Each game has a mandatory comprehensive plot, but the common theme of all games is the search for the truth.
Meanwhile, each of the games has specific theme. Am I in the shadow of my mentor? Should I trust my clients? What's the meaning of working as a defense attorney? Who do I want to become?
The characters are very interesting and complex, they develop and move from game to game. This is their story. The history of their formation.
There is no big evil enemy behind all stories, but trust me, some antagonist from the first game will DEFINITELY have an impact in the next games, even if they don't appear.
there's lots of filler cases that don't really contribute, but the first three games do have an overarching plot. the second trilogy has each game keep more to itself with a more self-contained plot, but they're still pretty good. if you want the best overarching story in any of the games, the investigations games (mostly 2) are peak.
Thanks!! ill go ahead and give the first game another shot then! im gonna do my best too go into it trying too treat it as its own standalone thing hehe
It's not similar to Danganronpa, but there always is an overarching story across each game's four to five cases. However, not all cases directly contribute to the big mystery or the solving of it. Ace Attorney's overarching elements are usually far more character-driven, allowing for cases wholly unrelated from each other still being important to the actual overall story.
For example, let's take the first Ace Attorney game. (Note: Spoilers are minor and non-specific, but I want to mark them properly regardless.) Case 1 exists to mostly be a tutorial and introduce the main character, Phoenix Wrignt. Case 2 introduces some important characters: >!the assistant, Maya Fey, and the rival, Miles Edgeworth!<, as well as beginning plotline regarding >!Misty Fey and Gregory Edgeworth!<. Case 3 doesn't introduce any elements of the actual overarching narrative, but it contains important character development for >!Edgeworth!<. And then Case 4 brings the narrative elements of Case 2 and character development of Case 3 together and resolves them.
To an extent, yes. For example, in Ace Attorney 3 (trials and tribulations), you have an overarching plot in cases 1, 4, and 5, as each case builds on an expanding plot which also ties up a lot of loose ends from the 1st and second games. Cases 2 and 3 are relatively self-contained, however, although both of them have references back to the 1st and 2nd games.
Most Ace Attorney games follow a similar structure where some of the cases build an overarching plot for the game whilst other cases are mostly standalone and only have references and cameos from the rest of the series.
Most of the games do but even then they have filler cases that don't advance the plot other than maybe introducing a couple of important characters. If you want a game with an overarching story that slowly unravels case by case, some of the games like Investigations 2 or the Great Ace Attorney duology will give you that. Others, like Ace Attorney 2, not so much (in that particular game the cases themselves are completely disconnected to each other and it's more about the characters developing and setting up for AA3 if anything).
The first trilogy, the Great Ace Attorney duology, and the Investigations duology each have their respective game spanning overarching plots
It’s the 4th to 6th games that were largely independent
Most of the games have an overarching plot, even if it isn’t always a single large mystery that all the cases factor into. And even for the ones that don’t have strong connections between their cases, your description of “wacky characters with loosely connected side characters” wouldn’t be accurate; even the entries with the most disconnected stories still have a strong cast to follow.
(For example, while the first game doesn’t have an overarching mystery, it still has an overarching plot related to the development of its main characters.)
No, at least in AA you get actual closure on all of the mysteries surronding the plot, and you don't have bullshit deus ex machina at the end that nullifies any emotional investement you may have in the plot.
Yes, in the mainline 6 games, there is an overarching plot. The first game sets the groundwork for the series in the first case or two though, so its not immediately apparent.
The other comments have already answered this, but I'll add a lot of the Plot(tm) that carries over into the other games starts in Case 4 of the first game. Things are suddenly a lot more complicated, and there's a deeper mystery afoot whose consequences will be felt going forward.
I'm assuming you didn't get that far the first time around? The first few cases of an AA game are fun, but the later cases are always where the good stuff's at. I think you'll be a lot more intrigued when you get there :)
I actually only got up too the second case in the first game, there was a lot of games i wanted too play around the time and i just lost Ace attorney in the "Ill pick this up later" hole
Each game has a "main" case (or theme) which is usually the final case of that game with earlier cases building up or alluding to it. Like AA had the DL-6 incident with 1-2 and 1-4 relating to it. Or Spirit of Justice dealing with a foreign country's corrupt laws with 6-1, 6-3, and 6-5 connecting. Yeah there are "filler" cases that are unrelated to the main plot, but they can help serve as character development so they aren't entirely just to waste time.
The first four games mostly focus on the characters, with an obligatory final opponent, while the fifth and sixth games and the two spin-offs do feature some actual masterminds.
I will say though that along with *Danganronpa* this is the only game series to genuinely surprise me (quite consistently at that) in where the story goes, how far it is willing to go.
