![]() ![]() If any of this caught your attention, you owe it to yourself to give this visual novel a look. It’s reminiscent of Valkyrie Profile in many ways, from the moody and depressive character design to the woeful and dramatic short lives of the souls within the doors. From there, the maid shows the master the lives of residents past in an effort to help jog his memory, though behind each of these doors is a theatre of tragedy set many years apart from one another.Įach story connects back to the manor, creating an intricate and masterful tale spanning several generations. It is a morose tale of a master of a manor awakening without any memories, met only with a pale maid who wishes only to help him regain them. The House in Fata Morgana’s crown jewel, however, is its story. A gloomy yet stunning gothic art style gives each character a chilling sense of life while somber keys and sorrowful strings paint an aural landscape to set the dreary tone. The House in Fata Morgana is a gorgeous, haunting, and melancholy masterpiece. Trials & Tribulations is Ace Attorney firing on all cylinders: the bombastic conclusion to a trilogy that remains beloved and a wonderful example of the things that can be achieved using the visual novel format. This title also introduces Godot, who could easily be the most nuanced and compelling ‘villain’ the series has seen and leads the affable protagonist Phoenix through a number of dramatic and heartfelt character moments. Every character from the series is at their best in this instalment, and Trials & Tribulations includes a few of the series’s best overall cases and mysteries, with each chapter emboldened by a colourful cast of secondary characters. ![]() The third title in the Ace Attorney series feels particularly essential in its commitment to conveying excellent resolutions to plot elements and character arcs established in the series’ previous titles, whilst simultaneously working as a slice of quirky courtroom simulation that holds up on its own. It’s an argument with some merit, but when you consider how much of Ace Attorney is built from prosaic stream-of-consciousness narration and branching dialogue exchanges, much of the series can be seen to hinge upon the fundamental conventions of the visual novel genre. There are some who would consider the Ace Attorney series more of an adventure game than a visual novel.
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