Sifrax

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Okay this is probably a little overdue? Or not? But fuck it we ball

I'm sifrax, sif ,siffy or whatever you prefer.

This is a place where I can dump my thoughts out into the internet. Some stuff you're likely going to see a lot of is final fantasy 14 as that contents pretty evergreen.

Reposts of the odd meme, random thoughts about nothing in particular. And whatever game or movie or anything else that's taking my interest at the current moment (as of me writing this. It's Uma musume)

You're all wonderful. Wish me luck figuring out how to pin this. Also do you even include tags on a pinned post?

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Okay, here we are , end of the storyline (seems theres one more case after this but shh) Im going to go on a real big ramble about my time with this game so Brace for impact. While i did enjoy this game. This is also without a doubt my least favorite Ace Attorney game. for numerous reasons, i'll start small for now not a fan of the 3d models, they started off feeling very flat and ended feeling very flat, and...idk if this is weird to say? but every non main character feels really flanderised now? which i know isnt possible because yknow they appeared IN this game but. hear me out on this it really really feels that now they're 3D , they gave everyone basically a "funny animation", that they then spam alllllll the time. mr Filch does that obnoxious bodycheck mugging animation Jinxie does the talisman slap Fullbright pulls out his Badge hugh does that glasses lift starbuck does that Sigh and much as i love her Aura always does that animaton that takes a second for her to lean on clonco. older games def did this as well but it feels longer and drawn out here. The loss of being able to inspect scenes is a Major point against this game. i wana be able to look at all the signs in 9 tales vale and the school festival and the podiums in the lecture hall and the signs and exhibits in the space museum and the paintings in kyubi manor and MY BOY THE GUARD IN THE DETENTION CENTRE. there was so much charm in those little inspects, its what made me really like Maya and Trucy. because they always had input on all these little things that were so endearing. investigations as a whole felt so much more...linear. you'd have a talky scene "right, now lets go to this location" and you'd get zooped there with no input "right, now we've done that we should go ask Shitton Fromabuht about his alibi" Whoosh and moved with no input. the back and forth nature , figuring out what i needed to present to who. investigating the right areas and finding the right things, thats what i loved about these sections. Its why i feel the same way about the game often taking evidence away from you. it should be on Me to workout that this bit of information isnt relevant to the case anymore and not think about it. speaking of cases. i should talk about those case 1. Solid case , not a fan of that "remove 2 lines" thing that was a little too abstract for me but fun case overall" Case 2: god i wish it didnt have that fukin opening cutscene showing me who did it , why was that there. God i hate filch stop doing that fuckass animation the case was fun even if a little...convoluted

Case 3: Much better , thank you for not showing me who did it. the characters were fun the crime was creative. the "Dark age of the law" was actually relevant to a case for once. Prof means was a fun antagonist.

Case 4: That was...yeah that really was a case. not the biiiigest fan because it ends without a resolution really ,i know thats to help set up for 5 but still.

