I turned my attention like everyone else to Brain Age, "hey, this game will make you more intelligent!".
It will also seem like homework and get dry and repetitive after a while.
So I turned my attention on Trauma Center & a Lawyer game. Due to financial reasons I have only played said Lawyer game: PHOENIX WRIGHT: ACE ATTORNEY!
The trilogy lasted me a mighty fine 3 years (basically 3 summer holidays well spent!). I can not say anything about the first game that hasn't been said already, in hindsight it didn't utilize the touch screen as well as Trauma Center, but the story was so damn good and I was blown away when I discovered that this game had elements of fantasy and mysticism perfectly grounded in to reality, perfectly is just my humble opinion.
I was disappointed in the 2nd game, it was just very uneventful, you think a female prosecutor (Francisca) and more back story for the Fey family would be a great idea for a sequel. It did sound good on paper, but the play through was rather dry. Oh and one last thing, never in my life have I enjoyed anything Circus themed, I don't even enjoy the circus but I think every crime drama has to visit the circus. Fortunately, I had not played the bonus case from the original so I went back and played that, made up for an overall mediocre entry in to the franchise.
The third game was perfect and gave me an unbelievable sense of closure. The chance to play 2 cases as Mia Fey, Phoenix's mentor serving as a pseudo prequel all the while moving the story forward, amazing! After playing the game I just wanted the experience to resonate in my subconscious. I downloaded the orchestrated soundtrack and boy, oh boy was it a great experience. I even downloaded some of the remixes, great fun.
I checked out Apollo Justice immediately after beating the 2nd game or 3rd I am not sure. It seemed like a great game, but just like Phoenix I would rather wait 8 years before I play it.
The Spin-Off: Investigation, kind of sucked in my opinion. It just didn't pull me in like the first game did and I did not even bother completing the first game. I later found out that the writer for the game wasn't even Shu Takami (writer of the trilogy). Perhaps that's why.
Now we have Phoenix Wright 5: Dual Destinies coming out and I have checked it out. Aside from the initial wow effect of a destroyed court room, I didn't see anything that would make me invest in a 3DS. Darc recently persuaded me to buy an iPhone 5 and if Capcom releases Ace Attorney 1 - 4. I will buy it!
Can anyone relate to how I feel?
I just feel like I belong to the last generation and I rarely feel excited for sequels especially if I feel the characters are not going anywhere, returning Phoenix to the court just seems kinda off, I know that he becomes a lawyer again at the end of Apolla Justice, but I felt him passing the torch to a new lawyer was a great idea.
Edit: I also saw the movie and it sucked. Another shit video game to film adaptation.
Oh and cross overs, at the moment I think they are done to create an artificial boom in fan enthusiasm. Cross overs rarely work, and I have never heard of professor Layton so I won't even bother attaching a trailer for it.
