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Bitto 03/22/24 7:53:30 PM #1: |
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Previous Results: Turnabout Sisters (1-2) - 5.5 (17 votes) The First Turnabout (1-1) - 4.8 (22 votes) 1-2 does slightly better than 1-1, which makes sense because they're pretty similar. Hard to compare to the rest of the series, but hard to overlook their overall impact for the rest of the series, both as someone playing for the first time and when looking back over everything. Summary: When a popular action show villain is murdered at the production studio, the show's star Will Powers becomes the prime suspect. With Maya's help Phoenix uncovers a long history of cover-ups and extortion. Main Characters: Phoenix Wright, Maya Fey, Mia Fey, Dick Gumshoe, Miles Edgeworth, The Judge Other Characters: Will Powers, Jack Hammer, Wendy Oldbag, Penny Nichols, Cody Hackins, Sal Manella, Dee Vasquez My rating: 9/10. The case that made me love AA. Maya grows into her role as Phoenix's more comedic assistant. Edgeworth and Gumshoe feels less like obstacles and more like fully realized characters. Witnesses are memorable, but not necessarily caricatures. The murder has a whole arc to it, with each trial feeling like a big swerve. --- I can't live forever With my head and my heart in the clouds ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Lopen 03/22/24 7:56:20 PM #2: |
Bitto posted...
My rating: 9/10. The case that made me love AA. Maya grows into her role as Phoenix's more comedic assistant. Edgeworth and Gumshoe feels less like obstacles and more like fully realized characters. Witnesses are memorable, but not necessarily caricatures. The murder has a whole arc to it, with each trial feeling like a big swerve. This is honestly pretty close to my exact feelings. I wanna give it an 8.5 to leave more space for the better cases though. 8.5/10 --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Suprak_the_Stud 03/22/24 7:56:57 PM #3: |
9/10
I get that it isn't the "best" in the series, but it is also the case that made me fall in love with AA. It sort of all clicks here, and I was like "oh wait they can actually tell really cool unique stories in these cases, huh?" --- Moops? "I thought you were making up diseases? That's spontaneous dental hydroplosion." ... Copied to Clipboard!
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hombad46 03/22/24 7:57:28 PM #4: |
I'll give Samurai an 7.5. It's a good case, but there are much better later.
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Leonhart4 03/22/24 8:02:34 PM #5: |
9/10
The revelation at the end of day 2 (that the scene of the crime was Studio Two, not Studio One) was the first mind-blowing moment in the game for me, and that's what hooked me on the series. Edgeworth's face turn at the end is still a top ten hype moment, too. --- https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq https://imgur.com/89Z5jrB ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Haste_2 03/22/24 8:17:29 PM #6: |
8/10
It's pretty slow to get started, but it has the first great plot twist in the series (though there are two of them in this case) and the first great witness in the series (Dee Vasquez). Funny dialogue involving Dee, too. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "You drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." ... Copied to Clipboard!
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swirIdude 03/22/24 8:21:45 PM #7: |
8.5/10
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Leonhart4 03/22/24 8:22:18 PM #8: |
Don't "..." me!
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Lopen 03/22/24 8:27:56 PM #9: |
I love Dee Vasquez such an amazing witness.
I am convinced put it back to 9/10 from 8.5 --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Lord_Bob_Bree 03/22/24 8:43:44 PM #10: |
8/10
There are better chases, but this is a pretty darn good one. --- Congrats to azuarc for winning the 2020 GotD Contest "I like goldfish." Godric ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Arti 03/22/24 9:11:54 PM #11: |
7
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LightningStrikes 03/22/24 9:16:15 PM #12: |
7/10
Turnabout Sisters 6/10 --- I just decided to change this sig. Blaaaaaaargh azuarc ... Copied to Clipboard!
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skulltrumpets 03/22/24 9:52:24 PM #13: |
9/10 in addition to the already well deserved praise for dee, wendy oldbag is also a top tier character and will powers is a great defendant. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Leonhart4 03/22/24 10:02:35 PM #14: |
It's Oldbag's best appearance in the series because they actually give her a brief moment when she isn't actively antagonizing the protagonist
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Paratroopa1 03/22/24 10:30:00 PM #15: |
8/10 The pacing is weird - the investigations feel like they involve too much back-and-forth between annoying locations while the trial segments go a little bit too quickly. But other than that this is like - one of the most quintessential AA cases. It's one of the rare times that we ACTUALLY have Phoenix, Edgeworth, and Maya all together, it's the first case to have a really compelling murder mystery, the villain and the side characters are all great (Oldbag is awesome), and there's just so much classic, iconic AA stuff going on here. This was the case that made me fall in love with this game fully. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Leonhart4 03/22/24 10:33:36 PM #16: |
I always enjoy replaying 1-3 because this is the first case Phoenix and Maya are working together, and they're not totally comfortable and used to each other yet, so you get some interactions between them that can only happen here.
