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  1. blah the Prussian
    Damn it. Damn it, damn it, damn it. I had such high hopes for this game, especially after 6-2. Sigh. I guess I'll have to play it and see for myself, but still.
  2. blah the Prussian
    Without being too spoilers, Thane, how is it. I mean, it seems bad, but what general features make it bad?
  3. blah the Prussian
    I mean, for that last one they did, it was called Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev, and Bukharin, and Stalin kind of murdered them all.
  4. blah the Prussian
    Ah crap, I'm sorry. I thought I had made it vague enough, but apparently not. It's edited now.
  5. blah the Prussian
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SyndicalismNope, apparently. Although I wasn't exactly right either.
  6. blah the Prussian
    Isn't that more akin to Syndicalism? The democracy I mean. Socialism ideally IIRC aims to guide society away from Capitalism and then have an anarchist society.
  7. blah the Prussian
    Add to that her father being so mustache twirlingly evil he constantly takes great and public joy in forging evidence and constantly threatens her with death if she doesn't use her seances against people who he wants dead. Then have him massacre entire villages. Then have him appoint evil advisors everywhere.Then, when Phoenix asks her about it, the response is "well, he used to be good!" Yeah, it could be worse. TBH one case isn't too bad in terms of time it takes for character development. She's had a grand total of three seances be proven false, unless I'm counting wrong. Stack that up against a lifetime of being told she's never wrong. I'm not saying it doesn't make for frustrating writing, but it's hardly unrealistic. Though maybe it's a mistake ever using that word in relation to a Phoenix Wright game... Edit: Also, Serenes's Law strikes again.
  8. blah the Prussian
    Xander? Oh god, Xander is practically the Godwin's law of writing at this point. No, she would be like Xander if the audience was supposed to think that she was the hero and that defense attorneys are evil, or whatever. You can say what you want about how her flaws make her annoying, to they are recognized as that.
  9. blah the Prussian
    Oh, of course not, but Im saying it remains to be seen the extent to which her character development taking too long is a flaw in the writing. Edit: Probably the biggest thing I agree with you about is that the reaction of Phoenix and Maya was awful. It reminded me of IMO the worst moment in Dual Destinies; when Phoenix treats Aura Blackquill cordially despite the fact that she KIDNAPPED HIS DAUGHTER. Its an instance of the main characters reacting in the same way as the audience despite it not making sense.
  10. blah the Prussian
    I'm reserving judgement on her until I see how she is in the last case. If she's had it reversed then I'll dislike her outright, which will be a shame. However if she legitimately has changed... it will be a case of a rough initial run, but pulling through in the end.
  11. blah the Prussian
    I'm Monarchist
  12. blah the Prussian
    If I could use Death of the Author for a bit, she doesn't really understand what she's saying; the meaning of death. If she actually saw them on the chopping block... Essentially, wishing death on someone is a lot better than constantly assaulting people, abusing specific people, and getting away with it consistently. By the end of Case 3 Rayfa has already shown remorse for her actions and is doubting how just Khu'rain actually is. That is leagues more character development than Franziska gets in the entirety of JFA. She starts out better than Franziska, and ends better, too. And speaking of hateboners, Franziska has arguably the most annoying one in the series. I can see why you think the rest of the things that you think, even if I don't agree with all of them. I will say that I definitely agree that case 3 takes too long. However, I think that the idea that Rayfa is worse than Franziska is absurd.
  13. blah the Prussian
    Dude, Franziska physically assaulted the Judge in court, and had her development reversed in Bridge to the Turnabout. Rayfa is essentially wanting the execution of someone she believes to be a killer, and the DC act is something that everyone believes. There's also the fact that she's an impressionable 14 year old, while Franziska is a fully functioning adult. I agree that she can get annoying, and her character development took too long(and that's with my bias towards royalty) but Franziska is quite frankly worse. Edit: And to add to this, Rayfa pre development clearly expresses concern for her people by wanting to lower a bounty paid for by tax dollars. Franziska, meanwhile, for an entire game, takes joy in lowering Gumshoe's salary and whipping him. Rayfa>Franziska.