Case 5: Oh i dont like you. i dont like you one bit. your Unique Characters , great Love you to bits Aura Blackquill. but , but but but WHY, the actual fuck, did you make this games version of GUMSHOE into the culbrit? fullbright? fullbright??? i can only speak for myself but thats just so unsatisfying , you set up characters related to both incidents past and prior , you set up a web of potential motives and contradictory actions if any one of them was the true culprit. an interesting web of mysteries past and present. AND YOU MAKE THE GUY BEHIND IT A GUY WHO WASNT EVEN INVOLVED???? A GUY WHOS 7 YEAR PRIOR IDENITITY WASNT EVEN MADE AWARE TO US??? not in any pictures or mentioned or anything? that guy who was registered to the Robots face database and obviously worked at the space centre along side everyone? nope not a mention. his motive? "oh yeah somebody told him to" eat shit bobby fulbright. also not a fan of how they handle apollo A) he's not the MC anymore and that makes me sad but B) they give him an edgy "im taking a leave of absence" cool dripped out jacket look. that he wears for...as far as i can tell. a day? maybe 2? Looking at this chronologically cases 2 and 3 are before the edge phase cases 4 and 1 are during and he's over it by 5 the game OPENS on him taking a leave of absense, and then we cut to before that for 2 entire cases, whats even the point im also not a fan of how the attention is divvied up here between Athena Apollo and Phoenix Case 1: Phoenix Case 2: Apollo Case 3: Athena Case 4: Apollo then Phoenix Case 5: Phoenix if you're going to make this game about Athena, and end with it being about Athena Just have us play as Athena, Athena Cykes Ace Attorney i ended up really not liking athena by the end of this because she's just..really...stupid. Shoulder throwing police officers and blurting out stupid shit in court to hurt the case. Growling and just being really wrong about things. and i think its partially because of that missing Inspect dialogue with the surroundings i feel this way because without it my only interactions with Athena was her railroading me between plot points and being wrong in court. but then for the 2nd game in the apollo justice trilogy it also doesn't really feature a lot of playing as Apollo , in fact his unique gimmick was actively turned off in the courtroom for this whole game and only used outside of the trials. Okay that was a lot of me Rambling about the bad let me ramble about the good and there is a lot of good. for the most part the mysteries were good, kept me guessing more or less right up until the end of the case , i LOVE Prosecutor Blackquill , Love my Brit larping as a samurai , He's got a fukin install for when he takes the case seriously , he's good at playing everyone with mindgames, He actually respects US as a prosecutor .The Bird. everything he does is peak and i love him , he was the best part of this game for me the psychology sections were also quite fun to work my way through, fun visuals and sounds and getting to break down the mindset of the characters in the cases was quite fun i just wish it came up a bit more. Music is still really good as ace attorney games always have had good music, Keep Pressing on is especially good.

But yeah, still enjoyed the game as a solid like . 6/10 nowhere near my fave ace attorney game but still good

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Even more Episode 5 talk bellow the break

I BEG YOUR FUCKING PARDON?? HIM???? HIM????????? WHY????????

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Live reaction to the ongoing episode 5, minor spoiler bellow break

i dont care what it takes turn this man into a prosecutor right now The Aura, the Drip the smug, the knowledge of Wright Tactics DO IT CAPCOM

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okay here we are, not going into the trial yet but Jesus I'm stumped , rambling thoughts bellow filled with spoilers

this is the first time I've gone into a trial having no idea about the Who, most other cases , I've known the who could guess at the why but didn't know the how but with this? its a complete script flip. I can muster up a guess about some elements , obv the bots were fooled by wearing incorrect jackets the bomb/s were using moon rocks. these are the obvious bits possible theories, Metis wasn't stabbed she was dissembled on the workbench, bloody robot arm in the Simon picture points to that. maybe Athena tried to use the repair function on the body? maybe not? Athena obv did SOMETHING because of the black psyche locks (nice to see these back again btw, hope they're more impactful than "lost at poker") but for the life of me? i cant fathom who could be behind it? its obv not Athena obv Simon either. would be weird if it was captain Yuri. and just. Baffling if it was aura. going through all this to try and get her brother an innocent verdict but just seems really out of character for how she's being presented both in the past and the present. like go off girl create a crime that pins your brother as the culprit and then force a retrial for your own crime to get yourself caught? not likely so who does that leave me with? Clay and Starbuck. and with clay dead that only leaves Starbuck to have like, actual gameplay with. but then this also doesn't feel right? maybe clay was the spy and Starbuck stabbed clay? but doing that while drugged just feels implausible , on top of the spy being like 16 at the time. but then, now what am i left with? i also cant go the suicide route because that explains nothing about what's going on present day. there's a creeping thought in the back of my head that this is going to be something dumb like Metis was the spy, killed herself to implant her brain into widget and like remotely piloted Athena or some shit. but that also feels like it'd be narratively awful. so then im left again with Starbuck and Jesus if it is Starbuck, poor apollo man. what did this boy do to deserve this treatment from the writers. "oh btw your idol just killed your best friend. and also your new best friends mother 7 years ago and also blew you up" but then if its aura? what am i supposed to make of that? "lets showcase her having a detailed gradual mental breakdown after losing her closest workmate who she was for sure not dating" you're not subtle game. "but then reveal she's actually the one who killed her and planted bombs and murdered her other workmate, and blamed it on the 3rd workmate." like wh? So like, you got me ace attorney i am actually stumped about where this case may be about to go for once.

