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Saturday, May 2, 2009
Game Review: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney>
Game Title: Apollo Justice
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Text Adventure
Summary: This is the 4th game in the series Ace Attorney, or better known in Japan as Gyakuten Saiban. The rough concept of the game relatively simple, you are a defense attorney where you have to find evidence and point out contradictions in order to prove your client innocent. However the characters are much more in depth and the storyline has much more twists to make things not that simple for players ^_^. Each of the character display differing characteristics and there are times where you can't make out who's on your side and who's not.
Graphics: Being a 2D text adventure game, of course there wouldn't be any/much action in it. However the characters of the game are unique in the sense that they defy logic and common sense XD. I mean who would keep feeler-like hair or drills? But that's one of the key points that make this series so appealing to the fans. The characters may seem out of place somewhat but they are still appealing to our eyes. The background art of the different locations in game are also well done, and there are times where there are hidden details(sometimes random funny stuff) where you have to search for.
Music: The music at different points of the game fits the feeling at that point very well. The music would change to intense music when you've caught on to a contradiction. It would also change to silent, scary musci when you are exploring when some unknown person jus pop up in front of you.
Story:Although it's not necesary to play the previous 3 games, but it is advisable as there are links in the storyline. Basically the story starts out with a rookie attorney, Apollo Justice. The case starts out with a friend of his mentor, Kristoph Gavin getting filed for murder. Thus Apollo has to take on the case to find out the truth and make sure justice prevails(bad pun I know XP).
Gameplay: There are mainly 2 phases, 1st is the Investigation Phase & 2nd is the Courtroom Phase. The investigation phase is where you have to move about different places to talk to people as well as explore the surroundings to get evidence and hints on what could actually be the truth in the case. You do that by simply tapping on your DS touchscreen, there's a cursor which you can move on the location to spot different items & you can also tap on different tabs to move about or talk to people.
The courtroom phase is similar to talking to people, but you have to listen to the witness's testimony and "Press" them in order to reveal contradictions. There are times where you have to present evidence to completely object the testimony, they offered an option for players to shout "Objection!" into the mic, or for the more shy ones, jus press the button XD.
Conclusion: The game has been well planned out and it's fun to play. My advice to people, even those who don't really play text games, give it a try, you'll find yourself hooked on to it XD
This game can get the player drawned into the story and you can really appreciate the twists very well. In fact most of my friends around me are all fans of this series, myself included XD
You can see us talking about it all the time XD