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on the upside edgeworth was in fine asshole form
I... I kind of want to unplay that case.
There were... a lot of metatextual things in the beginning that really bothered me; I've talked about it all I care to for now, but it made me squirm in unpleasant and uncomfortable ways and I felt really exposed. That's not a feeling I seek out in my video games. x_o
Also, HOLY SHIT DAHLIA.
Case ending was... seriously, just sjkghjkszhfl. I'd spoiled myself on WHAT Terry did in the end, but not HOW he did it, and knowing that it happens is not the same as WATCHING IT HAPPEN. The slow horror, watching him die on the stand - it might've been WORSE for my having known, because I could see the symptoms when they started and KNEW what was happening, and it took Mia and Edgeworth so long to catch on... No WONDER Mia was so badly traumatized. Poor baby...!
Poor Edgeworth too, holy shit. But that was... kind of a great little character moment. He's working to get this guy put away again, that's his JOB, this WILL end in execution for the man, and he's been such an asshole about it... but when he realizes what's happening, you can see that glimmer of who he really is.
STILL VERY TRAUMATIC THOUGH
Only one more after this, I promise.
There were... a lot of metatextual things in the beginning that really bothered me; I've talked about it all I care to for now, but it made me squirm in unpleasant and uncomfortable ways and I felt really exposed. That's not a feeling I seek out in my video games. x_o
Also, HOLY SHIT DAHLIA.
Case ending was... seriously, just sjkghjkszhfl. I'd spoiled myself on WHAT Terry did in the end, but not HOW he did it, and knowing that it happens is not the same as WATCHING IT HAPPEN. The slow horror, watching him die on the stand - it might've been WORSE for my having known, because I could see the symptoms when they started and KNEW what was happening, and it took Mia and Edgeworth so long to catch on... No WONDER Mia was so badly traumatized. Poor baby...!
Poor Edgeworth too, holy shit. But that was... kind of a great little character moment. He's working to get this guy put away again, that's his JOB, this WILL end in execution for the man, and he's been such an asshole about it... but when he realizes what's happening, you can see that glimmer of who he really is.
STILL VERY TRAUMATIC THOUGH
Only one more after this, I promise.
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And oh god, yes. I started going "Oh no..." when he mentioned the bottle. For some reason it hadn't occurred to me that it could be something THAT DAHLIA GAVE HIM for this precise purpose.
... XDDDD AND SHE IS A TERRIFYING EX-GIRLFRIEND AT THAT.
Yes, I hadn't thought of that at the time, but that does help. It's not such a feeling of crushing defeat when you know Dahlia gets her guilty verdict.
Oh dear, now I need to catch up don't I? I've got class today, but I think I may need to take a nap when I get home, so don't get too far ahead... XD