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Well i've met objectively the best character in the franchise hello Aura Blackquill. i was not mentally prepared for you but im glad you're here none the less. this case is, interesting but i think im going to have a lot to say about it eventually. Athena also has some obvious connections to this situation. but is brushing it off and lying about when she met ponco. man, i sure do wish we had a McGuffin that let the character know when another character is lying to them that would be real handy to know that athena is being dishonest right about now. oh well... also its about now im really missing the ability to "present" people to people, let me go into my court record and present simon to aura , its not much but i miss it . missed it a bit in Apollo justice 1 as well. sincerely hope this franchise doesn't continue to cut pieces of itself off first we lost presenting people to people now we've lost the ability to inspect anywhere. who knows though, only time will tell, def enjoying this game but it is without a doubt my least fave so far.

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MAAM?? MAAM????

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Well i've met objectively the best character in the franchise hello Aura Blackquill. i was not mentally prepared for you but im glad you're here none the less. this case is, interesting but i think im going to have a lot to say about it eventually. Athena also has some obvious connections to this situation. but is brushing it off and lying about when she met ponco. man, i sure do wish we had a McGuffin that let the character know when another character is lying to them that would be real handy to know that athena is being dishonest right about now. oh well... also its about now im really missing the ability to "present" people to people, let me go into my court record and present simon to aura , its not much but i miss it . missed it a bit in Apollo justice 1 as well. sincerely hope this franchise doesn't continue to cut pieces of itself off first we lost presenting people to people now we've lost the ability to inspect anywhere. who knows though, only time will tell, def enjoying this game but it is without a doubt my least fave so far.

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Case 4 time babyyyyyy -oh theres no investigation -oh somethings up with apollo -oh somethings up with blackquill -oh no Blackquil hit the "Silence" Install off the rip -Oh no This Is The Bomb Courtroom -Oh no

this is not going to be good

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Writing down some thoughts for before trial 3 first starts wana get some predictions down

So, i dont think hugh or robin did it, however i think hugh HELPED the game hasnt seen fit to point it out to me yet but Hugh being surprised by a green jumpsuit only makes sense if he read the script and saw the "need a red jumpsuit" bit which means he's seen the script and thus can re create the details some very obvious lines are being drawn here so its probably Prof means, would also explain why those statues were smashed because his methods are entirely antithetical to those of wright and Klavier (lets not talk about that time phoenix actually did forge evidence) also a pretty obvious link between the stage costume and the themis herald extra (glowing paint and Robins glowing hands) however regarding the notebook im not suuuper convinced it IS courtes? sword seems like a weird print option for a judge's book, more so considering the academy's logo is a set of scales. okay thats it for rambling thoughts trial time

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YEAHHHH THATS MY BOY HES HERE AAAAAAAAAAAA

Thats my boy thats my boy thats my boy

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...I don't know how alone I am in this but

I'm not sure how I feel about evidence being removed mid case?

This just feels...odd like "okay I guess we're stripping down the mystery to only the parts that are actually relevant. You're kinda steering me towards a certain outcome here game"

Also if case 3 also opens with showcasing who did it I'm going to die a little inside.

LET ME BE CONFUSED GAME ITS WHY IM HERE.

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Okay, halfway through case 2 and i have more thoughts cannot comprehend this swap to 3D , these models just look so, flat and weirdly shaded. and theres just weird things missing, what do you mean i cant examine each scene? i cant inspect charley , the shelves the security camera or guard. not any of the fun shops and signs and merch in the vale? nothing? the 3d gimmick for inspecting crime scenes is? neat? i guess? but not worth sacrificing inspecting anything for. still do not like athena, she's loud but also just...wrong? like go off girlypop loudly shout and growl in the courtroom and blurt out that we think the murderer is a yokai. HOWEVER Simon blackquill. How i love thee. This edge lord of a brit in America who trained as a samurai. He's peak, somehow he has the magic bracelet homing bird. snapped his own shackles purely to aurafarm. The Unique SILENCE shout. its incredible. this is incredible and i sincerely hope he sticks around. overall though this game just feels...off its way more...rigid? i suppose is the word? i'm getting moved around a lot unprompted, during the investigation im barely having to present anything. prior games had a bit of back and forth between areas and i quite enjoyed that aspect. and maybe this will change later on in the game maybe it wont. but i sincerely hope it does.

