Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

I've been a fan of Ace Attorney for a while and seeing as I can go back on here and play all the older games from older consoles just makes me so happy. ☺️

I remember wishing intensively back in the early 2000s that these would be ported to PC. Spent so many hours on the DSL playing them. Great ports with nice improvements.

I would object... if this thing was ass.

It's not. Pho bird man is just having fun being a tv lawyer/detective solving the case.

And yes. I do want to cross examine a parrot as a witness.

This is so camp, I can't. The final trial? I'm dead. If you want Danganronpa, but with slow-burn cases that may take 30 hours to give you the satisfaction but OOOOOH MAN that satisfaction kicks in real good. A classic detective game and a must play for you.

not even done with the first game. its so good and so worth every dime

This game is absolutely entertaining and a literal timeless classic that holds up well in todays time . The cases are fun , the mechanics and controls are easy to learn and smooth , and the game is a true masterpiece . Edgeworth is my favorite character ever .

When I was in 9th grade, shortly after the Nintendo DS handheld system released, I remember seeing this game and thought, wow be a lawyer, how fun could that be? Well, I was loaned the first game by a friend, and I found it hard to put down. I think this series was my whole personality for a bit. I count it among Pokemon and Mega Man Battle Network as an all-time favorite handheld franchise.

The music is simple but effective, evoking all the proper emotions. The cast of characters is endearing and mostly unforgettable, and the amount of heart, soul, and personality they can convey without any voice acting is incredible. This is a fun visual novel that you can end the day with, scratch your head for a little bit figuring things out, and enjoy the amazing stories with harrowing twists and zany humor. Easy recommend at the typical sale price of $15 USD.

Great and relaxing game. Unique mechanics and fun storyline.

The Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is a meticulously crafted Visual Novel, which combines exceptional storytelling, well written characters and identification of smart constructed correlations through evidence.

I can highly recommend it.

I'd heard great things about this series, but honestly, I think you had to play it on a Gameboy back in the day to get the appeal. The gameplay gets repetitive, and it was too much of a visual novel for my tastes.

im in LOVE with this game, like fr. ive never felt sad about movies or tv shows, but somehow this stupid lawyer game has captured the essence of my soul. if your thinking about buying this, DO IT! its great for people who like visual novels, people who like interesting stories, people who like big plot twists, people who like watching crime tv shows, and its great for people who like a fun cast of characters. best game, 10/10!!!

This is a great and enjoyable game for those who enjoy puzzle solving and murder mystery. The story gets suprisingly deep sometimes and its a fantastic trilogy.

As a huge Sherlock Holmes fan,I think the game might be a little easier, but it's still a good game

FUCKING JAR PUZZLE!!!!!!!!

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10/10 would object again. Made several witnesses cry on the stand. The top echelon of cross examination tactics for a lawyer.

God I miss mock trial.

異議!!!
第一部曲最好玩，特別係最後兩章
等等!!!
第二部曲略顯平淡，無第一部咁令我熱血沸騰，少咗舌戰嘅感覺
看招!!!
第三部曲前期為咗補全劇情，唔算好玩
但當到咗最後一章，將前三部曲所有伏筆同線索全部串連，一併解決嘅感覺，太爽啦

This is truly one of, if not the greatest game series of all time and this trilogy is an amazing start. You will be hooked from the first case and absolutely love it through the first game. Fair warning the second and third games each have a case that kinda suck, do not let these cases keep you from experiencing some of the best cases later in those game not to mention the fact that you can go on and play the other amazing games. Play this game or The Great Ace Attorney before any of the others, you can technically follow the other stories without playing the previous ones but it will be so much better with the context of the older games.

Absolutely loved this game. I got it on a whim when there was a huge CAPCOM sale and it only cost like 10 dollars. The puns, top tier. The story, even topper tier if that's possible. There were some times when I did need to look up some help because I would literally be entirely lost about where to look for clues or who to ask what but it was pretty rare. The secrets and mysteries from each of the cases could make a game on their own and I would still be happy with it. Could not recommend it strongly enough.

