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The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Free Download GAMESPACK.NET The last time we saw Phoenix Wright and friends, the stars of the Ace Attorney franchise, they were in a made-up country called Khura’in. Spirit of Justice came out for 3DS in 2016, and was relatively divisive — a lot of critics ranked it highly, but others found issue with its “wishy-washy” mechanics and its heavy reliance on made-up mysticism. It also marked a fairly big change in the Ace Attorney games: though they’ve always been quite coy about where they’re set, they’ve never really left the United States (or Japan, if you’re a purist) — at least, until Spirit of Justice, where significant chunks of the story are set in a fictional country. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, as many fans will already know, is set in Meiji-era Japan and Victorian England, making it it almost the exact opposite of Spirit of Justice: instead of being made-up, it’s firmly rooted in historical fact and steeped in the vernacular of the time. It can be quite jarring to go from the often light-hearted, goofy fictional world of Phoenix Wright (the man who adopted a daughter out of nowhere, and has a sidekick who can read emotions with a magical bracelet) to the weirdly real world of Wright’s ancestor.TOP/BEST ADULT VIDEO GAMES IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

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Ryunosuke Naruhodo — not least because the latter is also very, very Japanese. The Great Ace Attorney relies so much on Japanese culture, language, and history that it can at times feel alienating, even though it would be ludicrous to ask a Japanese game made by Japanese writers to tone it down. It’s no one’s fault, and it’s no one’s problem to fix; it just is what it is. The localisation is fantastic, and does a great job of explaining things as you go, whether it’s the writings of Soseki Natsume (a very famous Japanese novelist who used to be on the 1000-yen note) or a play on words that requires knowledge of the intricacies of the Japanese language, but even with all that, it does occasionally feel like a very kind friend is explaining an inside joke to you; you end up with all the context, but you’re still not really in on the joke. There’s still so much to enjoy about the writing anyway that it’s not really an issue for most of the time. You can tell, even without speaking Japanese, the amount of thought, care, and research that went into the text. Characters from smoggy old London feel genuinely British: world-weary, cynical, utterly tired of the cold and the fog, and if you take a drink every time someone mentions tea you’ll have liver failure in a matter of minutes. In contrast, the Japanese characters seem nervous, wide-eyed, and overly-polite; it’s all part of their characters, of course.

OBJECTIONS.

Especially in a foreign and not particularly welcoming country, not to mention the overt racism they’re faced with, like jury members instantly distrusting them because of their provenance, or one particular prosecutor that’s constantly throwing nasty barbs at them based on their ethnicity. Almost everything else about the game is similarly brilliant. The backgrounds are stunningly detailed, and it’s almost a shame that only a very small amount of it can be examined for unique dialogue. Likewise, the level of quality in the detailed animations and characterful personas is almost too emotional for a long-time fan to bear, because it shows how far the series has come, and how much respect and admiration it’s gained in the 20 years since it first came out. It’s truly incredible to see characters interacting with each other, from gentle prods with an umbrella to a maid pouring tea over her master’s lap as a passive-aggressive way to tell him to shut up. These might all sound complicated in theory, but in practice it’s like a whole new toybox filled with goodies; both the investigative portions of the game and the court cases are constantly giving Ryunosuke new things to do, rather than just clicking through text boxes. And, for the most part, they work fantastically: there’s just enough signposting that it’s easy to figure out what to do next.WARRIORS ALL-STARS

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without the dreaded boring bits where you’re either too far ahead of the case, or have absolutely no idea what to do. Some parts will even require you to make rather exciting leaps of logic, but they’re relatively small leaps; all the same, you’ll feel smart. The characters take a while to grow on you, especially if you aren’t a fan of Herlock Sholmes’ personality — which lies somewhere in the intersection between David Tennant’s Doctor Who, Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently, and an over-confident golden retriever. Ryunosuke is charmingly earnest, as he accidentally implicates his clients over and over again through overenthusiastic attempts to find the truth; his sidekick, Susato, begins as a distant but knowledgeable assistant and matures into a version of Maya that’s much better at her job (sorry, Maya). The accessibility options in the game deserve a shoutout of their own: although you can’t change the text size, you can change the speed, the textbox transparency, and even set it to Autoplay (which runs through the text automatically, but still requires you to do the inputs) or Story Mode, which automates the entire thing, no button presses required. You can also turn off vibration and screen flashes, if you wish. You can also play the cases in any order, from various chapters in the case, sort of like a DVD selection menu; this makes achievements easier to get.

Gameplay.

