Sunday, February 3, 2008

Feb 3 - Day 2 - Case 1-2

Due to me hitting my head really hard earlier today I couldn't get over the pain quick enough to get started, I ended up taking a nap that lasted until midnight so I'm sorta late once again but here goes the introduction at least.

Phoenix Wright:Ace Attorney
CASE Two: Turnabout Sisters
Major Characters Introduced:Maya Fey,Miles Edgeworth,
Dick Gumshoe,Marvin Grossberg

The opening:

This cases begins with a phone call between Mia and another person on the phone who we are assuming to be her sister judging from the fact that the other person called her sis. Naturally we all know her as Maya the series resident love her or hate her character. I personally love her but whatever.

The sisters go on to have small chit chat before Mia cuts down to business asking her if she'd be willing to come to her place and hold onto a piece of evidence for her. The evidence in question turns out to be the previous cases murder weapon, Maya agrees in exchange for a trip to a burger joint with her sister. Mia agrees and with that they hang up their phones, we then discover that one of them saved their conversation which would end up being an important clue later on.

The scene then shifts an hour or so later back to Mia's office, where a mysterious character has come to receive the very same evidence that Mia had asked Maya to hold for her. Mia is shocked that this character would know where to find the evidence, our mysterious figure then tells her, that she would also need her silence. With that being said, the figure kills her with the very same weapon from the last case:"The thinker." We also once again get to see a goood look at our assailant once again but this time we also hear Mia's last words as well which also gives us a clue.

Yup ladies and gentlemen our mentor gets whacked this early on in the game. It actually surprised me because since she was in the instruction manual I assumed she'd be a major character throughout the game. But...I suppose the way they handled her after this was acceptable.


Later our hero Phoenix arrives on the scene but not because he had a bad feeling but because he was also invited to go have dinner with Mia and Maya. When he arrives he doesn't receive a warm welcome from the sisters but silence, and the scent of blood. Getting a bad feeling about all of this Phoenix rushes into action. It's here where we get our first taste the investigation action screen where we would have the options of either Examine objects in the area or moving onto another section of the area or map. I personally find examining objects to be pretty fun because other than help you find clues and such, the reactions you can get from examining other objects can be entertaining.

Unfortunately since theres nothing to examine in the first area the only option is to move to Mia's office. It's here we see where the crime occured and where the scent of blood originated from. Phoenix also encounters Maya for the first time here, as she moans for her recently departed sister. Unfortunately he doesn't get a chance to get acquainted as she faints on the spot. It's here where we get our first chance to gather some clues by examining the area.

While examining the other we're treated to a scream from the other side of the window in the room, we get a visual of a woman on the phone as she looks at us in terror. We can only assume she's calling the police. We'd be dealing with that woman later on in the case.

Once we've examined all we could, we'd move back to where we came from. upon his arrival Phoenix discovers that Maya is nowhere to be found, Phoenix begins to suspect that she might have run out on her. But from out of nowhere Maya appears right in front of him startling him. Maya at first is very shaken up over what happen, but once Phoenix explains he works there she properly introduces herself as Maya Fey. It's at this point where new actions are added to the investigation action screen "Talk" and "Present". As it is for examining, presenting various pieces of evidence or objects to various people can lead to some entertaining results, of course it's also useful for moving along the case as well. Talking is basically talking to characters about different subjects.

After we've interacted with Maya a bit, the police arrives and we are introduced to the ever lovable detective"Dick Gumshoe". Once he investigates the scene and gets a look at a certain piece of evidence he immediately arrests Maya on the spot and sends her to the detention center for questioning.

From this point the scene then shifts to the detention center where we are now fully aware, that Not only do we have to battle in court, we also have to do some investigation as well,and this is where the game once again truly begins.

Now to get started on finishing the case. ^_^



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