
The first of seven chapters of a courtroom battle style visual novel, in which the story follows brand new lawyer Samuel Prince as he solves a strange variety of different crimes. Investigate the crime scene for evidence, then use it in court to find the real truth behind the case.
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The first of seven chapters of a courtroom battle style visual novel, in which the story follows brand new lawyer Samuel Prince as he solves a strange variety of different crimes. Acquire evidence by investigating the crime scene, then use it in court when cross examining witnesses to cleave through all the lies and find your way to the truth. Use your head to point out contradictions between the testimony and the facts in order to get your client declared innocent and deliver justice to those who really deserve it. In this chapter, Samuel Prince makes his grand debut in the courtroom, defending a young college girl accused of killing her best friend.
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Art done in MS Paint. Cutscenes not even colored in. Animations all reused from existing ace attorney games. Game freezes on a blankposting prosecutor. No skip button for the dialogue to catch back up.
Enough can't be said about the game and its presentation just being absolutely amateurish. Between a really awful film reel filter for flashbacks, CGs being photos taken of pencil sketches in a sketchbook, and very flat (sometimes, literally flat...) characters, it's low-hanging fruit to bag on the game and its art style, so I'll just leave that be. So what about everything else? Well, it was very, surprisingly.... not the worst thing ever made? The mystery plot, the cluing, the contradictions -- everything -- was incredibly by-the-numbers, that's true. It's a mystery clearly written by someone with very limited exposure to the mystery genre. The "Revisualization", "Turn Your Thinking Around" conclusion is also very obvious from the moment THAT piece of evidence is presented. But, well... there is a certain competence to the trial flow that a lot of other Ace Attorney imitators are missing, especially in their first cases. A lot of Ace Attorney-like games struggle with having the trials randomly hop around from point to point without much thought given to how or why the argument should progress in this way. By comparison, Samuel Prince's first case does a pretty solid job making it so every conclusion leads to the next in a pretty natural way, even if the early portions of the case rely a bit heavily on the characters being overtly stupid for it to work. The dialogue is also incredibly awkward at times, but it maintains a brisk pace without feeling like it's not giving small quips or dramatic moments a moment to breathe. It's paced pretty on par with the way the early original trilogy Ace Attorney games are written, so there's a pretty solid rhythm. There are some moments that I think are a bit summary, but overall it works. The characters are fairly basic, but likable, and there are some genuinely nice moments. So not exactly a hidden classic Ace Attorney-imitator, but pleasantly competent and I look forward to seeing how it develops from here.
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I would like to say this game was a pleasant surprise! Gives you a real feel of being a lawyer, while silly enough to keep you engaged and wanting to make sure you get it right. The reward/consequence factor is present. I do wish the objection was an actual part of the game that you can initiate, rather than presenting or question digging doing it, but overall it works. I messed up so I ended up losing my case , but the fact that I want to go back and play to win my case is a good feeling. As far as I could tell there was only 1 place in game that had grammatical errors. " I that think.." every where else was good. I think you have a great start here, solid beginning story and such. Keep at it!
I've beaten the game and I can say that this is a fun experience. The writing is good (although typos exist) and the case itself is quite interesting. I won't spoil much of it but it takes some turns I find quite interesting for the first case of a courtroom battle game. The tutorials are succinct and to the point. The game also doesn't hold your hand too much during the trial itself which I find a breath of fresh air, One thing I especially love, and look forward to seeing more of in future chapters are the characters. The main character, Samuel Prince has just enough intrigue about him, and his quick wit is quite fun. Though my favorite character this chapter is the prosecutor. Easily I find him the most endearing. However, despite the good gameplay, fun characters and good case. There are some small flaws. The biggest of which being the EXTREMELY bloated file size. I don't know what engine this was made in but 7 gigabytes seems like an exorbitant amount of space for this game. I'd recommend uninstalling on beating the game. As well as some small typos (I believe even one piece of evidence goes from saying it has the Victim's Fingerprints to the Defendant's Fingerprints?)... And the text blips being WAY TOO LOUD. Even at 10 volume for the text blips (1/3rd its initial amount) it still is ear piercing when characters speak. Though, admittedly this game is free, so I can look past those flaws and enjoy the first chapter of a story I want to get invested in!
This game is so peak. I love the part where Samuel announces to the whole court that he cracked Victoire. This game was extremely emotional, especially when Sam faints. 11/10.
Having finished the first chapter after coming here from a promising recommendation on the Ace Attorney subreddit. I must say I greatly enjoyed. As a huge fan of the Ace Attorney franchise itself, this game did a wonderful job of imitating the courtroom style of gameplay. The trial segment was well thought out and the testimonies were clear and made sense, with the plot flowing well- which when writing an intricate and detailed murder plot and making sure the culprit isn't caught too easily, is very impressive and definitely worthy of praise. The OST was solid and I have no complaints regarding that, while the VA (for the objections, etc.) were fine. My main criticism is of the "OBJECTION" of the protagonist himself which could've been a bit more energetic, as I found myself to rather like Victoire's "objection" and "Enough!" which I found fit him very well. The artstyle/character design is an interesting point. In my opinion I think it's quite cute and I personally liked the designs of all, but notably Maxine & Victoire. Plus it doesn't take away from the story very much at all, which for me makes it almost a non-issue, the only point in which I have issue is in the "breakdown" of the culprit which I understand is difficult to do (especially to imitate the Ace Attorney breakdowns which are known for being incredibly over the top) I wish was slightly more fleshed out, besides that it fit the character. Other minor gripes are the occasional errors in the script (such as misspellings or slight mistakes: i.e a character being called a "her" when they're really a "him" or adding in words that don't belong) which to be honest don't ruin the experience, and considering the vast amount of text there is, it's not surprising for there to be a few issues, it's still present nonetheless and worth noting. I'm quite invested in the plotline so far and have just picked up the 2nd and 3rd chapters, so I'm hoping it continues to improve, as far as first cases go, this one was actually very impressive (yes, I'm comparing to Ace Attorney) and since it's free to check out it's 100% worth trying if you're a fan of puzzles, mysteries and games like Ace Attorney.
Was a bit surprised how well made this was, may pick up chapter 2 at some point if it's as charming as this!
An Ace Attorney fan game with a nice art style, and loving made. The Objection voice lines could have a bit more oomph. Good story, especially that lore about him knowing the serial killer, hope I can learn more about it. This was as good as Ace Attorney, a worthwhile successor. That brain blast Prince did at the end was cool too.
genuinely a fire game i did have some trouble getting past the part with the mug but i figured it out this game was absolute GAS keep cooking my brother
Samuel Prince Attorney at Law Chapter 1 is a mystery visual novel it play like the phoenix wright games and i love games like this it was a lot of fun to play and soo need to play the next chapter when i have time to play it
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