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All of which sounds like fun, and it is. Actually proving that a witness is a big fat liar is pretty cool, as is getting your client off and finally nailing the real suspect. However, there's one significant problem with Apollo Justice that seriously detracts from the game - and that's Phoenix Wright himself. Despite the fact that you're not playing as Phoenix himself, Mr Wright appears so frequently that it feels like you're a guest star in your own game. Add to that the fact that Phoenix himself is irritatingly smug for most of the game, and you find that the game starts to grate. You can spend a good ten minutes discovering a vital piece of evidence, only for Phoenix himself to admit that he knew about it all along. In fact, half of the cases in the game revolve around Phoenix's past cases. It would have been better for the game to abandon Phoenix altogether. It's not a bad game, but hopefully the sequel will let Apollo grow as a character, without the game turning into the Phoenix Wright Show again. Rent, but don't buy.
All of which sounds like fun, and it is. Actually proving that a witness is a big fat liar is pretty cool, as is getting your client off and finally nailing the real suspect. However, there's one significant problem with Apollo Justice that seriously detracts from the game - and that's Phoenix Wright himself. Despite the fact that you're not playing as Phoenix himself, Mr Wright appears so frequently that it feels like you're a guest star in your own game. Add to that the fact that Phoenix himself is irritatingly smug for most of the game, and you find that the game starts to grate. You can spend a good ten minutes discovering a vital piece of evidence, only for Phoenix himself to admit that he knew about it all along. In fact, half of the cases in the game revolve around Phoenix's past cases. It would have been better for the game to abandon Phoenix altogether. It's not a bad game, but hopefully the sequel will let Apollo grow as a character, without the game turning into the Phoenix Wright Show again. Rent, but don't buy.