gant if Gant hated his kid. And had substantially worse hair. --- while you slept, the world changed</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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