Capcom was happy to present the newest entry in the Ace Attorney series, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice, at this years E3 as they gave attendees a chance to try out the next adventure for the Wright Anything Agency. This demo takes place in the fictional monarchy of Khura’in, where Phoenix is a stranger in a strange land as he is almost immediately tasked with defending a young monk-in-training, Ahlbi Ur’gaid. Since Phoenix is new to the land, Ahlbi was acting as a tour guide until he is suddenly accused of a murder, and Phoenix, being the humble defense attorney, is quick to take the case.
This week on COG Considers, we tackle one of the most tired and unpleasant tropes in horror games: why games--and every other pop culture avenue--are so determined to paint people with Dissociative Identity Disorder as murderers.
Killer7 was mentioned, but only for one sentence because it's the central premise of the game. There wasn't really a need to go into detail.
Are they? You are fixed on Japanese games that are anime based/fashioned. Perhaps if you were not playing games that are similar to the animes that inspired them you would have more/different experiences.
When Cliche and Troupes are the building blocks, you can’t expect much. Just like you cannot expect good case study when the tester/observer has practically no variance in test subjects.
Sooooo many horror games out there... you really gotta explore some more.
I am aware! But games like Outlast or Remothered aren't really doing anything different, either--the most you could say is that Outlast hammers in that not all mental patients are dangerous. Just some of them. It really isn't just anime-inspired games that are doing this, even if you're counting Deadly Premonition among them. Bendy and the Ink Machine did it with Alice Angel, Krieg from the Borderlands games is this but played for laughs, and Dog/God from Fallout: New Vegas' Dead Money DLC is another example of both murder and weird, unrealistically rapid closure. This article was inspired after seeing one too many indie games on Steam with the premise 'discover the inner world of this tormented killer with DID.' Trust me when I say I'm exploring all kinds of horror games, and even outside those boundaries, because this is a really wide-reaching pattern.
That said, if you have any recs for more interesting/less stereotypical usage of characters with DID, hit me up.
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The best detective game ever is Ghost Trick. Too bad no one's ever heard of it.
Oh I've heard of it! What did you like about it? Were the clues hard to find?
Author Writes: Capcom seems like it's on fire lately, releasing hit after a hit, but one of its biggest series, Ace Attorney, is conspicuously absent from that list.
Been quite a wait since 6. About that time we start hearing about a new entry. Especially that it would most likely be on the switch.
I keep hearing about Phoenix Wright yet have never actually played one, any recommendations as to a good place to start?
Unless they have an amazing writer for this, it'll be hard to top the og trilogy, created by Shu Takumi, the father of the franchise, who said he pretty much done everything he wanted with the franchise and went on to 18th century spinoffs. all the other games are entertaining, but nowhere near the quality of the first 3
How about Onimusha 5, Dragon's Dogma 2, Rival Schools 3, and Breath of Fire 7 too? I mean, while they're on a role may as well make the most of it. XXXD
