>>714239629Honestly every case in GAA1/2 is pretty slow, there's a lot of repetitive dialogue and drawn out animations that bloat up run time, these two games i recall have the longest script in the series for a reason.
I still don't think it's a big deal overall, it's just when it's slow, you really notice it and sometimes the pay off is...uh...well you know.
I still think it's a solid duology mind you, better than 4/5/6 as a trilogy, but i can't argue when someone drops it for being slow and wordy, because it is, and i'm fine with that.
>>714239667not that anon again but let me nitpick that third point, Gumshoe is pretty friendly by the time of game 3 and doesn't treat the legal system like a game he has to win, so seeing him being hostile towards phoenix and hoping that he'll convict the bad guy this time is backwards, but it's not a giant deal since he barely exists in the game.
As for Phoenix in 4-4, it's mostly a combination of "he has no ground to accuse newbies of being bad compared to vets" on top of just blindly accepting evidence he can't confirm is valid, when he goes out of his way to make sure he can't submit illegal evidence in 1-5.
>>714239903Pretty much yeah, that's why a game's enjoyment is about as strong as it's cast for me, and this is double for case by case basis.
AAI1-3 is in my opinion for example, the weakest case in the series because it's one off characters are bland, and it has a pretty bad introduction to Kay and Lang.