-Gimme the spoilers
-Of course you'd hope I enjoy.
-TV. Of course.
-Don't panic? This can only go horrible.
-"He's under heavy watch. Definitely no problems." Yeah, totally not.
-zomg so many presents.
-EVERYTHING HAS A PRESENT CONVO DON'T DO THIS TO ME
-And now the plot forbids me from examining things until I talk to Ema.Curse you, plot. I wanna digress.
-Just a fire, huh? No murders today?
-Okay it's totally Kristoph. SOMEHOW.
-Oh.... sup? I didn't mean that. We weren't talking about you at all.
-Oh man. Eccentric people everywhere.
-There's a suspicious amount of plants in this trial. Charley for killer. (of... someone.)
-Jukebox for longest timer ever
-His face is starting to look like a trollface, in fact.
-MAKE IT STOP
-Ugh....
-I'm both amazed and horrified you actually used THAT sound effect
-Now for the defendant. Can't possibly be worse
-I like him, too.
-this is intriguing stuff. Well maybe I just dig those mysterious organizations as always.
-S-Stalker
-Really? Love letters while in detention. Way to have good timing, man.
-Does the fact I looked for a hidden message in that letter make me paranoid?
-More interesting than I thought she'd be. You never disappoint
-Love poem to Klavier or Ema should totally have triggered a conversation.
-Who wouldn't hate the courts after being prosecuted by freaking Hazama?
-MARIA BROKE A VASE AGAIN?
-TWO?
-THREEEEEE?
-Oh it's just Ema.
-KRISTOPH ! WHERE'S MARIA WHEN YOU NEED HER TO DEAL WITH THIS?
-Can't stop here. This just got good.
-....wat
-Holy hell
-I... uh...
-I have no idea what the christ just happened, but I'm all for this.
-Ghost attorneys
-Oh right, I was wondering about the judge.
-y'know, what's the point of this? The guy's on death row anyway. Again. And now he gets two trials? Those people sure have time and money to waste. xP
-aaaand the evidence keeps coming. I had, like, nothing of this in DWaM case and now I have way too much. This is another form of hell.
-GUMSHOE WE REALLY HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE HERE
-lol theory tiem. Interactive recaps are fine by me
-Pointing out things on a map? THE KILLER ESCAPED USING THE FACT THAT- Oh wait, there is no 5F on this one...
-Present the door at the statement about the door. Can't quite put my finger on it, but something ain't right! ...See, it worked.
-jammed....door. JAMMED DOORS. EVERYWHERE.
-MORE EVIDENCE? YOU MONSTERS
-Fireproof cameras. Expected/10
-Kristoph smashing vases. Must be in the family after all. /shamelessselfreference
-Suddenly, Peppers. Now 250% more suspicious
-lol these co-council convos.
-DON'T DO THIS TO ME! WHAT COULD POSSIBLY DEMAND FURTHER INSPECTION?
-oic
-[insert bad Burns pun here]
-HE WANTED TO MEET THAT WOMAN. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CASE AT HAND. YES. Phoenix still knows how this game is played.
-Oh god why are they actually doing this? ^^"
-NO. JUST... KEEP SUPER OBJECTIONS OUT OF TRIALS. It always makes me feel a strange combination of love and hate
-co-council is subtly hinting at 2 pieces of evidence. Let's assume that for now... hm... and it's most likely another connection. So yeah, JUSTICE.
-But i can't present it, so I looked it up. Now I'm sure I tried the right combination before, but oh well... you neve rknow whether to include profile or whatnot. Oh well, right idea, wrong way to present it.
-haha, Wright is just dodging the question of how all of this is supposed to be relevant now
-"Waaaaait a second." Well FINALLY we can get to that. >:D
-BLAME EVERYTHING ON ED SALEM. Fine by me. He killed him because we were too rude.
-ohai Kurtis Gavin-reference. I'm taking this as bribery, even though it's technically Lind's character xP
-lol, I'm sensing a trend here. Defendants are always explaining themselves during recess. (because it totally wouldn't have helped a bunch to just tell us right at the beginning of the trial)
-Figured this wouldn't go well
-Meh, screw this. We'll talk about that old trial with him instead. xP
-OH goddammit, that witness...
-lolHazama
-Yeah, causing his own store to burn down. Seems legit.
-and now it's Salim again. I'm not sure who's the killer here, but he sure as hell is sufficiently stubborn. (owait it's prolly neither)
-Super present are possible. I hate you.
-okay there obviously was no other way out.
-zomg second try. I ACTUALLY GOT A SUPER OBJECTION RIGHT IN THIS COMPETITION.
-most elaborate recap ever. Approved.
-Peppers + key. ToC all over again. Calling it now. xP
-IT WORKED. I... can't help but like this just because culprit + key is apparently a meme now, even though it was surprisingly simple after that super-recap. (well, for people who have played the trials in question anyway.)
-Oh here he is. Now be stubborn as hell please. *starts counter*
-Cutting right to the chase, eh? THis might be tough...
-This is definitely a tough one. LET'S DO THIS.
