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OMG! I WANT IT NOW. Doesn't come out until next year, though.
Phoenix Wright is seriously the best game series being released right now. It's an adventure game that's mostly legal based, but includes science fiction and supernatural elements and, more importantly, makes them work together. On the surface, it's completely out to lunch, but some of the subtext is surprising.
It's set in a near future where the court system has been completely overhauled. The rise in crime forced the legal system to shorten all trials, even complex murder trials, to a span of 3 days. To keep the prisoner levels low, the death penalty is used more often than not. With more and more cases ending in a "guilty" verdict, one has to wonder about the state of the legal system.
You play as Phoenix Wright, a rookie attorney tossed into this strange legal world and finding himself facing cases that he can't seem to win. Along the way you meet up with a bunch of insane characters like the the Feys, a family who's ties to the legal community are more than a little unusual and Miles Edgeworth, a prosecutor obsessed with bringing the guilty to justice. What makes the game rather nice is that these quirks actually are key point plots and not window dressing. There's more going on that what we see and I really want the third game to be brought to North America. The major cases in that game are flashbacks to the ones mentioned in the first game.
Phoenix Wright was recommended to be because people found the nature of the plot and characters comparable to Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle. DOTT it's not, but it stands more than well enough on it's own. It's surreal, but believable. Are Miles and Phoenix an issue? How about Phoenix and Mia? Does it really matter? Nope, but it's funny.
Although, the older brother/younger sister relationship that Phoenix and Maya build is adorable. Screw the fandom shippers, I'd love to see stories about just those two running around and casing havoc. There's going to be a manga series starting soon that follows Phoenix and Maya, so I'm all excited for that. :)
Be warned at finding this game is a complete and total bitch. I think I bought the last copy in Hamilton last weekend after searching for SIX months for a copy. Used copies can go for higher than the retail price. There's high demand and low stock, but it's so worth it when you finally get it.
OMG! I WANT IT NOW. Doesn't come out until next year, though.
Phoenix Wright is seriously the best game series being released right now. It's an adventure game that's mostly legal based, but includes science fiction and supernatural elements and, more importantly, makes them work together. On the surface, it's completely out to lunch, but some of the subtext is surprising.
It's set in a near future where the court system has been completely overhauled. The rise in crime forced the legal system to shorten all trials, even complex murder trials, to a span of 3 days. To keep the prisoner levels low, the death penalty is used more often than not. With more and more cases ending in a "guilty" verdict, one has to wonder about the state of the legal system.
You play as Phoenix Wright, a rookie attorney tossed into this strange legal world and finding himself facing cases that he can't seem to win. Along the way you meet up with a bunch of insane characters like the the Feys, a family who's ties to the legal community are more than a little unusual and Miles Edgeworth, a prosecutor obsessed with bringing the guilty to justice. What makes the game rather nice is that these quirks actually are key point plots and not window dressing. There's more going on that what we see and I really want the third game to be brought to North America. The major cases in that game are flashbacks to the ones mentioned in the first game.
Phoenix Wright was recommended to be because people found the nature of the plot and characters comparable to Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle. DOTT it's not, but it stands more than well enough on it's own. It's surreal, but believable. Are Miles and Phoenix an issue? How about Phoenix and Mia? Does it really matter? Nope, but it's funny.
Although, the older brother/younger sister relationship that Phoenix and Maya build is adorable. Screw the fandom shippers, I'd love to see stories about just those two running around and casing havoc. There's going to be a manga series starting soon that follows Phoenix and Maya, so I'm all excited for that. :)
Be warned at finding this game is a complete and total bitch. I think I bought the last copy in Hamilton last weekend after searching for SIX months for a copy. Used copies can go for higher than the retail price. There's high demand and low stock, but it's so worth it when you finally get it.
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Date: 2006-07-14 01:30 am (UTC)She's awesome. :D