Ace Attorney Online

This is an idea that would allow people to share thoughts on a trial more efficiently. Basically, after a Trial gameplay has been completed, the normal "The End" screen would also show a separate "Write A Review" button. If you press it, it will redirect you to a "Write A Trial Review" page, where people can write down their thoughts, which will be posted in a tab on the Trial Info box that reads, "Reviews."

Personally, this is much more efficient than just creating a new thread just to showcase a trial and get reviews on it. Could this or something similar be implemented in the future?

~BDC

Is the motivation for this proposal that it is "more efficient" for the author or for the reviewer or both?

I like the idea of having a link from a trial to the showcase, but I don't understand the drive to remove the forum from this process.

Both, actually. And I suggested removing the forum from this process because writing a review with the new review-giving system is easier than writing an entirely new forum topic post detailing the review. Just a thought.

If you only need a trial showcase as a place to collect reviews, then creating a forum topic can be done in less than a minute. It certainly isn't worth my time to make that take less time.

The bigger problem is that a showcase isn't just a place to collect reviews. Your proposal replaces showcases with something that is less functional. Showcases are also a place to advertize the trial. Most of the effort that goes into making a showcase is in the advertizement function. So your proposal for "efficiency" is to eliminate a core feature. Showcases are also a place for discussion between multiple people. Your proposal is for one person to write something. Again, your proposal for "efficiency" is to eliminate a core feature of showcases.

I like the idea of linking the showcase at the end of the case, however.

I think the current system of people making a thread here on the forums and then users commenting there after playing the case already works fine. You can review a case here on the forums and it's not really that much hassle to access.

I can also think of another issue with a review system = difficulty in regulating comments. If non-forum members could review, it'd be easy for people to post hateful content and get away with it (as I imagine it's difficult to moderate passersby).