[T][CE] TTT ●
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Made an account just to say this case was awesome
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Wow, TTT is amazing
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I started playing this case in October of last year, and finished it today. That means I've spent over half a year playing it, with a few several month-long breaks throughout. If I had been judging it in a contest, people would be very mad.
Length-wise, this is at least as long as one, maybe two full Ace Attorney games. Here are my thoughts:
Length-wise, this is at least as long as one, maybe two full Ace Attorney games. Here are my thoughts:
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I'm actually extremely flattered that TTT was compelling enough to keep you coming back for nine whole months. Thanks for playing!TimeAxis wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2023 1:49 am I started playing this case in October of last year, and finished it today. That means I've spent over half a year playing it, with a few several month-long breaks throughout. If I had been judging it in a contest, people would be very mad.
Length-wise, this is at least as long as one, maybe two full Ace Attorney games. Here are my thoughts:
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I played through this today and just wanted to say that this game is fantastic!
Exceptional writing and incredibly detailed and well thought out overall. Thank you for the journey!
Exceptional writing and incredibly detailed and well thought out overall. Thank you for the journey!
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I saw people saying good things about this on the Discord, so I gave it a try. I've finished the second chapter up to now - thoughts so far.
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"A slow sort of country!" said the Queen. "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Thanks for giving TTT a shot! And extra special thanks for reading it as critically as you have been! I hope it continues to warrant such keen evaluation in your eyes hahaFerdielance wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 6:40 pm I saw people saying good things about this on the Discord, so I gave it a try. I've finished the second chapter up to now - thoughts so far.
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I'll hold off on responding to specific comments until you've either finished or stopped, but I look forward to comparing notes.
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Thank you so much for making this case. It's my favourite ace attorney case of all time. I actually like it even more than my favourite cases in the official games. Everything was perfect to me, the writing, atmosphere and the music choices were all amazing. This is an absolute masterpiece IMO.
I wish there were some way of preserving this case. Many old cases on this site often become unplayable because of backgrounds and songs being lost in some way. TTT honestly deserves to be preserved forever but I don't know if that's possible. It would be nice to be able to play this in 10+ years from now.
Again, thank you for making this.
I wish there were some way of preserving this case. Many old cases on this site often become unplayable because of backgrounds and songs being lost in some way. TTT honestly deserves to be preserved forever but I don't know if that's possible. It would be nice to be able to play this in 10+ years from now.
Again, thank you for making this.
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A non-spoilery review for now. Spoilery thoughts later, when I have a chance!
I'm sometimes stunned by the sheer writing speed of AAO users. AAOers have turned around massive, multi-part work in the span of a single case comp. Those works are often impressive, but also inconsistent - the gameplay has weird hitches, some parts needed to be cut, etc.
Though huge, TTT is not one of those 'write the biggest case ever' speedruns. It was in development for years, and the level of planning shows. It has consistency and polish, especially in its pacing and presentation. In other words, it's more like someone wrote a novel or a commercial game in AAO...
Except that isn't quite right either, because TTT is unabashedly a fangame, a love letter to things AAOers like. It is, in some ways, it feels to me like the ultimate AAO case. It's a gentle parody of everything I like in AAO cases, as well as a serious execution of everything I like in AAO cases. It isn't perfect, but the ways in which it isn't perfect ALSO encapsulate the feel of AAO cases of a certain era.
It's got rapid-fire logic duels, recontextualization of canon sprites and characters, a delicate mix of the goofy and the grim, trolling, allusions to Murder Game lore, and puzzles. It asks a lot of its player - more than even fairly challenging commercial mystery games ask. In return, it gives a very specific kind of joy.
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Here's an analogy: suppose you have a group of friends you play tabletop RPGs with, and they've gotten pretty good at running these games. You all know each other's lore, gameplay preferences, and favorite movies. One day, a group member who's not really known as a game master comes in with their own campaign.
You play it, and it is amazing at what it is. Not only has this person been listening and watching the techniques, they've been honing their craft quietly. Everything looks right, sounds right, and flows.
If a random person were to walk in from the street, the whole project would seem weird and baffling to them. What's this house rule you have about using a stacked deck of cards instead of a d20? What the hell is up with these characters you all seem to know?
