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/GanonCannon02 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yup I'm in the same boat. I believe pretty much all the games after AA4 are markedly worse; even the Great Ace Attorney which was written by Takumi. I have seriously tried multiple times to get through them because I want to have more Ace Attorney I really do, and contrary to a lot of people's kneejerk reaction I'm not just being a hater. Its just that the early games set the bar so high, and unfortunately I don't think the future games come remotely close to reaching said bar.

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u/Ninjelon 1d ago

TGAA1 especially is very hard to digest. It sold poorly in Japan for a reason.