The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Released: 7/26/2021
Score Breakdown
79.9
Critic Average
16 reviews
94
Steam User Score
8,908 reviews
88
Metacritic User Score
277 reviews
Disparity Breakdown
80 vs 94
80 vs 88
Average of both sources
Review Disparities
Each point represents a critic review. Hover for details. Positive = critic higher than users. Negative = critic lower.
8/16/2021
Launch Window“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.”
70
70/100
8/9/2021
Launch Window“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”
83
83/100
7/27/2021
Launch Window“The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles tells one slow, cohesive story that builds to a stellar payoff.”
80
80/100
7/26/2021
Launch Window“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.”
80
80/100
7/26/2021
Launch Window“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.”
90
90/100
7/26/2021
Launch Window“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.”
90
90/100
7/26/2021
Launch Window“The humour is thankfully intact, but the mysteries grow as ornate and heavily threaded as Sholmes’s overcoat.”
70
70/100
7/26/2021
Launch Window“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 The best judgments of the video game scene return and they do it with two unpublished titles in our territory.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.”
70
70/100
7/26/2021
Launch Window“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.”
90
90/100
7/26/2021
Launch Window“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!”
90
90/100
7/26/2021
Launch Window“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.”
78
78/100
7/26/2021
Launch Window“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.”
75
75/100
7/26/2021
Launch Window“The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is full of content and beginner-friendly, but some of its cases fall flat compared to its predecessors.”
70
70/100
7/26/2021
Launch Window“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.”
90
90/100
7/26/2021
Launch Window“The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles has the rush of excitement of the courtroom but chooses melodrama over mystery.”
73
73/100
7/26/2021
Launch Window“Capcom shakes up the formula slightly for this enjoyable historical romp rooted in real-life events.”
80
80/100
