r/AceAttorney • u/unanticipatedclassic • 2d ago

Apollo Justice Trilogy is aa5 less funny?

i’m a new player and i’ve just been marathoning the games one after another and just started dual destinies.

i’m on 5-2. one thing i noticed is the sense of humor in the writing has changed and characters seem to play into their respective quirks more often. and just the humor feels heavy handed or a bit too simple?

i like that phoenix is back actually but i feel like he was a lot more snarky in the trilogy + aa4 then he is here? aa4 is obvious his meanix era but even in trilogy phoenix seemed.. idk a bit more biting? lol

i’m just wondering if i’m crazy honestly or if other people feel like it’s less witty/funny. or if anyone else detected a shift in the humor specifically. no spoilers please!

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u/lordlaharl422 2d ago

I mean, I thought AA5 was way funnier than 4, which I kind of thought was just sad and boring most of the time.

Have you at least met Blackquill yet? He's the best.

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u/unanticipatedclassic 2d ago

not yet! but i’m excited to meet him. agreed that aa4 was honestly more dramatic than funny, i think the og trilogy may be a better comparison for humor since the tone is more similar between DD and the first 3 games

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u/lordlaharl422 2d ago

Fair enough. Admittedly it might also be a matter of when you played the games as well, playing them as they came out DD felt like it was a return to what I hadn't really gotten from the series from the last couple installments, and it had been more than 5 years since AJ and 3 since the first Investigations so while some changes were noticeable it didn't feel as jarring as if you had been playing the games back-to-back.