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CanardElastique posted...

I just don't think the series is ever as surprising as it is was the first time you get to play as a video game lawyer. That "am I really fucking doing this" thrill just isn't the same. But I'm willing to change my tune after I play GAA2 if it's better. That's the last one I need to finish.

Don't get me wrong; I think the other games you mentioned are fantastic. I love the whole series. Just nothing quite tops the magic of the first game to me. Edgeworth, Gumshoe, Von Karma..

I get what you mean, I share your sentiments myself, it's a feeling of nostalgia more than anything, rather than the game itself being peak. So if someone played another installment first, they'd feel the same way.
But looking at it from a more objective and analytical perspective, AA1 is just way too simple and basic on retrospect. 1-1 is literally 20 minutes. It's a perfect intro to how the AA formula plays but it's literally as cookie-cutter as you can possibly get. 1-2 is again an iconic intro to investigations and multi-day trials but like 1-1 it's very simple and the second day trial is outright stupid, with the killer being dumber than the 1st case's and you still lose and have to get bailed out by the ghost of the victim herself. . 1-3 is average to meh. 1-4 is the game's shining case, being one of the best cases in the series but that's most AAs and other games have more than just one case being top tier. There's also 1-5 but that was a remake exclusive case written after the third game.
AA1 is a perfect introduction but if it was actually released as a full new game, people would be very disappointed. The vast majority of people have 1 in the middle if not on the lower end.
I'd still say later games have surprised me just as much with some surprising me more than AA1 did.