I like provin people wrong and also struttin the fact I am a intelligent life-form! This game is fun I would recommend it for those who fit my previous statement or those who just like silly people doing silly things.

It's a really good game. I don't think the Gumshoe x Edgeworth sex scene was really necessary, I felt like it broke up the flow of the investigation and Meekins wearing a gimp suit encouraging them with his megaphone was really weird, but a bold move by CAPCOM.

Words simply cannot describe just how much I love this game or how incredible and amazing it is!! Such simple statements don't do it the justice it deserves!! <3

very fun but also very challenging at times (at least for my dumb self), would definitely recommend.

best game ever. Amazing story, funny characters, interactive gam play. You should def get this game I 1000% recommend it. You will have a blast! :)

I love this game to the bottom of my heart. It's always a fun time, not once it has failed to cheer me up or keep me entertained. All the characters are so well written, the english translation is genius and the cases are always full of plot twists. It's also emotional and after playing through all the cases you really feel connected to the characters and the world. It makes you think, pay attention, find clues and contradictions, all while leaving you completely caught up in the story. Overall, this was an extremely well spent 76 hours of my life! Ofc I would recommend!

This game has been the go to for ages for my friends and I to voice act, and its the funniest thing ever. It is brilliant, especially the third game in the series, and should be played by anyone who even has a modicum of interest in being an anime lawyer,

One of friends recommended me to try this game out. Nearly 20 hours later I can see why.
It's been a very long while since I found a visual novel that I have thoroughly enjoyed and found engaging and hilarious.
I even found myself accidentally solving cases with random observations and off-hand comments that perplexed my more experienced friend of the series and I did it all while playing blind, specifically speaking on Episodes 3 & 4 in the first game.
Overall so far it is a very enjoyable experience and I'm going to 100% this game once I have finished all 3 games in this collection.

good game but i felt uncomfortable when the defense and the prosecution started dry-humping in the middle of the trial TT__TT

I've only played the first two games in this collection but it is really good. Point and click game with some surprisingly tense moments where you make big case defining decisions.

Truly a great visual novel. The main character may be a little gay... but thats alright.

Would've been a 10/10 if they removed the Big Top Case and made Phoenix and Edgeworth make out on screen
Masterpiece regardless tho

A Lawyer only cries once its over

theres no heterosexual explination for Pheonix dropping everything to go into law to chase after a guy he in elementtry school❗🗣

Very comforting experience. All three games in the trilogy feel satisfying to play through.

Im not usually a visual novel type person (i understand this isnt a visual novel in the traditional sense but it still has a lot of reading) but I love ace attorney in spite of that dislike. The story in these games is masterfully crafted. The characters are amazing. The visual style is fun and flashy. I really cant speak highly enough about this.

Not the best UI for a remake. (e.g. still lack of conversation history) But overall, it's fine.
I don't know whether it is good or bad that we don't need to blow into the microphone in the forensic section anymore...

One of the best interactive narratives of all time. Fun and easy to play, also full of surprises! Highly recommended!

Such an amazing detective game, the witnesses and prosecutor's personality is ridiculous and the cases are actually sort of difficult. You get such an amazing payoff when you finally get it right. There is so much to play, I have 70 hours and I'm not done with the game yet. This is one of my all time favorite games. If you are on the fence about buying it, DO IT I promise you'll have so much fun learning about the silly characters and have fun trying to piece together every case. The only downside I would say is sometimes you know whats wrong about the statement but you have to present one of the specific pieces of evidence they accept.

I didn't like the style nor the dialogue in this game. The story and characters are uninteresting, though not completely terrible. However, the music and sound effects were so irritating that I couldn't continue and had to drop the game after just two and a half episodes. Each episode went like this:
1. A witness gives a testimony.
2. You find a lie in it.
3. You gotta do steps (1) and (2) about 5 times which is frustrating and absolutely unrealistic, especially when the entire case against the defendant relies solely on the word of a lying witness.
4. Occasionally there is some dialogue in other locations where you find more clues.

Story: 5/10
Music and sound effects: 1/10
Overall: 4/10

A solid visual novel with a straightforward narrative, but the mystical elements completely undermine the detective genre.