We’re not entirely sure why the game has achievements, but a lot of them add nicely to the goofiness of the Ace Attorney series, like an achievement for examining every ladder (for the longtime fans). The character interactions are the heart of The Great Ace Attorney, because the new gimmicks — every Ace Attorney adds at least one — largely involve people interacting with other people. In the court-based portions of the game, multiple witnesses can appear at once, and part of the methods you’ll use to defend your client will involve how the witnesses react to someone else’s testimony. Then, there’s the jury, which is pulled from the real-life British legal system, despite a lot of Ace Attorney-style weirdness added in (people directly involved with the case can be on the jury, for example). The jury can declare their verdict at any point, and if they all decide your client is guilty, then you have to claw back their support (or their indifference, at least) by pitting their opinions against one another. Finally, there’s the investigative gimmick, in which Sherl– sorry, HERLOCK SHOLMES, the legally-distinct-but-still-recognisable detective.The Origin Blind Maid

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Makes a bunch of observations and then Ryunosuke has to gently redirect him to the right conclusions like an errant Roomba that’s stuck on a rug. Like a great detective novel, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles gives us clues in its opening moments that won’t pay off until its final hours. That trick is even more impressive here as the adventure games collected, The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures and The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve, were originally published two years apart and together tell one continuous 80 hour story. Clues, character arcs, cases–all are revealed slowly over the course of the two visual novels, culminating in one satisfying conclusion that ties it all together. Adventures, from 2015, and Resolve, from 2017, take players back roughly 100 years before Phoenix Wright ever entered the courtroom. Here, players take on the role of that famous ace attorney’s ancestor, Ryunosuke Naruhodo, at the dawn of the 20th century. The story begins in Meiji Period Japan before traveling to Victorian-era England, where the bulk of the action takes place. That action, as in Phoenix Wright, involves collecting evidence from crime scenes, waiting for the right moment to use it in court and then presenting it at the right time during a cross examination to make a witness’ testimony fall apart.

Story.

As The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures begins, Japan and Great Britain have just entered into a trade agreement. The ink on the agreement is barely dry–historically speaking, that is; a character later suggests that the agreement has been in place for a decade–so when Naruhodo is caught with a pistol in his hand at the scene of a visiting British professor’s murder, the resulting trial carries with it the weight of the fragile alliance between the two empires. With the case all but decided against him, Naruhodo must prove his innocence with the help of his best friend, Kazuma Asogi, a law student set to embark the next day for a study abroad program in England. The katana-wielding Kazuma is strong-willed, confident, and believes wholeheartedly that his friend is innocent, and that belief motivates Naruhodo’s own practice of law as the game progresses, with the young defense attorney understanding well the difference that his belief in his clients’ innocence can make. The game is great in moments like that opening case, when the player begins a case on their backfoot and must learn the facts on the fly. These cases, which introduce evidence over the course of the trial, much more capably sustain interest than the cases that have full-fledged investigations before you even enter the courtroom.

Adventures’ final case, which features a lengthy investigation followed by an even lengthier court case, suffers from the feeling that it may never end. Both games feature court cases in the East and in the West, which means learning procedures for both Japanese and British courtrooms. The biggest difference is that British court cases are decided by a jury–who, in a fun visual metaphor, must cast balls of fire onto white or black braziers on a massive scale which looms over the courtroom–while Japanese verdicts are adjudicated exclusively by the judge. As a result, in both games, Japanese court cases function as a tutorial, introducing players to the basics of cross-examining witnesses and presenting evidence before the added complexity of the jury is added later on. The basic gameplay is fairly straightforward. After a crime occurs, you search the scene and find objects that may or may not have relevance to the case and as you do, they’re entered into the Court Record, so you can access them in the stand. Then, once a court case begins, you use the evidence you’ve collected to highlight issues in a witness’ testimony by cross examining them. While The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is not entirely free from the “I know what the game means, but it will only accept one specific piece of evidence” problems that have popped up in past Ace Attorney games.

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it’s rare enough here that it didn’t bother me. Plus, you can save anytime or switch to Story Mode, which makes the game play itself, if you ever get stumped.  Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke. Set in late 19th century Japan and England, each title features five murder-mystery episodes filled with all the drama, laughs, twists, and “turnabouts” you’ve come to expect from the legally labyrinthine legacy of Ace Attorney. Join Ryunosuke Naruhodo, ancestor of series mainstay Phoenix Wright, as he attempts to uncover the secrets behind an international criminal conspiracy and solve a hauntingly baffling cold case, while tackling a series of tricky trials along the way. Dozens of hours of attorney action awaits you! In the course of each case, you’ll speak to witnesses, examine evidence and clues, and attempt to deduce the dastardly intent behind the crime before proceeding to the courtroom. In court, you will hear testimonies, cross-examine witnesses, and present evidence. And of course, it wouldn’t be an Ace Attorney game if you couldn’t shout “OBJECTION!” when you know you’ve got the facts and evidence needed to contradict the prosecution’s claims and prove your client’s innocence.Ancient Warfare 3

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