We finally got not just the first, but both Great Ace Attorney games localised!
Generally speaking, it's going to be very hard to talk about these in detail without copious use of the spoiler tag, but here's some quick observations based on the first couple of cases.
Graphically I'm a big fan of how it looks. The jump to 3D rather than flat portraits might have been a few games ago, but I'm still used to playing all of these on a handheld, and I'm very pleased to find even on a big display they still look great. All of the characters are wonderfully presented, still have loads of charming little animations, and as there's even more times now where you see them moving around in 3D, I can safely say I think they look really slick. The cut scenes are nicely animated too, and backgrounds are full of inviting details.
I'm aware it has its detractors, but I never had any beef with the localisation of the original games (SEE WHAT I DID THERE). This has had to take a slightly more direct approach though, given there's a much more significant relationship between the story and the political landscape of the time period it's set in - Japan's relationship with Great Britain being of particular relevance - but that's not to say it's totally straight laced. There are plenty of the usual jokes and puns, and a few character names have already made me laugh out loud.
The Herlock Sholmes character won me over pretty fast; naturally he's a total eccentric, but rather than being a Cumberbatch-type super genius that knows everything, his deductions are more often wrong than not, and its only in conjunction with your observations do things start to make sense. These deduction scenes are very theatrical, with characters practically dancing around one another, and also bringing an element of courtroom mechanics (presenting evidence, observing details) into the investigation scenes, which is very enjoyable.
In short: I'm delighted to have new a new Ace Attorney game to play, and to top it off there's a second one waiting for me right after it.
Generally speaking, it's going to be very hard to talk about these in detail without copious use of the spoiler tag, but here's some quick observations based on the first couple of cases.
Graphically I'm a big fan of how it looks. The jump to 3D rather than flat portraits might have been a few games ago, but I'm still used to playing all of these on a handheld, and I'm very pleased to find even on a big display they still look great. All of the characters are wonderfully presented, still have loads of charming little animations, and as there's even more times now where you see them moving around in 3D, I can safely say I think they look really slick. The cut scenes are nicely animated too, and backgrounds are full of inviting details.
I'm aware it has its detractors, but I never had any beef with the localisation of the original games (SEE WHAT I DID THERE). This has had to take a slightly more direct approach though, given there's a much more significant relationship between the story and the political landscape of the time period it's set in - Japan's relationship with Great Britain being of particular relevance - but that's not to say it's totally straight laced. There are plenty of the usual jokes and puns, and a few character names have already made me laugh out loud.
The Herlock Sholmes character won me over pretty fast; naturally he's a total eccentric, but rather than being a Cumberbatch-type super genius that knows everything, his deductions are more often wrong than not, and its only in conjunction with your observations do things start to make sense. These deduction scenes are very theatrical, with characters practically dancing around one another, and also bringing an element of courtroom mechanics (presenting evidence, observing details) into the investigation scenes, which is very enjoyable.
In short: I'm delighted to have new a new Ace Attorney game to play, and to top it off there's a second one waiting for me right after it.
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