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Omniscientless 03/22/24 11:17:53 PM #17: |
7.5/10
This case feels a little too slow to start, but it picks up the pace and delivers a lot of great stuff. Cody Hackins is an underrated witness to me; pretty touching for a brat kid character, and I think he's the first witness who lies not because of misinterpreting what they saw or because they're involved in the murder? Wish we had seen more of Dee Vasquez since she's indeed pretty great, just unfortunately kinda gone in a flash. Even Sal Manella feels endearing (to me) with the extremely dated leetspeak thing. I replayed the case not too long ago and reading the word SUXXORZhonestly made me nostalgic. --- Surskit ... Copied to Clipboard!
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kevwaffles 03/22/24 11:32:50 PM #18: |
6/10
I will never get over ending the second trial day proving that Powers can't be the culprit. I actually like the anime for fixing this. --- "One toot on this whistle will take you to a far away land." -Toad, SMB3 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DireKrow 03/23/24 12:05:11 AM #19: |
6/10 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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greengravy294 03/23/24 12:13:47 AM #20: |
Solid 8
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MrSmartGuy 03/23/24 12:25:07 AM #21: |
7.5/10
Man, here I felt like I was really gonna be going to bat for this case today, but most people are going even higher. I was way lower on the other two; I guess I'm just taking to heart the "5 is an average AA case" metric more than you guys? 1-3 legitimately edges out 1-4 as my second-favorite case in AA1. The lows are quite low, but the highs are absolutely incredible.
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Fiop 03/23/24 12:37:06 AM #22: |
6.5/10
I felt it was kinda fillerish but had some good moments. --- "so is my word...It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." - Isaiah 55:11 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Leonhart4 03/23/24 7:25:34 AM #23: |
I think 1-3 is a top 10 level case, so a 9 felt pretty appropriate to me!
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azuarc 03/23/24 7:50:17 AM #24: |
I hated this case. I would have rated the first two higher than the average, but this one annoyed the crap out of me, trying to figure out the magic sequence of things I needed to do to advance the plot. I guess you could say it was my introduction into "real" Ace Attorney gameplay, but damn if I wasn't stuck for a long-ass time running back and forth clicking on everything.
And speaking of first exposure, I wasn't fond of the story or plot, either. Maybe now that I'm more familiar with the camp in the series' writing, I'd be more charitable, but the truth is I simply wasn't into this one and almost bailed on the game because of it. 2.5/10 --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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azuarc 03/23/24 7:54:36 AM #25: |
Bitto posted...
You can rate cases from previous topics if you miss a topic. Oh, okay then. I said I'd rate them higher than the average, but come to think of it, only barely. 1.1) 5/10 1.2) 6/10 1.1 gets some leniency for being the "intro" case, but it's otherwise pretty dumb. 1.2 I wasn't fond of how they immediately killed off Mia, even if it was necessary for story reasons, but it started to hint at -- without overstaying its welcome -- the depth that future cases might hold. I did them both very quickly with a friend sitting in the room with me, and there isn't much that's very memorable about either, tbh. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SeabassDebeste 03/23/24 9:12:23 AM #26: |
i just tried ranking all 54 (!) of these cases and it's becoming really hard to do so, especially for the least memorable ones like the layton guys. but it's also hard to measure scope vs execution vs ambition in these. 1-3 has less overall content than a lot of later cases but i'd argue it soars with what it has. 1-1 does that too but it's a little too stripped of content, but 1-3 has tons of good stuff (even while admittedly the investigation's sequencing can get you stuck for no reason)
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Bitto 03/23/24 12:02:52 PM #27: |
Objection! ...I was hoping to come up with a question while I was objecting, Your Honor...I didn't.
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Leonhart4 03/23/24 12:03:33 PM #28: |
This girl is out there!
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NFUN 03/23/24 12:47:38 PM #29: |
7/10
Gets a full point increase for "I was hoping to come up with a question while objecting" and "Verily, I say... Ergo!" and loses a full point for Vasquez doing everything she could to avoid a self-defense acquittal for no reason --- List the ominous stern whisper from the delphic cave within: They enslave their children's children who make compromise with sin ... Copied to Clipboard!
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colliding 03/23/24 1:08:59 PM #30: |
8/10
An important case, though not altogether satisfying. The first real case that gives players a sense of the series as a whole (partner investigations, big twists, etc.) Dee Vasquez isn't great imo and the last day of investigation feels weird. --- while you slept, the world changed ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Raka_Putra 03/23/24 1:26:05 PM #31: |
8.5 I love Dee's style.
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Hbthebattle 03/23/24 2:22:56 PM #32: |
7.5/10
This is where AA really starts to hit its stride, and the general pattern for how cases work is established. The previous two cases were setup, this is the first "normal" case, and it's pretty fun (and better than most of the series' filler) --- :) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Leonhart4 03/23/24 4:17:06 PM #33: |
Hey! You can't just go around saying "pal" all the time! That's MY endearing character trait!
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paulg235 03/23/24 7:41:14 PM #34: |
6 for both this case and 1-2.
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