-I can honestly state that I'm more or less completely stumped, after some shaky attempts
-Fine, one tiny walkthrough peek. If this is even barely reasonable I'll be impressed.
-DARN IT ALMOST HAD IT WHY DID I LOOK INSTEAD OF TRYING SOME MORE. Oh well, 0 - 1 for Peppers
-ahaha "Keys, anyone?" Those are screwing him over now.
-on to Rita... (at this point it's obvious he's everyone.)
-Got it. Not that hard after a little starting help. ^^"
-Fair enough. Now on to Isaac. Hmmmm....
-lol I have no clue how I got this on the second try. Guess the ball's rolling.
-I'll call this testimony totally a tie, seeing how I got most of it right after a little starting help. ^^" Just had to get a hang of how the 'game' works~
-DON'T MAKE SUPER PRESENTS POSSIBLE IN EVERY TESTIMONY, YOU MONSTERS. I know I pretty much asked for it, but...
-Okay... think.... fitting room.... mirror... Kristoph... something like that.
-YES FIRST TRY. THE SUPER OBJECTIONS ARE ACTUALLY REASONABLE HERE. Okay, you are no monsters after all.
-Good question. How DID nobody bring this up before? I was actually wondering how that worked. xP
-oic, guess they could have easily refuted that one if brought up
-"oh by the way I have much more up my sleeve later on." ....why thank you .I'm all up for it. >_>
-SUPER OBJECTION ARE POSSIBLE AGAINNNNN
-Hmmk let's think about this.
-Definitely didn't have it beforehand
-I see how it is. Klavier's testimony. Small time gap. Somehow.... right?
-Holy hell I'm actually solving these. *confidence boost*
-AHAHAHAHAHAHA i knew he'd ask for location AND statement. Well I thought this through, no worries.
-Worries. It didn't quite work as intended. I can't be that far off though.... I mean the super objection worked out and all.
-Statement 9 is definitely the one. Pointing out only Peppers' location wasn't enough.
-....and I don't really see how the location of a piec eof evidence.... well maybe the gun... but.... iunno...
-THat leaves Kristoph only and "Both". And after testing "Both" I apparenlty get to point out the locations spearately instead of implying they were at the same location, which'd have been silly
-...
-...fff
-.....YESSSS
-obviously everyone could have entered. I mean really, what do you want from me here?
-The cameras? pfff...
-WHO entered? I can't believe he's even asking THAT!
-Yes, object some more. Struggle all day. This Turnabout shall never end. (love the music btw)
-Well... this guy just legitimately intimidated me with his confidence.
-I'm staring at this choice, not sure what to choose. Relaly want to get it right for some reason.
-...darn it, he got me to doubt it that much. DARN IT. Good thing I saved. I'm really taking turns winning and losing some battles here. xP
-more choices. It never endssss.
-What are you talking about? Kristoph would NEVER attempt to murder his own brother. That's just outrageous!
-ALL CHOICES ARE WRONG. SOMEONE HELP ME.
-Wow, this really conveys the feel of slowly going out of options and forced to pick the pathetic ones.
-Waiiiiiiiiiiit a second. THIS IS ACTUALLY RIDICULOUSLY SIMPLE.
-...or not.
-Think...
-It's not the door. It's not Klavier's testimony.
-Why would someone drop a gun?
-...the gun itself? Nope.
-The mirror? OH YES.
-How did it fall? Well...uh... no clue.
-Gotta be the gun, right? I mean... only thing I can think of.
-Of course I'm wrong. Darn, hard to think at this point.
-This music is going to haunt me
-How
-did
-the
-mirror
-fall
-Tell me
-random guess
-OH YOU WANT ME TO PRESENT THE MAP!?
-ohhh I see. Legitimate wrong assumptions. Beautiful.
-missing gunshots. ahahahahaha- actually, I think I have a vague idea about how this actually works out. VERY vague. All coming back to that second bullet. Somehow.
-his own testimony? Maybe it's a trap...
-hmm... there's only one thing which oculd have somewhat covered a gunshot in here. The freaking... shout.
-Yeah, wow.
-MORE SUPER OBJECTIONS. This is just... amazingly unreasonable.
-Heh. Nice try, but I saw through that one right away again. At least you're keeping the massive quantity of super objecions fair here.
-That... wasn't what I was thinking of. Works as well though. (I like how I'm solving these with the WRONG solution but the right evidence now. xD)
-Waaaaaaaaaaaaat
-He filed it down. I mean that's how these cases work, right?
-ALL HELL BROKE LOSE- I mean, nice music.
-Oh come on now. It HAS to be complicated. Otherwise we wouldn't still be here arguing about it, which is the whole point.
-Everyone else has "really obvious" issue they'll get back to after this testimony. Well, great. Guess there's already a schedule for the next 3 hours.
-Super presents. Not surprised anymore.
-Because Kristoph x Apollo in the fitting room is OTP. (y'know, making them meet post-AJ is a pretty solid plan in my book.)
-It worked. You got nothing on me. I'm solving them all.
-It's the mirror. SOMEHOW.
-Here it comes. We asked for it and will probably receive another big blow.
-Oh god.
-Gah, all denied.
