Month: October 2024

Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies

I just started this one, I’m on case 2 (the yokai one) and I was talking in chat about it and someone asked if I’d met Prosecutor Blackquill yet and I had to admit I hadn’t, just a mention of him. But I was intrigued. So I played some more and now I know why people were excited because he is AMAZING. He’s like a horror movie Prosecutor, with the chains and makeup and the slasher killer.

I really like Athena Cykes (nice dual Greek name) as the new lawyer and battle damage!Apollo is adorable.

I wasn’t sure how I felt about the new animation style but it’s growing on me, especially all the new things they can do now.

Fulbright is fun and I was joking that someone needs to do something about his devotion to justice and Apollo Justice, in the insinuation sense. I love the Yokai designs and Ted Tonate was a fantastic villain. The stuff they did with his goggles and the minor smile/frowns at the start were fantastic.

Phoenix is no longer a dirtbag (looking) but he’s cleaned up real nice.

Apparently Trucy and Apollo still have no idea they’re siblings but I’m very sure they’re not going to pull a Skywalker so it’s not a problem, really. But I hope to see that discovery soon. And also I hope the game will tell me where the Feys are.

Miles, I assume, is somewhere.

Finished Apollo Justice

Oh man oh man I really liked this. I’ve been working on this game for 2 years, partially because I was reluctant to really get into it given how hard it was (at the time) to get my hands on Dual Destinies and the fact the third game wasn’t even translated.

Then it came to switch! And so did the Miles Edgeworth games! So that’s great.

I guessed two years ago that Apollo and Trucy were siblings because of their eyes and orphan-ness and the person I asked just went ‘I don’t really remember the games that well’ and I would have thought another person was just trying not to spoil me but you know what, I don’t miss talking about games with that person. It was very unrewarding even though they were always initiating it.

So! I finished the game while on vacation and away from WoW and I’d also correctly guessed who their mother was, so that was cool. No idea why she ditched baby Apollo though, maybe that’ll be reviewed in a later game. Maybe in Dual Destinies! Which I started now!

But back to Apollo Justice – I keep saying that Apollo is such a good boy and doesn’t deserve the shit Phoenix and Trucy give him. I think Trucy is exactly the daughter Phoenix should have, though. A really well matched pair. And I loved seeing Phoenix at the height of his career right before it all came crashing down – he was ready for what happened, the build up was great.

I need to look up the ‘bad ending’ on youtube – I forgot to save before I spared Vera Misham so I haven’t been able to see it yet.

I missed the clue about the ‘spiked hair’ also applying to Kristoph because I didn’t realize that thing he did with his hair was a spike, I thought it was just a really tight curl. I forgot this was an Ace Attorney game, with the wild character designs. I love the designs.

Honestly my favourite part of this game was dirtbag Phoenix. It suited him so well.

I’m still wondering where the hell the Feys are though.