[T][CE] A Turnabout With Too Many Faces ●

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[T][CE] A Turnabout With Too Many Faces ●

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A TURNABOUT WITH TOO MANY FACES

An entry for the "Broken Commandments" Competition hosted by TimeAxis and Awsome2464


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Four perfect strangers awaken in an empty hotel.
Trapped in a snowstorm, forgotten by the living and pitied by the dead, they are guided by the strange voice on the vinyl.

It appears they've found themselves in a game.
The rules are simple.
Frankly, they couldn't be simpler.

In four days, they shall be released.
There is only one instruction they must follow:

"Do not kill anyone."


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Walkthrough
Spoiler : Walkthrough :
-- A Turnabout With Too Many Faces --


========== DAY 1 ==========

Exhaust All Talk Options

-- The Hobo Did It --
Present Angel's Profile on the last statement
Press Statement 3
Select "Not Particularly"
Select "You know it" (Statement 3-1 Revealed)
Present Protective Case on Statemnet 3-1


========== DAY 2 ==========

-- Ghost In The Machine --
OPTIONAL: Present Camera Footage on Statement 4
Present Security Card on the last statement

-- Silent Accomplice
Present Camera Footage on Statement 2
Present Angel's Profile
Present Gumshoe's Profile

-- It Wasn't Me, Pal! --
Present Payment or Gumshoe's Profile on Statement 1
Present Golden Mask on Statement 2
Present Outside Cameras on Statement 3

-- Nicky-Boy's Low Point --
Present Mnemosyne on Statement 1
Select "Desiree's"
Select "She believed she was taking Mnemosyne [...]"
Input "4"
Select "No"
Select "She was given the idea"
Select "All pills were fake"
Present Olga's Profile


========== DAY 3 ==========

Exhaust all talk options

Move --> Smoking Room
Exhaust all talk options

Move --> Upstairs Hallway
Exhaust all options

move --> Entrance Hall
Examine the carpet

Input "secret passage"
Point to the basement window
Present Olga's Profile
Present Camera Footage


========== DAY 4 ==========

-- The Nightingale Incident --
Press Statement 5 (Statement 5-1 Revealed)
Present Stranger's Drawing on Statement 5-1
Present Blood
Present Secret Passage
Select "To create an alibi"

-- Broken Reasoning --
Press Statement 5
Present Elias Strange's Profile

-- Strange Trails --
Press Statement 3
Select "The Three Days"
Select "It IS concerning"
Present the Mnemosyne
Present Ron's Profile
Select "I know who stole the mask!"
Present Phoenix's Profile
Present Ron's Profile

-- Ancient Names --
Press Statement 1
Press Statement 2
Present Severe Cold
Press Statement 3
Present Ron's Autopsy Report
Press Statement 4
Present Hotel Reservation
Present Olga's Profile


-- END: A Turnabout With Too Many Faces --
Credits
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Sprites
Hobo Phoenix Defense Sprites: DarklordQwerven
Lawyer Phoenix Front Sprites: VirtAnderson
Angel Starr Sprites: mushin
Additional Lisa Basil Poses: FenrirDarkWolf
Sam Cardenio Sprites: Tear and Silver Glas
Jamie Strange Sprites: Tear
Old Edgeworth Front Sprites: Lind
Old Edgeworth AAI Sprites: Silver Glas
Old Edgeworth Bench Sprites: Sligneris

Misc Art
Golden Mask Art Taken From:Cover of Edogawa Rampo's 'Golden Mask'

Music
Opening Theme was "Station To Station" by David Bowie (2016 Remaster)
"Ancient Names" and "Secret of Life" performed by: Lord Huron
PEAK LEVEL is from Chaos;Child

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SuperAj3, The Fury Wraith, Naomi
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Re: [T][CE] A Turnabout With Too Many Faces ●

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well, I know what I'm doing tonight.
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OH THANK GOD I THOUGHT THIS WAS NEVER GONNA COME OUT. I'll have to play this after I finish SoCing a new comp entry.
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I’m going to be really upset if someone ends up killing.
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As much as I doubt people need it, this one (which bordered on being possibly my favorite entry) comes at a high recommendation from me. Unless anything's changed between the time of the comp and now, then my review in the comp thread should have all my thoughts on it. But be prepared to set aside some hours, cause this is a meaty case.
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Post by The Fury Wraith »

Definitely play this one. I hate how much I love this case because I had hoped I'd never become such a hype fanboy for something, least of all for DWaM after resisting so long since playing Tournabout Tomorrow, but here we are... It's hooking and engaging from beginning to end.
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TimeAxis wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 9:18 pm [...] Unless anything's changed between the time of the comp and now [...]
Well, yes, it's been released!
The Mindcastle System
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
----------
OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case

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Check out our music & art thread here!
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Playing it rn, been waiting for this for a while, and I love it so far
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risefromtheashes wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 9:22 pm
TimeAxis wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 9:18 pm [...] Unless anything's changed between the time of the comp and now [...]
Well, yes, it's been released!
It was released to me already, so that's not a change. 8)
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"And now... the choice." *hypesplosion*
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Post by DJJ6800 »

Huh. I was wondering when this was gonna be released. Well, time to break out the DWaM Bingo Card!

