With more research and less fantasy, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is the reboot that the Phoenix Wright saga was crying out for

He thought that he had left the Ace Attorney saga during these last years, that since Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice he had not returned to it and that, in short, he missed her. My surprise when preparing to write about The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, on the other hand, was to discover that it was actually she who had abandoned us.

With the arrival of his latest game, five years have been spent in the dry dock in the West and now, six years after the publication in Japan of the first installment of this spin-off, we can finally access the story of how the ancestor of Phoenix Wright traveled to Great Britain to meet Sherlock Holmes himself .

Two highly anticipated games

Although we have not yet been able to fully dive into the compilation, which will include improved versions of The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures and The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve , we have seen enough to understand what all the fuss was about with the publication of these two deliveries outside of Japan.

It is no longer just the fact of having seen the sky clear a bit over the future of the Capcom saga, it is that there is enough chicha to place it as the next big step in the franchise. Much would have to change the first or its sequel to make me change my mind in the remainder of the game.

I would dare to say that even above Spirit of Justice , where in reality what there was was a hodgepodge of ideas as a compilation with all the crazy things that the saga had given us so far, and that made it spin more and more Towards a fantasy that was making me ball

In The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles things change completely. We are at the dawn of the 20th century and in a world in which the use of technology is still a utopia in its infancy. There are no machines or magical powers that can save our ass in a trial, but the search for clues, deduction and point out inconsistencies.

New mechanics that feel great

It goes without saying that the change feels like a fable, of course, but that going back to the roots and leaving spiritualisms and special powers does not mean that it is short of mechanics beyond the basics. The ability to tinker with the clues by spinning them or thoroughly reviewing evidence in hand is just the tip of the iceberg.

With the arrival of Holmes -Herlock Sholmes to avoid copyright problems on this side of the world-, the Dance of Deduction also arrives, in which to put in his place a detective miles from what might be expected pointing out his mistakes at the time to investigate a case.

On the other hand, there are the Summary Examinations , something like a One More Thing at the end of the jury trials (they have returned) destined to point out inaccuracies between the ideas of the members to turn around a sentence that aims to harm us.

Between a promising story, updated visuals, and the addition of additional content, the only thing that could spark a “Protest!” When it comes time to analyze it, it is the fact that it is completely in English . One more symbol of the little confidence that Capcom continues to place in this formidable saga.