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just started case 2 ITS HIM ITS THE FUCKIN PERFUME GUY FROM THE ACE ATORNEY BREAK IN A NUTSHELL VIDEO HES REAL incidentally idk why but the 3d is not meshing with me after seeing Trucy in 3d it just feels, idk it feels flatter in a way i cant articulate , the vibes are off

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Wrapped up case 1 of dual destinies the 3d and cutscenes are gunna take some getting used to , but i am a touch upset the 2nd game in the apollo justice trilogy Doesn't feature Apollo as the primary protagonist and more than that, is actively pushing him away, maybe thats for good plot, maybe not, who knows at this point in the story as for athena, i like her but , it is certainly a choice to have her have to be bailed out before even the first cross examination , she's also kind of...how do i phrase this. kind of , impulsive? or i guess more reactional than phoenix or apollo she would never survive Klavier calling her fräulein forehead. also Tech is getting WEIRD in this setting now, Hologram tech and mental interfaces and the uh, Bartmos system? or whatever Phoenix was using at the last of the end game. so I'm curious if thats going to come up in the plot more. overall , solid and looking forward to more. PS

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Literally just started Dual Destinies this is weird, there's voice acting! there's animation! ITS 3D?? but worst of all THEY TURNED MY BOY APOLLO INTO A PIRATE however he's dripped out so i'll forgive them, no drip better than wearing a jacket as a cape by not putting your arms in the sleeves

just look at him . thats my son

i should start tagging these as playthrough posts

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May 18th, Launched Apollo Justice Trilogy for the first time May 20th, Finished the first apollo justice game. god its nice to be back in this setting again , a lot of stuff i liked, Sleazy Wright, loved that, I like that Apollo isnt just another Wright, not only does he act different, being a bit softer and empathetic at times, but he plays differently too, Wright hits you with evidence and the music plays, and he just keeps going and going with hit hit hit of evidence he keeps that train rolling, Justice? He hits you in the jugular with the hardest hitting piece of evidence in the whole case. Trucey is great, 100% the best part about this game and blows Maya out of the water (no offence maya) , she's just so charming , witty and genuinely just cute to watch. HOWEVER the ending (spoilers under the break)

God, I cant stand that ending. for a few reasons one, i hate future past back and forthy shit, it feels disconnected and just breaks my immersion , because whats happening canoncially and what im doing as the player dont line up PHOENIX knows about the bracelets , knows about the slip saying "i did it" zac wrote, but narratively he's not able to say that he knows those things until i take actions AT A DIFFRENT POINT IN TIME, it just annoys me making apollo and trucey related? pointless giving apollo weird magician magic blood vision powers? pointless that weird sort of meta sort of not jury system where its revealed we've actually been watching the last trial as Lamirorir? pointless just. why? just, weird choices, in places too Brushel's tell not being a facial expression or thing he does with hands was frustrating the implication that Mr Shadi Enigmar , the man cool headed enough to stay off the radar for 7 years, this level headed magician, lost his shit and bottled a woman whom he set up part of his act with? ALSO ALSO this man who judges people based on how they play poker, who instantly said"shit man this Kristoph guy is fucked up" based on a single hand and fired him, actually was planning on cheating to beat Phoenix? this man who is willing to take the blame for a murder he didnt do (of which, he seemingly never learned the truth about and still thought his partner was responsible) just so his partner could carry on the magic, who put his own life in danger so his daughter he hadnt seen in 7 years just so he could exist again legally in order to give her the rights and acess to everything? THIS guy? attempted to cheat at poker , got mad it didnt work and bottled his "assistant" for lack of a better word. im sure if i think of anything else to say about this game i'll reblog this at some point

(however still less mad about this than i am at Zero Escape, you know what you did)

(ps Klavier is great, first Prosecutor to rival edgeworth for me personally)

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Ever since I got introduced to CAIN I have those silly little moments of just passing by some locations and being like "ohhhh, that would make a very climactic place of interest". Esp since our admin did take photos of some locations in Warsaw for our game. Adds a bit of whimsy to my life.

Me and my friend were returning via metro after the game. The gate screeched loudly. "Haha, that would make for a great sound affect for the game," my friend noted.

I saw a picture of a classic, prison-ass changing room in an old Polish school. Instantly thought of CAIN, lol.

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I couldn't resist. I love editing things to have that monochrome washed out Classic Cain look