I need to stop doing this whole post-and-run thingfanbeatsmanMarch 31 2010, 12:26:59 UTC
That's a great point about Shih-na/Calisto. It's actually really awakened a bit of interest in her for me - now I quite fancy the idea of reading the story of her experiences as a mole! It could make a pretty epic fic, I think - actually, it would make a great film, wouldn't it? I do always like the idea of AA films/anime, although I know they'd be a huge disappointment if they ever actually happened.
And regarding your point about the dynamics of conversations - I think you could look at it as being in character for Edgeworth, even if the gameplay isn't quite so engaging. He talks to people to get information, not to find out their deepest secrets and all the rest.
Good point! I definitely hear you there, yes. I suppose that's the flipside to the idea of a game mechanic based around logic and argument - a compromise you have to make to get an authentic mechanic for Edgeworth. I suppose the problem I have is that I prefer Edgeworth as a POV character, but Phoenix as a basis for gameplay :D
You know, I didn't understand the knife petal thing at all until the game was practically spelling it out for me ¬_¬ I really thought it was a guitar pick, and as a result was absolutely convinced that the Jammin' Ninja would come into play at some point in the resolution (and was actually kind of disappointed when he didn't). Fail is me.
I LOVE that girls' night out prompt, and am very happy that someone seems to be filling it :D I'm loving the idea of Franziska/Kay more and more by the day (hopefully will be able to get something of my own written before too long).
I thought the trump card point was actually really well-judged - I totally agree with you, that Edgeworth would have presented it and that doing so marks a natural, inevitable point in his character arc - the point at which he can decide for himself what his principles will and will not allow him to do, and which rules he will and will not follow. At the same time, I thought the fact that they presented it as a decision fork was a great idea - because I don't think that Edgeworth would have presented it without a whole lot of deliberation and angsting; it's just not that easy to let go of von Karma's influence and the principles he's based his sense of self on for the last however many years. So I agreed both with the "right" answer and with the fact that it was presented as a big, game-changing decision point.
And regarding your point about the dynamics of conversations - I think you could look at it as being in character for Edgeworth, even if the gameplay isn't quite so engaging. He talks to people to get information, not to find out their deepest secrets and all the rest.
Good point! I definitely hear you there, yes. I suppose that's the flipside to the idea of a game mechanic based around logic and argument - a compromise you have to make to get an authentic mechanic for Edgeworth. I suppose the problem I have is that I prefer Edgeworth as a POV character, but Phoenix as a basis for gameplay :D
You know, I didn't understand the knife petal thing at all until the game was practically spelling it out for me ¬_¬ I really thought it was a guitar pick, and as a result was absolutely convinced that the Jammin' Ninja would come into play at some point in the resolution (and was actually kind of disappointed when he didn't). Fail is me.
I LOVE that girls' night out prompt, and am very happy that someone seems to be filling it :D I'm loving the idea of Franziska/Kay more and more by the day (hopefully will be able to get something of my own written before too long).
I thought the trump card point was actually really well-judged - I totally agree with you, that Edgeworth would have presented it and that doing so marks a natural, inevitable point in his character arc - the point at which he can decide for himself what his principles will and will not allow him to do, and which rules he will and will not follow. At the same time, I thought the fact that they presented it as a decision fork was a great idea - because I don't think that Edgeworth would have presented it without a whole lot of deliberation and angsting; it's just not that easy to let go of von Karma's influence and the principles he's based his sense of self on for the last however many years. So I agreed both with the "right" answer and with the fact that it was presented as a big, game-changing decision point.
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