Edit:
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Huh. I'm impressed. A lot of spaces filled and yet not a single bingo. Either way, that was an amazing case.
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I think it's safe to say I've been, and I mean this as a compliment, permanently psychologically damaged by this case. Where do I begin...
Spoiler : :
Man. MAN. I went into this fully expecting to have the rug pulled out from me, and you also managed to pull out the floorboards beneath said rug. There's so much I want to say and I have no idea how coherent this will be, as I am currently very sick.
I was really stoked about the inclusion of some characters that generally receive less love: Angel, Desiree, Lisa Basil, and how they all fit into this beautifully carved narrative. I figured this had to have some kind of supernatural element early on, but uh. Let's just say I really underestimated that part? I definitely took too much at face (ha) value and in the moment where the world first goes dark right after the real Jamie Strange is seen for the first time and the Fiend goes. "Oh yeah I manipulated you like you would not believe lol" I just about lost my mind. Because I fell for it too! Even though I'd figured out some earlier on! Like the Fiend's thoughts being a slightly different colour and in the female voice chip made me suspect Something was up (I have crap eyes and hearing, but after a certain point I have to stop and think), but I just believed her statement that her powers could only work in close proximity, hence I was fully onboard with the Two Hotels theory. I definitely caught the jewel dealer line but I thought (somehow?) that the POV character at the time was meant to be an older Iris Hawthorne despite that not making sense. THEN when she was "revealed" as Jamie Strange I brushed it off as some kind of coincidence. Uh. Big mistake there on my part LMAO. Taking the Fiend down felt AWESOME though, though I think the whole "Dahlia's arm reaching through her mouth" thing is going to show up in my nightmares.
Massive love to everything with Phoenix and Trucy. Trucy's my favourite mainline character and it's so good to see her written well and actually getting to do a case with her dad! Too bad it had to be a trauma case and not something a little more lighthearted, but you win some you lose most of them. Also adored "a very pissed off" Edgeworth as co-council, he was hilarious and his riffs with Phoenix were top notch. There were a couple points (with Klavier specifically) that I wondered if the writing was a little too mean-spirited, but with the Fiend poking into everyone's brains, it all makes sense.
Though on that note, if I am going to criticize anything about the case, it's how Desiree's substance abuse disorder was treated. Addiction's a serious issue and I felt it was handled in a way that was clumsy and mean (just throwing her under the bus as "an addict" was uncomfortable).
I hope something in that mess of a review made sense. Chances are I'll replay this in a week or so to fully appreciate the foreshadowing.
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ikuzonos wrote: Sat May 14, 2022 5:40 amsnip
Thanks for playing, glad to see you enjoyed it!

Just wanted to quickly address your last point:
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To my memory -- and it's been a while, so I could be totally wrong here -- I think the only two times people are outright dismissive to Desiree is when the villain treats her like a tool and trash and when Edgeworth is attempting to make Klavier look as bad as possible. I've changed the usage of the word "addict" in the latter, but the ultimate point, for me, wasn't really to show a character suffering from drug addiction -- God knows showing the nitty-gritty details of that would lead to an even worse disaster representation-wise -- but more about the concept of "killing oneself" by sacrificing one's memories -- pausing the future and maintaining the mind's present. The fact that it was achieved by a pill was just a means to an end honestly, but I can definitely see how it can come off as something else (especially since you can argue it's like chasing a particular high in itself) and I do apologize if the reading came off as the story (or me) not having and sympathy towards her or addicts.

I think in general I had kind of a hard time figuring out how to close the loop on Desiree's story, since from a mystery/narrative standpoint her role had been fulfilled. I tried to, to some extent, with the post-credits scene, but I don't know how much that did it. Whenever I wanted to add a scene where her plot line gets closed, it always felt wrong that Phoenix be the one she would have that conversation with. He doesn't know her, nor should he be the person she tells that she's picking herself off the ground.
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It's nice to see everyone having the same reactions Time and I did upon playing this entry. There's a reason Broken Commandments was so difficult to pick a winner for!
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I can only describe this case with two words:
Totally awesome.
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