But the people in the room are having the time of their lives.
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If at least five of the following points apply to you, you will probably LOVE this case:
I'm sometimes stunned by the sheer writing speed of AAO users. AAOers have turned around massive, multi-part work in the span of a single case comp. Those works are often impressive, but also inconsistent - the gameplay has weird hitches, some parts needed to be cut, etc.
Though huge, TTT is not one of those 'write the biggest case ever' speedruns. It was in development for years, and the level of planning shows. It has consistency and polish, especially in its pacing and presentation. In other words, it's more like someone wrote a novel or a commercial game in AAO...
Except that isn't quite right either, because TTT is unabashedly a fangame, a love letter to things AAOers like. It is, in some ways, it feels to me like the ultimate AAO case. It's a gentle parody of everything I like in AAO cases, as well as a serious execution of everything I like in AAO cases. It isn't perfect, but the ways in which it isn't perfect ALSO encapsulate the feel of AAO cases of a certain era.
It's got rapid-fire logic duels, recontextualization of canon sprites and characters, a delicate mix of the goofy and the grim, trolling, allusions to Murder Game lore, and puzzles. It asks a lot of its player - more than even fairly challenging commercial mystery games ask. In return, it gives a very specific kind of joy.
---
Here's an analogy: suppose you have a group of friends you play tabletop RPGs with, and they've gotten pretty good at running these games. You all know each other's lore, gameplay preferences, and favorite movies. One day, a group member who's not really known as a game master comes in with their own campaign.
You play it, and it is amazing at what it is. Not only has this person been listening and watching the techniques, they've been honing their craft quietly. Everything looks right, sounds right, and flows.
If a random person were to walk in from the street, the whole project would seem weird and baffling to them. What's this house rule you have about using a stacked deck of cards instead of a d20? What the hell is up with these characters you all seem to know?
But the people in the room are having the time of their lives.
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If at least five of the following points apply to you, you will probably LOVE this case:
- You've played all the AA games, including Investigations. This isn't important because of spoilers; it's important because the more obsessively you love Ace Attorney, the more TTT will speak to you.
- You've played all the Zero Escape games and enjoyed at least some. Again, not for spoilers, but for the same reason as above.
- You're familiar with Umineko.
- You've played Danganronpa and enjoyed it.
- You've played a DWaM AAO case and enjoyed it.
- You've played a Blackrune AAO case and enjoyed it.
- You can name at least five of Knox's Ten Commandments from memory.
"A slow sort of country!" said the Queen. "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Damn, that's some generous praise. Thanks for playing!K_G wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:51 am Thank you so much for making this case. It's my favourite ace attorney case of all time. I actually like it even more than my favourite cases in the official games. Everything was perfect to me, the writing, atmosphere and the music choices were all amazing. This is an absolute masterpiece IMO.
I wish there were some way of preserving this case. Many old cases on this site often become unplayable because of backgrounds and songs being lost in some way. TTT honestly deserves to be preserved forever but I don't know if that's possible. It would be nice to be able to play this in 10+ years from now.
Again, thank you for making this.
Regarding preservation, there are a few playthroughs of TTT on YouTube. Visual Novelty, Mitsuda Madoy, and YunaTheSida all have public playlists, and Igniam shared their unlisted videos in an earlier post in this thread. I'm not worried about TTT suddenly becoming lost media, but preservation is and has been a long-time concern among the fancase community. I mean, Dropbox and Photobucket have directly contributed to the functional loss of most fancases released prior to 2012. I don't have the answer to this issue, but either recording your own playthrough or supporting those who do make AA fancase content would be a start.
Ferdielance wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 6:40 pm I saw people saying good things about this on the Discord, so I gave it a try. I've finished the second chapter up to now - thoughts so far.
I'm going to wait until the full review drops before I make any sort of in-depth reply, but I figure I can leave a few comments on these posts. There will be spoilers in my replies, for the record.
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Ferdielance wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 12:46 am A non-spoilery review for now. Spoilery thoughts later, when I have a chance!No specific comments on this one, but I'm always happy to hear that TTT landed almost exactly how I wanted it to. Thanks for playing!Spoiler : :