Plot twists and complete switch-ups from what you were working with five minutes ago are common, and require you keep on your toes. Every time you think you have a handle on the situation and know what’s going on, the game will throw you for a loop faster than you can shout “Objection!”. The game knows you – it knows what you want to think, it knows what you want to assume. You’ll really need to put on your thinking cap for this one. You, however, need to outshine the others in order to succeed.) ( Above: The judge is not the brightest bulb in the box. Simple, yes, but in a very good way, as the dialogues, music, and events that occur in-game are more than enough to construct Phoenix’s world, without the need for fancy animations or large 3-D landscapes. The actual presentation is basic – it’s simply characters in front of backgrounds based on where you are, with several simple animations and four or five music tracks that play when appropriate. The whole game looks and sounds fantastic. The sound effects, voices, and music, such as the theme that plays during a witness testimony, are clearer and crisper than, yet still match, the original. As evidenced by the above photo, the remake features much smoother and more detailed characters and backgrounds, as well as a higher resolution allowing for devices with larger screens to be able to play the game. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy HD is a very faithful and accurate recreation of the original three games. ( Above: The HD remake faithfully recreates the original .) Presentation – Definitely Deserves the Term “HD” With an adventure game, especially one where the story is the focus, the simple control scheme is perfect. You select actions, such as accusing witnesses, moving to a new area, and selecting what to say, as shown above, by pressing buttons, and you investigate specific things in the scene or point to a specific area on a map by tapping it. You simply press buttons and tap on things. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is not a game where you need to concern yourself with the controls. ( Above: This is about as complex as the controls get in this game.) Playability – More “Visual Novel” Than “Video Game” Throughout these cases, you begin to unravel the truth behind a dark, forgotten secret – a secret that the concerned parties will do anything to prevent you from discovering. The main plot covers 4 different cases, all of which introduce unique, interesting stories, characters, and challenges. You must prove both your competence as a defense attorney, as well as your clients’ innocence, even in the face of the prosecution’s evidence against them. You are Phoenix Wright, a young lawyer fresh out of law school. ( Above: Evidence is your only weapon, and the only way to prove your client’s innocence.) The core game is unchanged, the remake offers only aesthetic changes.) ( This review covers the 2013 remake of the original 2005 Nintendo DS game, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, included within Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy HD. I showed everyone I possibly could my Attorney’s Badge, came to the realization that the Judge is a complete moron, and cross-examined the witness for this review of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. Ever since I got my hands on that first Layton game, everyone I’ve talked with about the series has always said, “Hey, have you ever tried Phoenix Wright? It’s just like Layton, only with lawyers!” While the idea of a law-themed adventure game intrigued me, I never gave series a look until recently, and now I wish I had much, much sooner. I have been a devoted fan of the Professor Layton series of games since the first one to hit America landed in 2008. (The item reviewed is one of three games that comprise Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy HD – the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, which received a rating of T for Teen from the ESRB.)
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