The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Reviews

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is ranked in the 93rd percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Jul 26, 2021

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is full of content and beginner-friendly, but some of its cases fall flat compared to its predecessors.

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73 / 100
Jul 26, 2021

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles has the rush of excitement of the courtroom but chooses melodrama over mystery.

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Recommended
Jul 26, 2021

Capcom shakes up the formula slightly for this enjoyable historical romp rooted in real-life events.

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Dave Aubrey
Top Critic
Jul 26, 2021

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is a Godsend for AA fans, finally compiling and localising two games that the fanbase have been begging for. While the Ace Attorney formula hasn't actually been changed much, what is here is what the fans adore. Interactions with Herlock Sholmes manage to be a highlight, and uncovering mysteries through twisted testimonies is as satisfying as ever.

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8.3 / 10.0
Aug 9, 2021

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles offers an entertaining package with two closely connected games that delight in their over-the-top fashion and inclusion of a certain famous detective

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GameSpot
Top Critic
8 / 10
Jul 27, 2021

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles tells one slow, cohesive story that builds to a stellar payoff.

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4.5 / 5.0
Jul 26, 2021

There are many titles like The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles which never get localized for more fans to enjoy, and although it took six years, it's safe to say it was worth waiting for.

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3.5 / 5 stars
Aug 16, 2021

Packed with colorful characters and quirky storytelling, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles should feel comfortably familiar to longtime franchise fans. Newcomers, however, might be put off by the dialogue-heavy experience.

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9 / 10
Jul 26, 2021

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is two brilliant games for the price of one, and it not only gives us more of what we love, but gives us something that is visually, narratively, and historically deeper than ever before. There's a bit of a learning curve that you'll have to get on top of to meet the game where it's at, but honestly, we couldn't have asked for a better version of the game we've been wanting for years.

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Unscored
Jul 26, 2021

I just wish it would get on with it sometimes. It is a dialogue-driven game, I know, but sometimes characters seem to chat forever before I’m allowed to do anything meaningful myself.

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God is a Geek
Lyle Carr
Top Critic
9.5 / 10.0
Jul 26, 2021

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is the best game in this beloved series, and you owe it to yourself to play it.

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VideoGamer
Top Critic
7 / 10
Jul 26, 2021

The humour is thankfully intact, but the mysteries grow as ornate and heavily threaded as Sholmes’s overcoat.

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IGN Spain
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Jul 26, 2021

‎An exemplary remaster that includes two great graphic novels that make up an entire story arc. The best judgments of the video game scene return and they do it with two unpublished titles in our territory. The Great Ace Attroney Chronicles takes us to Victorian England to talk about crimes, corruption, legislation and many other topics dealt with through the prism of western romanticization that the anime performs from Japan. Being somewhat less redundant and more direct would have been wonderful and would have reduced the number of hours needed to complete it. Even so, if you are able to jump the language barrier, you will come up against a different video game full of humor and second readings.‎

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Metro GameCentral
GameCentral
Top Critic
8 / 10
Jul 27, 2021

Ace Attorney meets Sherlock Holmes turns out to be a great premise for a new game, with a subtle change in formula that works as both absurdist comedy and historical drama.

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9 / 10.0
Jul 26, 2021

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles as a unified duology really captures everything that draws players into this series in the first place. It’s got big reveals and turnabouts, clever use of examinations and deductions, and a cast littered with memorable, endearing characters. Naruhodo’s journey through the legal system of London is one that’s been a series highlight. It’s nice to finally have these games in the West, as both a great onboarding point for newcomers and a nice treat for Ace Attorney fans. No objections here.

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9 / 10
Jul 26, 2021

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles has all the hallmarks of the Ace Attorney series, with excellent characters and brilliant writing through the remastered duology's ten cases, but there's some clever flourishes that make the story and gameplay far more interesting and enjoyable. The only objection we have is that it took far too long for these excellent Victorian adventures to reach the West!

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78 / 100
Jul 26, 2021

A fresh visual novel, set in XIX century, which introduces new mechanics to the Ace Attorney Saga. It is not translated into spanish language, and requires some advanced level to understand some legal and historical terms.

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7.5 / 10.0
Jul 26, 2021

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is an HD collection of 3DS titles never released before in the West that tries to reiterate the beloved Ace Attorney formula with an historical-drama flavour. Characters and settings are fleshed out in a brilliant way and yet the gameplay feels too familiar for its own good.

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Digital Trends
DeAngelo Epps
Top Critic
Jul 26, 2021

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is a must-play for fans of the series and anyone interested in visual novels.

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TJ Denzer
Top Critic
9 / 10
Jul 26, 2021

With its strong cast of characters, complicated and compelling cases, and a good combination of new and classic elements in a good, lengthy prequel story, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is courtroom drama I couldn’t put down till I saw a mystery through to the end.

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