One of your partners has the ability to change their body and transform into other people (sounds strange, but that’s how it is). The prosecution even references this in court. This leads to an absurd situation where you're trying to explain why your client couldn't have committed the crime, using evidence like fingerprints, while some characters can literally change their bodies.

It feels like the developers overdid it with the mystical aspects. I've played two games in the series so far, and in the second part, the mystical elements are ramped up even further.

First part: 8/10.
Second part: 6/10 due to an overabundance of mysticism.

I was always hyped to get to play this. I have already watched the gameplay of this whole trilogy, so I know a bit (am a little spoiled but fuzzy on details since it's been a while since I watched). However, it's great to experience the game for myself. Recommended. I am currently on case 5 of AA.

There is a lot to do in this game. I have played for close to 33 hours and have only gotten through the first game and the first case of JFA.

Edit: Now am at 93 hours and about to finish the trilogy. As you can see, there is a lot to sink your teeth into in this collection.

Very fun, I've honestly gotten surprisingly invested in the Ace Attorney Universe over my past two years playing. Most cases are great, a couple are kinda duds, but it's really funny and the characters are memorable.

I know, I know when you hear the words "Visual Novel" one thing comes to your mind but guess what, visual novels can be good with a great SFW story, this is the perfect example for it, funny & cool. so I fell in love with Mia and then You-Know-What happened and it depressed me...but the play-through must go on

God damn masterpiece of dramatic presentation, and wholesome to boot.

I didn't care for the point & click part of it, which became more predominant in the bonus chapter of the first game of this trilogy, so I stopped there. I still feel I got my money's and time's worth, and then some. Really glad I finally gave this game a spin.

One of my favourite game series of all time, I care for all the main characters a lot. And I like to think this game made me think outside the box more with all the deductions you have to make.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, originally released in 2001, was an innovative blend of investigation based visual novel and courtroom drama. While the first game wraps up very nicely, the two games that follow expand the world and gameplay in all the right directions. All three of these games, with redone graphics have been gathered for this release on all modern platforms and have brought Phoenix Wright to modern audiences.

My first experience with Ace Attorney was 7 years ago playing the first game on the DS going through the first case and not much more as my kid brain couldn't make it through the second case. I remember really enjoying that first case though.

Now in 2024, I jumped back into the world of Ace Attorney on my PC, letting the series slow burn in my mind doing a case every so often. The last two cases of the first game really cemented a love for this series and I began to play more and more often. Despite some flaws with the second game it still finishes fantastically and the third is just about perfect from top to bottom, wrapping up the trilogy amazingly. Over the 8 months I've let this collection mellow in my head, I've gained a special love for the story and the characters. All of the main and secondary characters have their time in the limelight and develop throughout the trilogy. The overarching themes hit a lot harder than you'd think from a silly lawyer game, making me cry multiple times through my playthrough.

Since this collection is based on a specific brand of logic, sometimes you can get stuck without knowing what to do next. There are plenty of spoiler-free walkthroughs online that can help you get to enjoying the story again.

If you haven't played this game, try it.
If you bought this game, play it.
If you haven't finished this game, finish it.

I have forever become an Ace attorney fan and will be trying out the other games soon :))

for people that like detective games this is great, i really like the storylines. The artstyle is great too, some might say its a little simple but i like it. Its not too detailed but its still great. I like the character developments too. i personally love detective games that are like this one. i would recommend this to others. people that like visual novel detective ish games should 100% try this game.

Rather good, I never got the chance to play these apart of on Steam myself, but I can see why these are considered classics.

+ Likeable cast of characters
+ Good jokes
+ Great OST
+ Unhinged plot twists


* Felt like you "have to" complete a whole episode (each game in this trilogy has multiple episodes) without taking too long of a break, as you would end up forgetting details that may matter later. With some cases being many hours long, this could get a bit tedious for some

* Anime in both looks and story, for some, this is a dealbreaker


Easily recommended.

This is a fun puzzle game with gorgeous art and thrilling storylines!!!

