perhapsmoose
ngl this game disappointed me a little, i don't care for the character design direction much for the original characters only really the main villains i find interesting (and especially honestly fuck that little bastard prince beansly or whatever his name is if i saw that damn thing in my living room i'd stomp it till it were a small green stain)
gameplay gets repetitive in a lot of areas and while clearly the gimmick of adding timed button presses to go with animations for bonus damage is supposed to make the mario rpg franchise as a whole more appealing than regular turn based combat i feel like it's kind of counter-intuitive here only making battles drag on for longer than they feel like they should at times. and the final boss and ending suck lol
but its ok i didnt hate it or anything and i might give it another go at some point but with the gba version. i hope the other m&l games are better i'm sort of intending on doing a mario rpg spree so we'll see what happens
gameplay gets repetitive in a lot of areas and while clearly the gimmick of adding timed button presses to go with animations for bonus damage is supposed to make the mario rpg franchise as a whole more appealing than regular turn based combat i feel like it's kind of counter-intuitive here only making battles drag on for longer than they feel like they should at times. and the final boss and ending suck lol
but its ok i didnt hate it or anything and i might give it another go at some point but with the gba version. i hope the other m&l games are better i'm sort of intending on doing a mario rpg spree so we'll see what happens
This review contains spoilers
Gets three stars almost exclusively for the good moments but I was soo close to just giving it 2.5.
I started playing this game a while back but dropped it because the final case just was where the game reached a level of boring that I just decided I wanted to skip it. I've had a recent resurgence in my interest in Ace Attorney so I decided to pick back up with actually going back and beating this game. But really, This playthrough only further validated my feelings I had about the game already. It's just weak, and has probably the worst final case in the entire series that just stretches on and on and on and isn't even very interesting.
Best part of the game is definitely the flashback case, Turnabout Reminiscence... With no contest. It gives such a great glimpse of perspective into Edgeworth's time working under Manfred von Karma that it bumps this game's worth up singlehandedly. We see how other lawyers never really took him seriously, and how he hardly even recognizes the blatant verbal abuse he faces by the von Karmas. That combined with the relationship between Kay and Gumshoe which absolutely warms my heart and makes me giddy for him makes it probably just in general one of the most hype cases in the series. Unfortunately, however, that doesn't quite save the game itself from being overall quite mediocre and boring.
I started playing this game a while back but dropped it because the final case just was where the game reached a level of boring that I just decided I wanted to skip it. I've had a recent resurgence in my interest in Ace Attorney so I decided to pick back up with actually going back and beating this game. But really, This playthrough only further validated my feelings I had about the game already. It's just weak, and has probably the worst final case in the entire series that just stretches on and on and on and isn't even very interesting.
Best part of the game is definitely the flashback case, Turnabout Reminiscence... With no contest. It gives such a great glimpse of perspective into Edgeworth's time working under Manfred von Karma that it bumps this game's worth up singlehandedly. We see how other lawyers never really took him seriously, and how he hardly even recognizes the blatant verbal abuse he faces by the von Karmas. That combined with the relationship between Kay and Gumshoe which absolutely warms my heart and makes me giddy for him makes it probably just in general one of the most hype cases in the series. Unfortunately, however, that doesn't quite save the game itself from being overall quite mediocre and boring.
1993
I feel similar to how I did with 5, maybe I think this one's even a little worse. It's still a fine game as part of the series but just if I had to rank them this would probably be one of my least favorites if not my least favorite. Pretty much all of the abilities just feel like ones from previous games slightly tweaked. (At least the Jet and Power suits are pretty cool additions.)
1992
Honestly might be my least favorite. Star Man and Gravity Man had pretty good stages but for most of the end of the game I just found myself wanting it to be over with, like it was finally the point where the loop gets old for me. Ended up using save states around the final boss
1991
Feels a lot more modern than the others. Also looks really good for an NES game, looks almost like an early Sega Genesis game in some parts. Took a huge break between 1-3 on the Wily Wars to this. Was gonna replay 2 and 3 through the NES versions but realized I like, don't really wanna do that teehee.
1987
I was never book smart I'm money smart
2018
I don't really want to rate this because it's a funny shitpost but if I have to be honest it doesn't hold up too well it's just a joke game for Nintendotubers to play once and forget about
2017
Short and sweet
Really impressive for being the first complete hack of this game
2011
(Played on SM64 Co-op with a friend, all stars obtained)
Very flawed in a lot of ways but very classic and I don't regret playing it because it's a good piece of gaming history
Very flawed in a lot of ways but very classic and I don't regret playing it because it's a good piece of gaming history
2021
I really hope they keep updating this it actually works so well I hope more rom hacks get ported but for now it's honestly the best way to play some old ones that don't even work on modern emulators anymore
2023
Booting up this game with friends is just a guarantee that some funny and memorable stuff will happen. But it still definitely feels a little Early Access content wise, but that is to be expected because... It IS early access lol but just expect that
2023
Way shorter than I thought, a little underwhelmed ngl but it's still pretty good. I might do extra stuff like new bosses and Culex but rn I just don't feel like doing it
pretty good the direction is amazing but doesnt get a five star cuz there is some weird game design still but yeah like everything is so expressive and its super cool for that but there is stuff like the dumb search parties
difficulty is pretty good you'll end up surprised at certain parts. still havent 100% because i havent beaten the final challenge
difficulty is pretty good you'll end up surprised at certain parts. still havent 100% because i havent beaten the final challenge
2023
This review contains spoilers
one random kid gets the power of the universe because he made friends with some girl on a dying mmorpg and occasionally hung out with some dude obsessed with banging the teacher
im not gonna lie i kind of hated the ending, and not because the protagonist dies. that's fine. like in concept its fine. it's just that in execution the ending was actually kind of awful and really disappointing
its kind of funny to have gone like actually years and i didnt beat any of these games and now i beat 4 and 3 in the span of like about a month. when i first found out about what happens at the end of persona 3 back then i was just like D: noo that sucks!! but i grew to respect it. but then now actually playing the game i kind of... dont like it again. and i actually wasnt expecting to not like it
im not gonna lie i kind of hated the ending, and not because the protagonist dies. that's fine. like in concept its fine. it's just that in execution the ending was actually kind of awful and really disappointing
its kind of funny to have gone like actually years and i didnt beat any of these games and now i beat 4 and 3 in the span of like about a month. when i first found out about what happens at the end of persona 3 back then i was just like D: noo that sucks!! but i grew to respect it. but then now actually playing the game i kind of... dont like it again. and i actually wasnt expecting to not like it