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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Critic Reviews
You take on the role of Nick "Phoenix" Wright, a rookie defense lawyer under the employment of Fey & Co. Law Offices. Your superior happens to be Mia Fey, and she is more or less your mentor in becoming a full-fledged defense attorney. Through trial and...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at Nintendo Spin
For all intents and purposes, Phoenix Wright is a logic game. It fits this billing perfectly. I think that most people will look at it outside of the DS and think, “Why in the world do I want to play this? I’ve got instant visual gratification with...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at Gamerz-Edge
7.5It’s a text adventure so expect cerebral puzzles that have you determining your next move with the touch of the bottom screen....read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at GameZone
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Because Phoenix Wright was originally a GBA game the sound suffers a little as well. It’s not really all that great, there really aren’t too many sound effects to mention and save for the occasional “Objection!” there’s no voice acting....read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at DreamStation.cc
Input almost exclusively involves the stylus, but this isn’t one of those games that could only be done on the DS. It could have been pulled off on the PSP or any home console, substituting a D-pad selection system in place of the stylus. You start the...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at Lawrence
height="21" alt="overall" border="0" />Unique games are one of the most appealing reasons to own a Nintendo DS, and it is because of games such as this. It puts good use to all of the features of the Nintendo DS and requires you to exercise you mind in or...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at Nintendojo
So, what is Phoenix Wright? When all is said and done it is a basic point-and-click style adventure that was all the rage a few years back. This one places you firmly in the shoes of Phoenix Wright, an up-and-coming attorney that has not had a wide load...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at DarkZero
Although the odds appear to be stacked against you there is help at hand in the form of Mia, your boss and mentor, although your greatest tools are your eyes and ears especially during the courtroom session. This has many similarities with 'real' law...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at DS-x2
The gameplay varies depending on your setting. There are essentially two gameplay styles: the one used in court and the one used while searching around the crime scene. The crime scene exploration mode is very similar to those old point-and-click...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at Portable Review
A long time ago there was a genre of PC games called the "text-adventure." These games were pretty much as the name implies -- adventure games that were purely text based. That is to say, there were no graphics. Just words on a screen. You would read a...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at GameSpy
thing that I love about the Dualscreen is that it's a platform a lot of developers are willing to take chances on by creating games you just don't see ev...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at Electric Playground
many other games. Your adventure through Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney will leave you laughing, even if it isnt an action-packed adventure full of bullets and carnage. If youve got a DS, this is a must-have for your collection, and if you dont own a DS,...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at Thunderbolt
Excluding the opening chapter which serves as a tutorial of sorts, Ace Attorney is largely made up of two separate gameplay areas, Investigation and the Court Battles. Investigating typically involves moving between different locations keys to the...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at TotalVideoGames
Players take on the titular role, a young defence attorney straight out of law school – it just so happens that the first trial in the game is also Phoenix’s debut, which gives ample opportunity for his boss, Mia, to give gamers a brief tutorial and...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at PALGN AU
Gamers have seen their fair share of space marines, tortured martial artists, brooding anti-heroes, and heroines with breasts so large that they double as flotation devices. Developers have drawn from these archetypes time and time again for their...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at G4
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is a defense lawyer simulation where you go before judge and jury to attempt to clear your clients of murder....read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at GamePro
big) extra bonus. Well, ok, a vast, epic bonus. Another entire story has been written for the DS version, lasting about as long as the rest put together. Astonishing. The bumper extra even implements new features, such as a 3D inventory and DS gimmicks li...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at Eurogamer
Capcom has enabled microphone support. During cross examinations, opportunities will arise to yell 'objection!' into the mic. It's satisfying and silly, and sure to net a few concerned looks on the train. After people are done gawking, however, they migh...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at Yahoo! Games
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney on the Nintendo DS takes me back years ago to my gaming days on the Apple II. One of the first games I ever acquired for my computer was a text adventure based upon Perry Mason; it was, in retrospect, a pretty crappy and...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at IGN
For each trail, a lot of things must be done. Investigating crime scenes, asking questions, researching files, and snooping around all come with the job. For the first 4 scenarios, you do little more visit locations and selection an option. From the...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at Game Rankings
medium too. Phoenix's arch rival Edgeworth, is a stuffy prosecutor who will do anything for a guilty verdict. Within the five episode structure there is an overarching plot As you begin to unravel the DL-6 mystery you'll see many familiar faces, some in p...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at Siliconera
might be pulling your hair out in frustration due to the game's nature to make things hard to figure out. Things like a piece of evidence nicely concealed or what evidence to present in court could have you in a rut for some time, so you might want to wai...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at VGPub
For some reason, the Nintendo DS as of late has become a bit of an occupation simulator platform, with the releases of games like Trauma Center: Under the Knife and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. While the excitement of playing as a surgeon under pressure...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at GamersMark
A fun rental. I wouldn't object to purchasing it at about $20 either, because it's kind of fun to have around. I'm not really the type of person who replays adventure games, but if you are, you'll probably be leaning more towards...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at Netjak
This point-and-click adventure game for Nintendo DS puts players in the role of an up-and-coming trial lawyer, and challenges them to win a series of five murder cases in a court of law. Phoenix Wright is a defense attorney, and he protects his falsely...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at AllGame
common sense or, at worst, a process of elimination.It too often asks for a mere nod in the right direction rather than a decisively considered gambit, filling in the incriminating details itself and leaving the player yearning for more active involvement...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at Games Radar
The premise of the story in Phoenix Wright is that you play a young up-and-coming defence attorney who’s assigned a variety of interesting cases. As the story develops, you become more personally involved with the cases and you’re given the...read the complete Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review at ThumbBandits
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