Ace Attorney Investigations Collection Review - The Final Verdict

[Music] when the Apollo Justice collection released earlier this year I remember thinking the developer is finally done re-releasing the entirety of the series on Modern platforms surely the only thing left for the franchise at this point would be the Long awaited Ace Attorney 7 right well as it turns out no the developer had another bullet left in the chamber to delay the inevitable the Ace Attorney investigations collection is the actual final piece of the the puzzle bringing two games starring series regular protagonist Phoenix wri's regular antagonist and Nemesis miles [Music] edworth this collection much like the great Ace Attorney has a certain special significance for longtime series fans it is the first official release of the second investigations game globally previously while the first game saw a release in the west the second one never got localized meaning that outside of fan translations this is the first time a sizable part of the series considerable fan base will have access to an entire game included in this package the presence of that whole new game alone changes the calculus for this collection quite significantly unlike most of the other Ace Attorney collections that the developer have released this one isn't just re-releases I mean it is in a technical sense but functionally speaking you're getting a game that you've never even had the opportunity to play as a part of this package as well that means that assuming you are a serious fan that alone guarantees a recommendation for you for this collection it's a brand new adventure in the IP and it's a pretty dang good one too if you ever played the original investigations games these titles differentiate themselves from the mainline games by putting you on the other end of the legal equation you are a prosecutor now which means the way you approach the facts of the case are a whole lot different as well chiefly the game involves you Gathering facts via investigations and interrogations and then using edgeworth's trademark logic to put facts together and see if they shed new light on what may have happened it's a really cool gimmick to be honest allowing for an interesting spin on how these games usually play while also remaining true to and reinforcing edgeworth's character it helps as well that the games are well written with some great stories or well the second one is the first one is definitely on the weaker side as far as Ace Attorney games go with the writing and the story feeling both less sharp and consequential than the series finest outings and the logic mechanic not explored to its fullest the second game has a much stronger story which it is great that we finally get to experience this outside of Japan without hunting down a fan translation and in every regard Trump's not only its predecessor but also most of the games in the series I would argue that the first game is still worth playing if only so that the Brilliance of the second one can be properly appreciated I won't go into many or any spoilers about these games here but a lot of what happens in the second game does substantiate what happened in the first [Music] one the games themselves come with all the bells and whistles you come to expect from these collections at this point you get a collection of concept art promotional art an OST player that includes tracks not just from the games but orchestral arrangements from celebratory concerts as well a story mode that has been added which basically solves all the puzzles for you and there is even a chapter select so that you can jump into any chapter of the story certainly useful for replays you also get a feature that lets you swap between the original pixelated Sprites or HD remastered cleaner ones you can pick whichever one you want and swap whenever you want much like pretty much every other option and bonus that I listed here along with support for a lot more languages than even the official release of the first game got back on the DS and some cool in-game achievements this certainly is the definitive way to play either of these games unless you really did miss the DS touchscreen or dual screen setup for these games [Music] with the release of Investigations 1 and two we finally and actually have all of the Ace Attorney games available on Modern platforms there is Professor Leighton versus Phoenix right to be fair but that crossover title is a spin-off that was published by level five meaning that one may be out of the per and honestly that one is considered to be fairly weak of an outing that squanders the potential of its dream crossover to begin with every other game in this series is now available on at least PC PlayStation and switch meaning we and the developer are out of games to re-release hopefully this indicates that the next release is Ace Attorney 7 which has been a very long time coming and if not that then at least a new installment of any kind it is great that these legendary games are available on Modern systems so readily especially when you consider how many new fans to the series may have been made thanks to these re-releases but playing through this franchise again has only impressed upon me its Brilliance and how there is really not anything else like it on the market I sincerely hope that a new Ace Attorney game is on its way sometime soon now until then I'm glad we at least got to play investigations 2o and got to play one of the best titles in the series as a result and that'll be about it for this one if you guys like what we're doing at gaming bolt please consider subscribing to our Channel and I'll see you guys on the next video