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No Objections Here: The Great Ace Attorney Is A Worthy Addition For Adventure Game Fans

Platform(s): PC, PS4, PS5,Nintendo Switch
Genre: Lawyer-Filled Visual Novel Adventure Game Set In The 19th Century

I’ll have to be upfront here: I love the Ace Attorney series from Capcom. They’re basically adventure game & visual novel titles featuring lawyers representing the defendants and prosecutors in a battle of wits, arguments, and spiralling anime story drama with sprinkles of comedy and hijinx all around.

The Great Ace Attorney is essentially a grand spin-off tale that predates all the Ace Attorney games, focusing on the ancestor of Phoenix Wright and his fledging lawyer adventures in 19th century Japan, England, and in-between. And it’s just at engrossing as past titles.

Courtroom Drama

The basics of video game lawyer adventure gaming work remain the same: investigate, gather evidence, scrutinise and cross-examine testimonies, and then discover the truth behind the case in question. This iteration of Ace Attorney has some additions that make for exciting “battle anime”-like trials like group testimonials with different witnesses at the same time, and jury appeal bits. Otherwise, the core thrill of anime courtroom battle in adventure game/visual novel form remains the same.

The reason why you want to shell out RM165 for The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is the presentation, the conversations, the story, and the setting. The 3D engine here is similar to the one used in Ace Attorney 5 and 6, but updated and tweaked for dramatic effect. Every staple from the Ace Attorney titles, finger-pointing and all, is showcased with great effect here.

This being a remastered collection, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is a single tale split across two games (2015’s The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures & 2016’s The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve). Obviously this series has a longer runtime -about 30 hours or so- but this entry has less legal filler than past games and feels a tad more tight narrative-wise. With its cast of eccentric characters like the aptly-named Herlock Sholmes to the colourful witnesses and jurors, along with the aforementioned mechanics, there’s a lot to love here. Most of it can be attributed to the localization team at Capcom for doing a bang-up job with translating the lengthy script to what we’re seeing here.

Trial Of The Century

True, there is still the usual “lead you by the hand” moments and having to follow the motions of the story even if you already pieced out what happened a few witness stand bits ago, but that’s part and parcel of the Ace Attorney experience. At the very least, it’s smoothed out here and all the brain teasers and logic puzzles involving debating & arguing here made me feel a tad smarter when I solve them on my own.

As such, you’ll get your money’s worth here if you’re a fan of the series since the original games. Don’t go into this fresh though; a lot of wordplay and easter eggs will be lost on you if you didn’t get a chance to revisit the older titles, which are probably dirt cheap price-wise and in collections right now.

Final Score: 80/100

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  1. Capcom’s Great Ace Attorney Game Sold 500,000 Copies | KAKUCHOPUREI.COM

    April 15, 2022 at 11:34 am

    […] The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles collection includes The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures and The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve, two 3DS adventure titles that were never released outside of Japan until 2021. The collection is out now for PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC; go check it out if you haven’t.  […]

  2. Ace Attorney Pop Up Parade Figures Are Up For Pre-Order

    August 30, 2022 at 12:28 pm

    […] Phoenix Wright is the protagonist of Capcom’s Ace Attorney franchise, while Miles Edgeworth is his childhood friend who’s also the protagonist of the Ace Attorney Investigations spinoff games. The most recent title was The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles in July 2021 for Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PC. Check out our review of the game here. […]

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