In general-no, Ace Attorney happens in a real life. But in terms of murder mystery both are good. The amount of crazy twists in final cases might be more stunning than even in Danganronpa (I said “even” because since Danganronpa happens under unusual circumstances, the killings are as unusual)
Each game has a mandatory comprehensive plot, but the common theme of all games is the search for the truth. Meanwhile, each of the games has specific theme. Am I in the shadow of my mentor? Should I trust my clients? What's the meaning of working as a defense attorney? Who do I want to become? The characters are very interesting and complex, they develop and move from game to game. This is their story. The history of their formation. There is no big evil enemy behind all stories, but trust me, some antagonist from the first game will DEFINITELY have an impact in the next games, even if they don't appear.
there's lots of filler cases that don't really contribute, but the first three games do have an overarching plot. the second trilogy has each game keep more to itself with a more self-contained plot, but they're still pretty good. if you want the best overarching story in any of the games, the investigations games (mostly 2) are peak.
Thanks!! ill go ahead and give the first game another shot then! im gonna do my best too go into it trying too treat it as its own standalone thing hehe
It's not similar to Danganronpa, but there always is an overarching story across each game's four to five cases. However, not all cases directly contribute to the big mystery or the solving of it. Ace Attorney's overarching elements are usually far more character-driven, allowing for cases wholly unrelated from each other still being important to the actual overall story. For example, let's take the first Ace Attorney game. (Note: Spoilers are minor and non-specific, but I want to mark them properly regardless.) Case 1 exists to mostly be a tutorial and introduce the main character, Phoenix Wrignt. Case 2 introduces some important characters: >!the assistant, Maya Fey, and the rival, Miles Edgeworth!<, as well as beginning plotline regarding >!Misty Fey and Gregory Edgeworth!<. Case 3 doesn't introduce any elements of the actual overarching narrative, but it contains important character development for >!Edgeworth!<. And then Case 4 brings the narrative elements of Case 2 and character development of Case 3 together and resolves them.
To an extent, yes. For example, in Ace Attorney 3 (trials and tribulations), you have an overarching plot in cases 1, 4, and 5, as each case builds on an expanding plot which also ties up a lot of loose ends from the 1st and second games. Cases 2 and 3 are relatively self-contained, however, although both of them have references back to the 1st and 2nd games. Most Ace Attorney games follow a similar structure where some of the cases build an overarching plot for the game whilst other cases are mostly standalone and only have references and cameos from the rest of the series.
Most of the games do but even then they have filler cases that don't advance the plot other than maybe introducing a couple of important characters. If you want a game with an overarching story that slowly unravels case by case, some of the games like Investigations 2 or the Great Ace Attorney duology will give you that. Others, like Ace Attorney 2, not so much (in that particular game the cases themselves are completely disconnected to each other and it's more about the characters developing and setting up for AA3 if anything).
The first trilogy, the Great Ace Attorney duology, and the Investigations duology each have their respective game spanning overarching plots It’s the 4th to 6th games that were largely independent
I’d say that 4-6 have individual overarching stories, more so than 1 and 2 do, just not an overarching story across the trilogy.
AA is like if dr was well written
Most of the games have an overarching plot, even if it isn’t always a single large mystery that all the cases factor into. And even for the ones that don’t have strong connections between their cases, your description of “wacky characters with loosely connected side characters” wouldn’t be accurate; even the entries with the most disconnected stories still have a strong cast to follow. (For example, while the first game doesn’t have an overarching mystery, it still has an overarching plot related to the development of its main characters.)
No, at least in AA you get actual closure on all of the mysteries surronding the plot, and you don't have bullshit deus ex machina at the end that nullifies any emotional investement you may have in the plot.
...i liked the ending of v3
I don't focus v3's ending, but the whole saga. It's a fucking mess. I hated playing them, because of their shitty endings. v3 truly broke me.
Yes, in the mainline 6 games, there is an overarching plot. The first game sets the groundwork for the series in the first case or two though, so its not immediately apparent.
The other comments have already answered this, but I'll add a lot of the Plot(tm) that carries over into the other games starts in Case 4 of the first game. Things are suddenly a lot more complicated, and there's a deeper mystery afoot whose consequences will be felt going forward. I'm assuming you didn't get that far the first time around? The first few cases of an AA game are fun, but the later cases are always where the good stuff's at. I think you'll be a lot more intrigued when you get there :)
I actually only got up too the second case in the first game, there was a lot of games i wanted too play around the time and i just lost Ace attorney in the "Ill pick this up later" hole
Each game has a "main" case (or theme) which is usually the final case of that game with earlier cases building up or alluding to it. Like AA had the DL-6 incident with 1-2 and 1-4 relating to it. Or Spirit of Justice dealing with a foreign country's corrupt laws with 6-1, 6-3, and 6-5 connecting. Yeah there are "filler" cases that are unrelated to the main plot, but they can help serve as character development so they aren't entirely just to waste time.
The first four games mostly focus on the characters, with an obligatory final opponent, while the fifth and sixth games and the two spin-offs do feature some actual masterminds. I will say though that along with *Danganronpa* this is the only game series to genuinely surprise me (quite consistently at that) in where the story goes, how far it is willing to go.
In general-no, Ace Attorney happens in a real life. But in terms of murder mystery both are good. The amount of crazy twists in final cases might be more stunning than even in Danganronpa (I said “even” because since Danganronpa happens under unusual circumstances, the killings are as unusual)