Board 8 > Rate the Ace Attorney character: Characters in 1-1 (feat. Winston Payne)

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Rules:

1. Rate each character on a scale from 1 to 10 with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest. Anything above 10 gets rounded down to a 10, and anything below a 1 gets rounded up to a 1.
2. Anything beyond one decimal point will be rounded accordingly: .04 and below will be rounded down, .05 and up will be rounded up.
3. You may grade on any criteria you like.
4. Consider the character's appearances throughout the entire Ace Attorney series.
5. You can rate characters from previous topics if you miss a topic.
6. On a day with multiple characters, clearly label which rating applies to which characters.
7. On a day with multiple characters, you may skip a character to rate.
8. Pretty much every character from Ace Attorney will be rated. The schedule will go in chronological game order in the West (with AAI2 being right after AAI just for consistency). When a character debuts and gets a major speaking role, they will show up (so Trucy appearing for a moment in 4-1 doesn't count as a 4-1 character). Major characters get their own day and minor characters are all ranked at once. All extremely minor characters (background, animals, mascots, and jury) will be rated on the final day.
9. The "roles" listed are: Defense, Rival, Assistant, Detective, Judge, Victim, Defendant, Culprit, Witness, Background, Animal, Mascot, and Jury. Sorry, I'm not pointing out accomplices.

Spreadsheet and Schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uNA5IlyThvd7dEY5dH4BQ3xLdghDnqKm0fsekmGnO7Y/edit?usp=sharing
Results and Discussion: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80770712

Previous Results:

Phoenix Wright - 9.7 (27 votes)
The Judge - 9.4 (19 votes)
Mia Fey - 7.7 (23 votes)
Larry Butz - 5.6 (19 votes)

Mostly everyone agreed that the Judge is a core part to the Ace Attorney style and that he's a welcome presence. Some wanted him to just judge, some wanted more of him, but he's universally well-liked.

Character(s):

(Reminder: You may skip characters to rate!)

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Name: Winston Payne
Game Appearances: AA, JFA, T&T, AJ
Roles: Rival
Profile (Debut): [1-1] The prosecutor for the first case. Lacks presence. Generally bad at getting his points across.
Profile (Conclusion): [4-1] The prosecuting attorney. For all his experience, he lacks a certain presence...

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Name: Cindy Stone
Game Appearances: AA
Roles: Victim
Profile: The victim in 1-1. A model, she lived in an apartment by herself.

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Name: Frank Sahwit
Game Appearances: AA, AAI2
Roles: Culprit, Witness
Profile (Debut): [1-1] Discovered Ms. Stone's body. Newspaper salesman who saw Larry flee the scene.
Profile (Conclusion): [E2-2] Training to become a pet groomer. Discovered the body. His bracelet is broken.

My Rating:

Payne: 7/10.
Stone: 2/10.
Sahwit: 5/10.

Payne's probably a 4/10 but his 3-1 appearance is so good that it boosts him a lot. They make good use of him such as him beating Tigre in 3-1 and his cameos in the Investigation games.

Stone's a victim. She's not the worst victim. I like that she's not entirely innocent, but not entirely awful.

Sahwit's nothing important, but similar to my thoughts on 1-1, he does a really good job of giving you a taste of what AA could be. He has a really memorable breakdown and it was nostalgic seeing him in E2-2.

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