Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth: Finished!
Spoilers within!
I think this game is pretty sweet overall, if you couldn’t tell by the fact that I beat it in like 1/30th of the time that I beat the next fastest PW game. I can’t decide where it ranks among the games other than that it’s definitely better than 1. Before 5-5, I was definitely kneejerking it below 3 but 5-5 will make me reconsider this.
So what do I like so much about the game? Well, Edgeworth is one of my favorite characters in the series due to his appearances in 1-3, 2-4, and 3-5 and I think the game is very good at making him seem much shier and more introverted than Phoenix. He is definitely more lost-in-thought than the at times gung-ho and talkative Phoenix. I think they do a really good job at portraying him in 5-4 as this kinda bratty kid who was raised by freaking Manfred. Having him as a cameo in the case was awesome.
I don’t think I could do an epicly long rant because I am lazy and my hands are already starting to hurt but~
5-1: Nice introduction. I think it’s on par with 1-1 and 3-1 in quality or so~ I think it’s a bit better for everything except Maggey Byrde which lowers it down to 1-1/3-1 level.
5-2: I like this case quite a bit. It’s quite neat. I found it pretty fun to figure out what happened and there’s no glaring flaws or anything like that. There’s a little something missing though, and I dunno what it is. It’s a decent case but can’t really compare to things at the top.
5-3: This case I already went over, but I find it comparable to 1-2, which I’m not all that fond of.
5-4: My biggest complaint here is that it is too easy. I love interrogating the Judge and figuring out Gumshoe’s secret. Baby Fran is kawaii. Nice mystery too. I am quite fond of this case just for the various “Wow, cool!” factor.
5-5: The Hallmark case of the game. Very well-executed, has enough mental scarring for my taste, and I quite like the case up to the very end where it suffers from PW-syndrome – aww geez can we just get this over with??!
Overall: 5-5 > 5-4 > 5-2 > 5-1 >>> 5-3! Yo.
Oh, the game also has the best music in the series and the best art. Edgeworth actually looks like a bishie like he seems like he's supposed to throughout the series!
