Going nowhere fast
(This
review contains mild spoilers!)
Ace Attorney took a trip to filler
town this week, as extremely little that mattered in the overall case happened.
You can skip to the last 5 minutes of the episode and have missed nothing.
With the true culprit revealed through
some extremely convoluted exposition, it looks like next week will have Phoenix
back in the courtroom to thankfully wrap up the Steel Samurai case and move on
to the final and best one from the original game.
Also, can we all agree that no one
should ever talk in leet-speak ever again? It was funny back in 2008, but now
it’s just extremely distracting and grating. The director character wasn’t
appealing in any way, shape, or form, and thankfully didn’t have more than a
minute or two of screen time.
The animation also seemed to take this
week off as well, as more often than not we just has stoic images of the
characters with their mouths moving. I guess it’s to save money on an episode that
has nothing in it, but it just looks lazy.
There’s also a running problem I have
with Maya. In the game, she was my favourite character, as you really felt a
connection with her after putting your all into defending her in the Turnabout
Sisters case. But in the show, it really feels like she and Phoenix don’t share
much of a relationship other than “Oh, she’s my mentor’s sister so I’ll keep
her around.” She’s yet to come into her own as a character, and feels more like
Phoenix’s sidekick that could be replaced with no one batting an eye.
This week’s episode of Ace Attorney
can be summed up in one word: Skippable. See you next week for the court case,
Mr. Wright.
FINAL SCORE
1/10
Garbage
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