Board 8 > I started playing Great Ace Attorney Chronicles again. (spoilers)

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yeah I thought Jigoku deserved better, he was more sympathetic than the game presented him as

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wow, that was amazing

I'll have more to say tomorrow, and I still need to button through the epilogue. I stayed up way later than I meant to trying to finish this case, which is a series tradition that's been haunting me for 15 years now. but, wow.

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yeah I feel like I finish pretty much every story heavy game in the middle of the night because I'm convinced it's almost over so I can't stop yet but I've still got like 3 hours left

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I still have really strong memories of chatting with KH while trying to finish 3-5. I ended up staying up until 10:30am that day thinking itd be over in just a few minutes

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so yeah, the last section was really strong and redeemed case 5. Stronghart! this dude is like Damon Gant but ratcheted way up. he's clearly very powerful and even manages to twist things in his favor at the very end before Sholmes shows up and his does his stupid crap to beam it to the queen or whatever. Sholmes is a real buzzkill.

Stronghart makes clear arguments in favor of himself and has the von Karma thing of never having a stressed animation until the very very end. his pose where he stands up is super good as it shows up his stature and perceived power. the audience goes back and forth which is a good touch. Naruhodo does some nice work here, never really losing his cool and being careful with his words. Kazuma.. yeah, he was better off dead I think. we needed a prosecutor for van Zieks obviously, but I didn't expect to be in a spot where van Zieks seemed more effective than Kazuma. but Naruhodo carries him regardless.

the section where they bring up the baskerville actually got me to gasp. I just didn't see it coming. Clint is a really good past character, and I really love past cases. they lay the Professor case on for literally the entire game and it needs some kind of moniker like DL-6. that case terrifies people. it's like Voldemort or something.

the ending is really lame and sappy, but I guess that's good. I grew to really like Yujin and Susato is a strong character too. I'm glad she's with Ryu and not Kazuma because Kazuma doesn't deserve her skills and grace. I'm guessing this is the last we'll see of this time period, but I did end up liking GAA2 a good bit.

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Yeah, I got Gant vibes from Stronghart the moment I first saw him, and I was pleased to see he actually lived up to it.

And Susato probably became my favorite assistant (non-Maya division) by the end of it.

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