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The cases are in my opinion like mini-interactive novels. I downloaded "Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney" off of wiiware for $10 or 1000 wii points and I'm very happy with the purchase. Its very enjoyable to explore crime scenes for evidence or finding contradictions in a witnesses testimony.I've spent 15 hours playing the game and I haven't quite finished the fourth case. Phoenix is a defense attorney with some strange and entertaining clients. The first case is basically a tutorial to get you prepared with how the game works but as you progress each new case becomes longer and a little more difficult. I definitely recommend "Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney" for the $10 price.Some Amazon sellers want $100 for the DS version and as Phoenix would say: OBJECTION. Buy it for $10 on the wii ^^
In fact, most of the time i couldn't believe how the story was unfolding, just when you think you know who the culprit is the writers lead you to another person, but that is what is so much fun, it keeps you guessing. This is truly an unique game, im not sure what genre it fits into, but its definately an original game. The basic flow of the game starts with a viewing of the crime without giving too much away, you are then tasked with investigating and questioning witnesses, then its off to trial after you have gathered all the clues you can find. Events that happen in Phoenix Wright don't really go down like they would in real life but the developers clearly weren't going for realism. I got hooked after this first title and already bought the next 2 sequels. An attorney out investigating a crime scene isn't very realistic but it makes for a fun part of the game.What makes this DS title so addictive is the well written and often times humorous storyline.
Watching witnesses slowly break down with each objection is what keeps you playing. Phoenix Wright is not going to win any awards for realism, but who would have thought a court room game would be fun. Phoenix Wright is a defense attorney, so you will be defending your client by questioning witnesses with the sole purpose of tearing their testimony apart to get to the truth. Its divided into 5 chapters for this first game, each chapter being a different case. The dialogue is fun to read, with the occasional filler line here and there that i could have done without. Phoenix wright has spawned 3 sequels with a 4th one coming in 2010 so Capcom knows people are eating these games up like brownies, including myself.
Trust me, this game will deliver the goods.
If you like whodunit mysteries, problem solving, an engaging soundtrack, or just have a weakness for great stories with unique (but well done) characters, you'll love it. I saw various Phoenix Wright Youtube references as well as people at conventions/school shouting "OBJECTION." randomly. I absolutely love this game. I could sit and tell you all day about the gameplay, but that's already been reviewed. I thought that if these people were so gung-ho about a game, I'd check it out. It's awesome. My personal experience has left me buying the other 2 sequels, the Apollo Justice game, soundtracks, t-shirts, and even live orchestrated concert soundtracks. I don't know if you'll get THAT much into it, but I can guarantee you'll like this game if you've read this far.
I was extremely disappointed in the game. While the storyline seemed ok, and I thought we were getting somewhere, with each case, it just became more and more laborious to wade through the repetitive dialog with completely overblown gestures. It is very distracting to see a character swearing while you're still left wondering "what just happened."I finished about 3 cases and found it very tiresome to stick with it. I have no interest at all in continuing, so it's going straight back to the store.To be fair though, I got this game hoping it would be another Prof Layton, so that was probably setting the bar too high to start with.If the path to getting through the cases didn't seem so tiresome and laborious, it wouldn't be a bad game at all.Bottom line - if like me, you're looking for another puzzle game to follow Prof Layton, Phoenix is not the way to go.If you're looking for a game to kill time with and are not a zealous puzzling fan, this may be ok.
He's well-spoken (or written) and he has a story about how he became who he is. I only realized this mistake a week ago when I received Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. You have basically the same routine by just presenting the evidence to whoever you're talking about, and they're unnecessary because you're health consists of five exclamation points, rather than the meter that changes how much you lose each time. I had bought the second game and then I bought the third.
You get to investigate someone else's (someone very important to Phoenix and Maya) death, but never what happened to poor Diego Armando.My other problem is the fifth case. I didn't know that the stuff in this game (two whole cases) were going to help me understand all the confusing flashbacks in the second and third games. So if you haven't played any yet, you could probably skip this review.First of all, I love Edgeworth. So when I first played Phoenix Wright games, I made a huge mistake. I felt that they should have ended the game with the fourth case by switching the order (the fifth case is still good) of the cases. But actually, I don't particularly miss them.
Every time you make a mistake, you lose an exclamation point, but this is inconsistent and as a result, I only got a "Guilty" verdict once.You also learn how the legal system in Phoenix Wright's world works. It's interesting and it also explains how all the cases are so cracked up in the other games.Unfortuanately, for players of the 3rd game, the game never went into detail about what happened to Diego Armando.
The last issue is the music. My mistake.
While you do get to use snazzy detective techniques, it's painfully obvious that this case is an extra case only for the DS. After a while of playing Justice for All and Trials and Tribulations, von Karma's whip and Godot's stupid coffee addiction just get frustrating.
There are no Psyche-Locks. The last case in each game is supposed to be the most intense (in the 2nd and 3rd games, they tie up loose ends and are also very engaging) ; the fact that the fifth case is completely unrelated to anything in any of the Phoenix Wright series (you even miss probably the 2nd most important character in the series).
I'm used to all the trademark music, but only three tunes are the same (the courtroom music, the oh-my-goodness-something-flabbergasting-is-being-revealed music that basically consists of two notes, and the happy Maya-in-the-office music).Apart from my stupid little complaints, the game is phenomenal and ties up all the loose ends I didn't understand.This game is bound to be a classic, and like the other games, I am sure to play them over and over again.
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