The Ace Attorney games are an unforgettable experience with a wide cast of characters that are full of personality, cases full of twists and turns...

... and puns galore.

Gameplay, it is most of the time really just a visual novel cleverely disguised as a detective game. It's split into two main formats: Investigations and Trials. The former plays mostly like old click and point games to find and collect evidence, while you can talk to witnesses. The characters in these games tend to be very wacky; you'll have witnesses acting very cheesy, very "absurd" for a lack of better words as they perform feats and other wacky moves that almost distract you from what they'll say to you. It's fun and each of them are filled with personality that makes them stand out. You get to sometimes even press people to dig deeper for more information by using special powers like Phoenix's magatama in which you break "Psyche-locks" to make them spill the beans or Apollo's bracelet that lets him perceive even the smallest of twitches and small bodily habits to explain and gain a better understanding of the cases. It's fun to open these witnesses up and see them submit to your deductional results.

The latter, Trials, is where your hard-working investigation pays off as you get to piece the puzzle together and drag out the true culprit into the hall of justice. These are filled with twists and turns, and are a blast. Only sometimes did it feel like it was very specific for what evidence it asked for but this stingy feeling wasn't always the case. The character animations are whimsical and absurd, it adds to that infamous ace attorney persona where the characters are so absurd, it's funny.

It should be noted now that what makes this game so memorable for me is both the characters but also the music.
The music in every game is completely different with only character themes being the most consistent; the trial music is always different for each installment. Yet for every game, each track of the trial music is seemingly written with the same "feeling" to it. How every Cross-exam music has this inquisitive feeling, that also has a more amped-up, high-pace version that plays when you're getting real close to unveiling the true culprit and their deeds. The Objection! themes of every lawyer fits their personality and is immensely a good time when you're building your case.

There are a lot of puns (A lot of names in these games are literal puns and to keep it a little spoiler free, you have characters literally named "Trust-In-me, I'llBeYourGuide" and even "That'sHorrible" and ontop of that, there is a bit of a certain kind of humor to these games. The playable characters can come off very shocked and just flat out at a loss for words to react to some witnesses and there's a lot of cheesy moments here and there so that's important to keep in mind that it may not be for all.


Still, it's one of the best damn franchises. You can Tahrust Inmee on that.

The Ace Attorney games are an unforgettable experience with a wide cast of characters that are full of personality, cases full of twists and turns... ... and puns galore. Gameplay, it is most of the time really just a visual novel cleverely disguised as a detective game. It's split into two main formats: Investigations and Trials. The former plays mostly like old click and point games to find and collect evidence, while you can talk to witnesses. The characters in these games tend to be very wacky; you'll have witnesses acting very cheesy, very "absurd" for a lack of better words as they perform feats and other wacky moves that almost distract you from what they'll say to you. It's fun and each of them are filled with personality that makes them stand out. You get to sometimes even press people to dig deeper for more information by using special powers like Phoenix's magatama in which you break "Psyche-locks" to make them spill the beans or Apollo's bracelet that lets him perceive even the smallest of twitches and small bodily habits to explain and gain a better understanding of the cases. It's fun to open these witnesses up and see them submit to your deductional results. The latter, Trials, is where your hard-working investigation pays off as you get to piece the puzzle together and drag out the true culprit into the hall of justice. These are filled with twists and turns, and are a blast. Only sometimes did it feel like it was very specific for what evidence it asked for but this stingy feeling wasn't always the case. The character animations are whimsical and absurd, it adds to that infamous ace attorney persona where the characters are so absurd, it's funny. It should be noted now that what makes this game so memorable for me is both the characters but also the music. The music in every game is completely different with only character themes being the most consistent; the trial music is always different for each installment. Yet for every game, each track of the trial music is seemingly written with the same "feeling" to it. How every Cross-exam music has this inquisitive feeling, that also has a more amped-up, high-pace version that plays when you're getting real close to unveiling the true culprit and their deeds. The Objection! themes of every lawyer fits their personality and is immensely a good time when you're building your case. There are a lot of puns (A lot of names in these games are literal puns and to keep it a little spoiler free, you have characters literally named "Trust-In-me, I'llBeYourGuide" and even "That'sHorrible" and ontop of that, there is a bit of a certain kind of humor to these games. The playable characters can come off very shocked and just flat out at a loss for words to react to some witnesses and there's a lot of cheesy moments here and there so that's important to keep in mind that it may not be for all. Still, it's one of the best damn franchises. You can Tahrust Inmee on that.