  14. blah the Prussian
    Well, I can somewhat understand that; personal preference and the like. I had some problems with Case 3, but overall I'm willing to paint it warts and all, to take a page from Oliver Cromwell's book.
  15. blah the Prussian
    You didn't like 6-2? Can I ask why?
  16. blah the Prussian
    Okay, I will say this: I'm almost done with case 3 and
  17. blah the Prussian
    Hello, and welcome to Serenes Forest! It's a great community just so long as you avoid Serious Discussion. :p Anyway... Which historical figure would you most want to voice? Which fictional character would you most want to voice?
  18. blah the Prussian
    And Trump wants to appease Putin even more. That would be an improvement how?
  19. blah the Prussian
    Opinions change. If past me saw what present me has to say about Monarchy, why he'd throw a fit! It isn't inconcistency.
  20. blah the Prussian
    And wait, this just dawned on me: it's not like the Kurain Channeling Technique is some beacon of problem-less storytelling. I mean, why has it been utilized so little? Why haven't historical figures been channeled so historians can interview them personally to get a feel for their motivations? I can see Mossad having a spirit medium channel Hitler just so they can mock and humiliate him. I mean, the technique could be used for so much more than solving crimes, and I'm surprised that spirit I mediums aren't everywhere. It also makes the idea of Edgeworth STILL not believing in them absurd, given that if I'm not mistaken he has actually faced off against Phoenix with channeled Mia before; if he hadn't, he could have heard of it from Franziska. Basically what I'm saying is that this isn't the first time Ace Attorney has had some sort of contrived magic ritual in its backstory.
  21. blah the Prussian
    But what I was saying is that there's liable to be a shitton of members of the Royal Family (look at the extended British Royal family for example), enough to make it work if you discount the other problems. I will say that ignoring all non murder crimes is hardly the sole property of this game. Maya even lampshades this in the Stolen Turnabout.
  22. blah the Prussian
    I was absolutely not disagreeing with you about Payne. I will say that I have yet to see the actual origins of the DC act, so, you know, I can't yet comment on how much it actually makes sense. I'm also pretty sure it wasn't explicitly stated that Rayfa's the only one who can do the seances (if she is that makes even less sense if the rest of the royal family can't do it at least, so I'd assume they'd have cadet branches doing it for other parts of the country). I agree that it is a plot hole, but it remains to be seen (for me) how much of a bearing it has on the actual cases. I'll be willing to grudgingly forgive a plot hole if said plot hole doesn't have an impact on actually solving the final case. Honestly it might be that I'm happy to see the game improve on Dual Destinies to such an extent.
  23. blah the Prussian
    Well, Thane is here and he's probably about to crush all of our enjoyment of the game! I will say that the whole idea of seeing the truth via the Seances never made much sense to me. So, like, what do they do for literally any crime where no one died? What do they do when the killer used a sniper rifle, for example? Do they just show the vision in court and Rayfa says "well shit, it appears my powers are easily countered by sniper rifles"? If this is the case, why hasn't everyone who wants to commit a murder in Khu'rain gotten a sniper rifle? Also, Rayfa is fourteen. The DC Act (it stands for a ban on overly dark and brooding superhero films, of course!) was passed twenty years ago. Overall, though, I think that this plot hole is easily rationalized around, and it doesn't affect my enjoyment of the cases at large. But yeah, I do hope Winston returns for the next game, because there's no way Edgeworth is letting Gaspen back after that.
  24. blah the Prussian
    No, that's an argument for the system that most civilized countries, including the US, have. The American one is held back by beauraucracy being beauraucracy, but the system itself is still absolutely necessary. Also, welfare food, generally speaking, is shitty. Sure, you could live in it, but your life won't be please t unless you don't have taste buds, which is a different problem, I guess. It remains entirely natural for someone to want to get themselves out of that situation, all welfare serves to do is make that situation not life threatening.
  25. blah the Prussian
    Well, of course. This is what welfare is for. A state that has people legitimately dying of starvation has failed as a state.
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