citybeatnik posted:If my memory is serving me correctly, California has a problem with people stealing palm trees and cacti - literally poaching them from either public places or private property. The plant law could be covering that. ...Who the gently caress steals a cactus? And nice to see this getting a proper start. Here's to hoping you won't burn out.
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Yup. It's the first case of the entire series, and we're already dealing with the real culprit in danger of getting off on the flimsiest reasons.
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Mar 14, 2016 02:39
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I gotta admit, this does feel like a good first case to break people into the series. Aside from the introduction scene and general tutorial stuff, it doesn't hold your hand much in order to let you puzzle out the solution for yourself. Which makes those scenes where you've got the culprit on the ropes all the sweeter.
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Mar 16, 2016 20:15
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This case... Is probably my least favorite of the first game's. Sure, it starts broadening your world by giving you more to do than going to court and introduces the main cast of characters, but it just holds your hand a bit too much at all the wrong places (like showing us the murderer at the start again).
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Mar 19, 2016 16:50
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It can't be emphasized enough: Edgeworth is the smuggest smugger who ever smugged.
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Mar 30, 2016 18:36
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Plus, well, more to the point: How could she tell it was a clock in the first place?
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Apr 2, 2016 16:58
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On the other hand, Mia does mention that
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Apr 2, 2016 17:20
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I dunno, I think the 'flinch' sprite he usually uses right before that one is better, even if it only lasts all of two seconds.
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Apr 6, 2016 19:32
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Suddenly I'm imagining he's just constantly drunk when he's on the job, and it explains so much.
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Apr 7, 2016 06:28
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Granted, it's still being fairly gentle on the player. We've already had at least two instances where you progress the story no matter what you pick, as well as the judge being pretty lenient on obviously-wrong answers... Something later cases in the series won't really be doing, to put it mildly.
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Apr 9, 2016 16:44
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For that matter, how the hell did he even know that was a wiretap in the first place?
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Apr 10, 2016 20:11
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Redd White - The Walking Thesaurus
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Apr 16, 2016 16:35
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Wait, he's constipuzzled? 
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Apr 16, 2016 19:19
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:Ah, I forgot how magical Redd White on the stand was. Though, they don't actually have any evidence implicating Phoenix of the crime, in hindsight. In Japanifornia law, a witness's testimony is worth at least as much as a piece of evidence unless it's contradicted at least three by other testimonies/evidence. 
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Apr 20, 2016 19:33
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You've gotta love how badly Redd screwed himself over. If he'd just ordered Phoenix out of his office when confronted, the odds probably would've been decent that he would be able to pressure his way out of being called as a witness (and thus get away with it). Instead, he decided to really rub his power in Phoenix's face, and... Well, collapsed faster than a house of cards when he put himself in the one place where his power means nothing.
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Apr 23, 2016 20:02
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:Hasn't it been 3 days since the murder? Mia is actually Jesus. That would make for an interesting story: a murder mystery where the victim comes back to life three days later. ...Repeatedly. 
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Apr 26, 2016 16:20
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And now y'all know why I think this was the weakest case of the first game. Honestly, I'd think it would've been better if the Judge just called Edgeworth out, and ended the trial right then and there. Instead... Yeah. And it's weird that all it took to get Redd to break down was just reading a list of his blackmail victims. Guy didn't even get a proper breakdown animation.
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Apr 27, 2016 19:41
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Really, though, it's weird that that's what finally gets him to capitulate. I mean, even discounting that he's the actual murderer, he'd already been outed as a blackmailing scumbag. What does revealing the names of his victims really change?
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Apr 28, 2016 05:19
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Granted, those're movies. Playing the villain on a Saturday morning kids' show is probably just a mite bit different.
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Apr 30, 2016 17:04
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Considering how lovely the iOS version was in so many other ways, I'm not going to be the least bit surprised if that also includes "corrupting your save data". Though I could've sworn you could choose certain 'chapters' in each case in that version, at least.
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May 12, 2016 21:17
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At least Edgeworth has the humility to admit that both sides were dumbasses for not realizing it made no sense?
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May 19, 2016 00:04
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I remember someone somewhere saying it's supposed to be like "Diva Squeeze".
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May 26, 2016 01:04
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Or where the twist is "oh gently caress, we forgot it was Daylight Savings".
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May 26, 2016 01:53
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If that is... Hoo boy, that just destroyed some alibis.
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Jun 8, 2016 16:35
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We seriously fought wars in order to get our hands on bat guano. Phone-posting, or I'd link to anything relevant.
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Jun 11, 2016 22:46
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And more to the point: there isn't any blood on the spear, right?
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Jun 22, 2016 20:49
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Plus, ever since the previous day's testimony, there's no longer any evidence at all that Powers was the murderer— and some solid (if circumstantial) evidence to the contrary. At this point, nothing is adding up to the original premise of the case. So, this is the turning point in Edgeworth's career. For most, it probably would have been acceptable to cut their losses and withdrawn their case without bothering to take it any further. But he's still willing to do the right thing by putting the new prime suspect on the spot, instead of just chalking it up to a loss.
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Jun 30, 2016 05:29
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No, no, no, the best way of getting away with murder is to commit it and pin the blame on someone else while Phoenix is on another case.
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Jul 3, 2016 18:54
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You know, everyone always mentions how an icicle would be the perfect murder weapon, but has there ever been an actual case of one being used?
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Jul 5, 2016 00:21
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Man, I'd kill for a world where Christmas wasn't advertised so heavily.
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Jul 6, 2016 16:59
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Also, can I just point out that Edgeworth has a loving tiny head:shoulders ratio in this shot?
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Jul 7, 2016 00:00
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I still find it kind of creepy that we've got commercials of some guy pretending to be Colonel Sanders. I mean, if it was just some mascot that took hold over the years, fine; but an actual living person?
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Jul 7, 2016 04:46
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Don't forget: Lotta herself said that her camera took two photos.
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Jul 14, 2016 01:02
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The person we're set to face off against is probably one of the highlights of the series. 
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Jul 17, 2016 16:04
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You forgot the most plausible explanation: They're all at least part-Sasquatch themselves.
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Jul 18, 2016 02:55
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Night10194 posted:Three shots, huh? Our witness only heard 2. That's interesting. And unless I'm misremembering, the victim was only shot once. Something's not adding up, here.
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Jul 20, 2016 16:39
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SgtSteel91 posted:Maybe there were two shooters? The victim was on the boat with Edgeworth, saw the killer behind Edgeworth, tried to shoot the killer but missed, and got shot by the killer. How would he be able to shoot the victim and not hit Edgeworth, though? And since the powder burns indicate that the shooter was a few feet away, Edgeworth would've had to get on that tiny boat without noticing there was a third person lying on the deck, somehow. ... And now I want someone to illustrate this.
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Jul 30, 2016 22:00
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Or is it nine hours from now?
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Aug 1, 2016 02:58
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On the other hand, I wouldn't put it past some of them (like Payne) to be too thick to even realize they're the real culprit.
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Aug 2, 2016 07:19
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This is never going to go anywhere good, yeah.
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Aug 11, 2016 08:12
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