Miles Edgeworth is cool as hell, and so far, AA Investigations is being a lot closer in awesomeness to the Phoenix Wright original Trilogy than Apollo Justice. Which is a very very very good thing.
I liked it that Klavier actually cared more about finding out things in a court of law than about who was the superior lawyer. It's one of the things that always saddened me about Edgeworth, actually - I think it's indicative of how completely fucked up he really is.
Also, I think the progression of "let's make Klavier prosecute people who are increasingly important to him" was very well done. They even added to the break-down animation each case. (That said, if I never see him do that damned air guitar again, it will be too soon. I'm with you there, that was fucking annoying.)
I didn't like the perceive mechanic much either, but I think it was a little better dealt with than you describe - after all, Apollo does in fact get actual information out of people, based on what makes them upset. I like the psychological warfare edge. For all his name and character design might indicate otherwise, he is not a nice person in the courtroom, and isn't afraid to show it.
And omgwtfbbq depressing indeed. Ouch. That was beautifully done. Phoenix in general was beautifully done. You know it's a bad sign when the presence of Edgeworth would drastically increase the average emotional stability of the cast.
And I am totally with you on no courtroom segments in Investigations. But I can see why they did it. After all, the best person to see Edgeworth taking on in court is Phoenix, but then you'd have to lose, and that's not a good goal for a game.
And Franziska is freaking epic in Investigations. *squee*
I wouldn't have minded it if a)it didn't happen so often, and b)you could skip it; it took too long.
Yeah, definitely agreeing to disagree. :) I totallly see where you're coming from.
(Thougyh you never did say what you thought of Kristoph as a villain. And have you seen the absolutely brain-breaking thing where someone slowed down the animation of the scar on the back of his hand during the Perceive sequence? The man has a scar of the Blue Badger, how bizarre is that.)
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Date: 2010-05-20 01:32 am (UTC)Also, I think the progression of "let's make Klavier prosecute people who are increasingly important to him" was very well done. They even added to the break-down animation each case. (That said, if I never see him do that damned air guitar again, it will be too soon. I'm with you there, that was fucking annoying.)
I didn't like the perceive mechanic much either, but I think it was a little better dealt with than you describe - after all, Apollo does in fact get actual information out of people, based on what makes them upset. I like the psychological warfare edge. For all his name and character design might indicate otherwise, he is not a nice person in the courtroom, and isn't afraid to show it.
And omgwtfbbq depressing indeed. Ouch. That was beautifully done. Phoenix in general was beautifully done. You know it's a bad sign when the presence of Edgeworth would drastically increase the average emotional stability of the cast.
And I am totally with you on no courtroom segments in Investigations. But I can see why they did it. After all, the best person to see Edgeworth taking on in court is Phoenix, but then you'd have to lose, and that's not a good goal for a game.
And Franziska is freaking epic in Investigations. *squee*
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Date: 2010-05-20 02:19 am (UTC)Re: Agreeing to Disagree Continues too!
Date: 2010-05-21 02:37 am (UTC)Yeah, definitely agreeing to disagree. :) I totallly see where you're coming from.
(Thougyh you never did say what you thought of Kristoph as a villain. And have you seen the absolutely brain-breaking thing where someone slowed down the animation of the scar on the back of his hand during the Perceive sequence? The man has a scar of the Blue Badger, how bizarre is that.)
Re: Agreeing to Disagree Continues too!
Date: 2010-05-21 04:44 pm (UTC)Kristoph was a good villain, I can't really offer too much argument there.
I just was a bigger fan of watching him get taken down by even watered down, washed up hobo Phoenix than by Apollo.