Sadface.

[sabinelagrande]

So, I finished Apollo Justice.

At some point, I'm going to sit down and write a real honest to god review of it, because I do have some actual thoughts about the gameplay, progression of the series, slash, etc, but

FUCKING OW MAN.

I didn't anticipate that the game would make me so very unhappy. I'm really not sure why it did, either. Obvious candidates include:

1. Kristoph. He was my favorite character straight away, and though I'd been sort of spoiled on the fact that he was an evil son of a bitch, I liked him anyway. He's classy. And then, he was decidedly unclassy. Where are my elegant villains? Where's my Shelly De Killer?

2. Phoenix. Shit, son. Yeah, it was a good direction to take the series, but goddammit, see 1! And over a fucking poker game? Plus, Phoenix is more than my proxy for the first three games. He's my boy. And I don't want drama to be happening in his life. Until Dahlia Hawthorne, all the drama happened to Edgeworth and Maya other characters. He's like my drinking buddy. I don't want his life all fucked up even if he's better for it in the end. And Jesus, he couldn't have a single friend left? No Gumshoe or Edgeworth or Maya or, hell, Bikini cameo? All you get is Director Hotti, and he and Phoenix don't seem to even recognize each other. There's Ema, but shit, she's just a Rise from the Ashes character. It hurts my heart.

3. Valant. Fuck, guys! Valant was robbed! He didn't get the magic, he didn't get the girl, he didn't get Trucy, he didn't even get a scene in the credits. What valid reason is there for him and Trucy not teaming up, or him and Thalassa not getting together after the game (OTP BITCHES)? Can't old boy catch a break at all?

4. Daryan. GODDAMMIT WHENEVER I LIKE A CHARACTER THEY TURN EVIL IMMEDIATELY, AND NOT IN AN AWESOME WAY.

5. Apollo and Klavier. They're fine characters, and they're growing on me. But... Phoenix and Edgeworth immediately grabbed me. It's unfair to compare them, especially because I started off with JFA!Phoenix and missing!Edgeworth, but I did have certain expectations that were not met.

It was honestly better than I thought it was going to be, but it certainly didn't make me happy. Fucking ow. :(

Comments

[sarahofcroydon.livejournal.com]

I felt really sad at the end of it too... there was no retribution for anybody, there was no sense of 'we got the bad guy yay!' because everyone's lives had been so fucked up by the whole mess. Also, we really didn't get an impression of their lives being messed up... you'd think Apollo would have been more upset by Kristoph's sudden status as murderer, and you'd think he'd be more angry at Phoenix for making his very first trial success based on illegal evidence, what a bastard.

The thing that got me the most was Phoenix... I love the bum plotline, I can see its feasibility and pros, but I don't think they got his character right. For a start, he was too cocky in the flashback, way too cocky for someone who'd previously wrapped up one of the most emotional trials of his career. He also seemed a little manipulative, too... our Phoenix believed in the truth and finding it with the truth, not forcing the truth by illegal means. Maybe his desperate resorting to forged evidence was meant to show us how desperate and affected he was by Kristoph, but I really didn't get a sense of that in any of the dialogue or case. :(

I won't talk your ear off, but there was a lot missing. A lot was great (Like Klavier's arse ) but a lot was missing.

I want to rename it "Phoenix Wright (and Apollo Justice who does all the dirty work for him)"