-BUT I COULD ACTUALLY EXPLAIN THIS... SORT OF.
-lol he's actually upset with Wright giving up now
-....legit testimony. NOW YOU'VE DONE IT. THIS'LL BE YOUR END.
-No super objections? You'd think this'd be the one where it'd be one. Well thanks for that.
-LOL THIS IS TOTALLY MISLEADING. Well I'll press the rest first, just to make sure.
-Alright, time to show him the real "hole" here.
-.....Fine, wrong statement. THIS ONE IS CHECKMATE!
-The music stopped. Hope I'm onto something.
-...I see how it is. Well, there ought to be the real way to solve this one here. Just gotta tweak things a little.
-Mirror indeed. (you have no idea for how long I wanted to present this as the reason for the bullet hole)
-DAFU-
-WAIIIIIIIIT, I know the solution to this one. Noticed it earlier. Clothes hanger. Of course.
-Not? Well then I'll just go with no evidence.
-Totally the grate. I mean it has to be used at some point, right?
-Apparently still too early for that approach.
-...CAMERAS
-So after all this convoluted planning he was caught on tape? That'd be kind of careless.
-Just the hole. Still fair enough.
-No super objections in thos one either. Thank you very much.
-Betting all my chips on the grate. SOMEHOW.
-....or I just give up after pressing everything. That works, too.
-waaaaaiiiiit wat
-Umm.... wat
-NO. Don't.... Do NOT bring any new absurd features into this.
-Oh it's just a supr-...........wow umm.... I... nice to meet you again, my nice demonic creation.
-Let's just try this out, I guess...
-Let's see. I'M GOING WITH EVERYTHING BEING PERFECTLY TRUE
-Hah... I just can't see it. Assuming everyhting is right, he should've still been in the room. I'm not sure how he hid away.
-I know everyhting is true. There's simply no arguing. Just what evidence? I'm going with the grate.
-But that can't be everything.
-Theory: He hid in the grate.
-Doesn't work, a person wouldn't have fit inside.
-Or is there anything else I'm not seeing?
-But if we stick to the room, nothing else strikes me as possibly applied for this trick. Presenting just the grate doesn't work...hrrmgrr..
-Okay, maybe it's something completely different. But the Mia hint suggests everything is true. Especially if the testimony was designed to screw you over.
-I suppose the fact it doesn't lead outside can be excused away.
-It's either another way to hide/escape the room, or I need to add to how the grate works out for him.
-.....well he's definitely n- waiiit. THis couldn't possibly be... nah... no way.
-HOLY HELL A DIFFERENT CONVO. (I was overthinking this >_>)
-He's still standingggggggggg
-THe keyyyyyyyyyyy
-Ok let's think about this one. 4 AM style!
-THe key had more to do with the arson case
-which had more to do with the whole Justice thing
-So that might be an approach.
-But it's silly
-Might be worth trying out a few times though.
-ain't really working out, hm...
-what's up with the arson thing anyway?
-nah, I'm overthinking this.
-I'm sorry, but it's 4 AM. I'll walkthrough this one. ^^"
-The map? Huh... okay.
-I could reaosn about this before I present it...
-Ohhh well, that was simpler than I thought.
-It's finally- OH WHAT
-GIVE
-UP
-This case is breaking me.
-WHERE IS HE PULLING THOSE ARGUMENTS FROM
-Bombs. I just... whatevs.
-Well this is another quite interesting development
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Let's start with characters for this one. Apollo, Phoenix, etc. were all handled in a very good way. This is TOTALLY how Apollo would react to Kristoph running around again. They really seemed in-character... at least their action all just made sense to me. The OCs all had their own theme going, and were fairly developed by the end. There's a lot of interaction between them, so while not all of them have such a developed backstory like what we have in DWaM's entry, just seeing characters add in relationships to one another... those dynamics aren't always present in fancases for some reason unless you're Zeel. Or maybe that's just me.
Now, to tie this into the plot.... the investigation is REALLY clever here. It's not just there to flesh out the characters, this time it has this additional effect to make us care. We WERE Apollo, we walked into that mess and got killed by some unknown person. It makes the player much more involved and determined to set things straight. At least it did that for me.
The problem was that not everything was cleared up by the end of it. Sadly we're left hanging with some lose plot threads because of incompleteness. This kind of ties into what ultimately costed you the victory. Said entry had a beautifully concluded system.
Presentation was splendid. We had fancy fades, synched music, epic music,
and glorious ghost attorneys.
Did I mention the epic music? That said, the game mechanics never went into unfair territory... well, that's debatable, but they made sense to me.
Theme relevance... oh boy. Where do I begin with this? This is more or less what I ideally wanted to see in terms of culprit confrontation. Not only does this guy pull one ace after another, even when he doesn't have one he tries to intimidate you into taking back what you just said. And it worked. (on me, at least.) That's just glorious. My favorite confrontation out of all the entries, and a huge factor in what made it most difficult to decide between this and DWaM's entry.
Ping' - I'm scared of you.
Gumpei - I'm proud of you
Ferdielance - ....WHat did you do again? I didn't think that far.