onsdag 7 juni 2023

Phoenix Wright : Ace Attorney 3 - Trials and Tribulations (Switch)

The end of the beginning!

Third and last game in the original Ace Attorney Trilogy. Begins 5 years before present time where you don't take on the role as Phoenix, but Mia Fey defending Phoenix Wright from the accusation of murder together with Marvin Grossman by her side. There she exposes the vile machinations of Dalia Hawthorn, the demoness that have several people on her non-existent conscious. Really, half the cases seems to be either Fey or Phoenix Wright himself so I wonder what pays for all this?

Second case begins with not a murder case, but a case of the stolen family urn off the Fey family as it was being shown off in an exhibition. But the case turn bloody as a the same time as the theft an apparent murder takes place in the office of a security office. And they introduces the new prosecutor, Godot. So Phoenix gonna protect the man behind the mask of... Mask*deMasque. A very timid man named Ron Delite that apparently got himself married to the very carefree spender Dessie Delite... in her very nice biker outfit that... captures the curves... *ahem* What was I talking about?

I mean, look at her?

And it's also a blatant Columbo reference as to pin the theft on the culprit they use fingerprints from the investigator on the item from the episode with the art critic, you know the one where Columbo pulls out his hands wearing gloves during the gotcha-moment? Third case involve trying again to protect Maggy Byrde from being wrongfully accused of murder, this time in connection to loan firms, mobsters and computer viruses that destroys the police ability to work. Oh, and a phoney Phoenix Wright that put her as guilty the first time around. Fourth case is another look back where Mia defended Terry Fawles, a mentally challenged death row inmate that is accused of killing a police officer Hawthorne... wait, it's the same name as that other girl? And Edgeworth makes his first appearance in court as a prosecutor. No investigation in this one, but begins to tie the whole story together. 

Fifth and final chapter is the culmination of the series, getting references to all three games and solving mysteries unexplained. What happened to Misty Fey, Mia and Maya's mother? What is Morgan Fey gonna do to exact revenge on the main Fey family? We see Edgeworth and Franziska back in action as they duke it out in the courtroom as Phoenix lies in high fever at a hospital after falling from a burning rope bridge as he tried to reach Maya. So far he has broken through two doors and risked his life for her. It's a great ending and ties it all together... but I think prefer the ending case of Justice For All. Mostly since the threat level is there from the beginning. Maya's life is supposedly in danger from the moment she is trapped on the mountain after the bridge collapses, but it only gradually becomes apparent the danger she's in since we don't think the murder occurred there until the second day, and then the police already fixed the bridge. I mean, the assassin was there from the first 15 minutes of the case.

Overall, it doesn't have the low-point of the last game so it's on average probably better, but you get the same mechanic in case 3 where everything you press is a penalty, but I give it the benefit that the character in question is actually is someone "scary" so I buy that compared to annoying. And all the defendants are actually likeable. Which reminds me that I also have Apollo Justice on 3DS and I think I'm at the case with the mobster boy... *shudder*. Music is not as good as the second game, that one had force behind it. Also, I get the impression here is where they really upped the quirks of people in the court. The coffee-drinking Godot slowed down the game a bit more than earlier games and it will only accelerate from here when everyone is supposed to be doings quirks.

The trilogy overall, great. Although it's the same package as from the 3DS, they couldn't have thrown in concept art or such as they did for the Great Attorney games? It's a bit empty I mean. Been fun to revisit it. A problem though is that certain characters just disappeared after these games. Gumshoe that was there in the beginning haven't appeared beyond the Investigation games and a small cameo in Apollo Justice pre-present time case. Larry, Edgeworth and Pearl have made their presence known and even Maya. But the others? That was also fun to see characters appear again and again to build together the whole universe and I miss that. Hardly done by the characters in the new games either besides the lawyers. I think only Ema Skye would qualify actually. Well, summer vacation for 2022 is about to be over for my part so let's see what I figure out next.

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