I still remember my first play through (what happened, who the murderer was in the end), but I had forgotten all the finer details. The fact that I remembered what to do most of the time gave me a lot more room to observe--- and I have to say I hated it. During court, I kept on thinking "wtf is wrong with this judge, is he retarded", and was reminded of this article I had read, which said that it was insanely easy to become a judge in a local court- no qualifications required, only need to take a multiple choice test--- which can be retaken as many times as you like. I hope that article was a fake, since I read it on an entertainment website. Otherwise... my faith in humanity has been lost again.
Then there were the witnesses in that game. OMFG THE STUPID FUCKING WITNESSES. They made me so mad. Most of the time they forgot some crucial detail about the crime--- and then the rest of the time THEY JUST BLATANTLY LIED. Then in the end it's like, "oh dayum, I guess I didn't see the murder happen at all, but I just thought it'd be cool to be a witness". Made me want to strangle something, because that witness had spent so long trying to accuse someone of murder- when it had nothing to do with them.
Yeah yeah, I know that I'm getting super-worked up about this game, and it's just a game--- but sometimes it horrifies me to think that this probably happens a fair bit in real life. You think it's all exaggerated--- but it isn't unlikely at all that the witness will forget what they saw, and invent something in its place. After studying the nature of memory in a psychology class, and watching 12 Angry Men, I'm a little scared by the whole idea of witnesses...
Ehh, I'll get over it. It's just a game. Too bad I've grown all pedantic about games since I last played--- maybe I was just in a better mood two years ago (I wouldn't be surprised). I'll be looking forward to the new Ace Attorney release though.
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