Ace Attorney is one of my favorite game franchises and the fact that they bundle together the original trilogy remastered is both a treat and a steal. These are games that very much test your logic, observational skills, and literacy to some degree. Stripped to its barest essentials and setting the overarching story aside, as new defense attorney Phoenix Wright you both investigate crimes (typically heavier cases like murder) at their scene (interviewing witnesses, those involved, defendants, but also visiting locals attached to the crime to gather details and evidence) and subsequently use what you've gathered in court to defend your client by unraveling the mystery of your cases, discovering and challenging contradictions in established case facts, and cross examining witnesses to figure out who's really lying (uh PERJURY?), who's telling the truth, and what IS the truth? You'll find yourself a wide variety of "rock and hard place"'s and moral tight spots as a lawyer. Do you choose to believe in your client? Will you never stop smiling no matter what happens in the courtroom? After all, a good lawyer isn't allowed to cry until it's all over as wise attorney once said.

The Ace Attorney trilogy is a wonderful set of three games that encapsulate ideas like murder mystery and the whodunit genre. It's not for everyone as it's a game that actively asks you to use your brain (it's not a hack and slash where you can kind of zone out and do your thing). As a Visual Novel meets point and click type of game this game is largely predicated on reading. So if you want something you don't have to be as sharply or actively engaged in or focused on you might like something else. If you like to feel smart, use your noodle to solve problems/spot out fishiness and call it out, feel the reward or AHA moment of spotting out a witnesses BS (or tying all of your clues together and fingering the culprit of a crime!) or just genuinely enjoy stories that take you through a metric ton of twists and turns of the unexpected, the Ace Attorney Trilogy Remastered may just be a legal rollercoaster that you may want to try taking a ride on.

Ah yes. By the way. Remastered. It looks a lot cleaner and prettier than the original games so there's that too lol.

Of the time I have written this review, I have only completed the first game of this trilogy and gotten my dad to play it on my pc a little as well. With that being said, I think Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney is a very good game. It's definitely a strange one, but incredible nonetheless. The characters are over the top and cartoonish but it gives this world and the cases within an undeniable charm that makes its visual novel aspects so engaging. I normally am not a big fan of this genre despite my, admittedly very few, attempts at getting into it in the past, yet I blasted through this one in a mere couple of weeks. If I have a complaint to levy towards it, I feel Phoenix as a protagonist is... Well, I had to use a guide to progress through a few moments of investigations because I felt like the actual way the game had me need to progress was a little too... Dumb? Mainly, how for at least 3 of the cases, Phoenix directly confronts the real killers via presenting the evidence that they are connected to it in some way, which, at least for the fourth case, negatively impacts the argument he could've used in court a major piece of evidence gets stolen by the true culprit. While I'm willing to overlook this as the story needing to continue a certain way, it was a bit frustrating nonetheless. The actual game play systems are very solid, if a little tedious like with the movement across the settings during the investigation segments when trying to figure out how to progress next as I'd click through menu after menu trying to find if the exact people I wanted to speak to were available at the areas that I needed to talk to them at. Still, finding the evidence, using it to get more information out of characters, etc. made the investigations feel engaging enough as you obtain the pieces to build together an explanation of what just transpired. After the investigation segments, of course, come the court segments which were always very satisfying when they worked as you wanted. My dad at times, when I had him play through it, wanted to present elements after pressing certain characters and felt irritated when he had to wait for information from the pressing bits had to be added to the testimony first before being able to do anything, but that's a him problem, not a me problem. If it allowed for that, the game would be over too quickly and be too easy. Working within the system though, when you caught someone in a lie by them contradicting the evidence, it creates this weird sense of accomplishment that overall made the experience a positive one. Oh, yeah, also, Phoenix x Miles should be made canon. 7/10

El best videojuego ha habido y por haber. Edgeworth el mejor, me encanta su flow. Háganse el favor de jugarlo, va a hacer que su cerebro tenga una mejor funcionalidad.

This is a cinematic masterpiece. I love the storyline consistency and the unexpected plottwists.

Truly a gem!