Review: ACE ATTORNEY INVESTIGATIONS COLLECTION Brings Logic with Fan Favorite Character

Within the last month or so, Capcom released Ace Attorney Investigations Collection on Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

This collection lets you take on the role of the fan favorite Miles Edgeworth, the famous prosecutor, in a remastered state from the original Nintendo DS versions.

\What’s also great is that this is the premiere release of the second game in the series Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor's Gambit outside of Japan.

Capcom was gracious enough to supply me with a review copy of the collection for review purposes, but all thoughts below are my own. You can purchase your own copy from your favorite stores including GameStop (affiliate link).

Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Step into the shoes of Miles Edgeworth, that prosecutor of prosecutors from the Ace Attorney mainline games! Leave the courtroom behind as you walk with Edgeworth around the crime scene, gathering evidence and clues and talking with persons of interest. Use your wit and what you discover to solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction.

I’ve become a pretty big fan of the Ace Attorney series over the last couple of years and I was excited when the Investigations Collection was announced as I had missed the original DS games.

Capcom’s done a great job with the last two collections that I’ve played and I was correct in assuming that this was going to be no different.

I will admit that since I have not played these games before, all of my time has been dedicated to the first game, Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, and I have not had the time to complete it.

However, I would be surprised if the positives were not in both as many come from the quality of life upgrades.

Speaking of quality of life upgrades, let’s discuss what those are for the Investigations Collection. First, the most obvious one is the HD graphics overhaul. Based on the limited view of the old visuals compared with the new, the new sprites and graphics look absolutely incredible.

In addition to the visual overhaul, five of the game’s audio tracks have new arrangements that can be toggled on in the settings menu. Other improvements include the implementation of a history UI to revisit dialogue you may have missed or forgotten, the chapter select feature which lets you start the game from any chapter you want even on your first playthrough (I think is is moreso meant for those who have already played the games and just want to skip to specific parts), a total of seven different language available for the game (Japanese, English, French, German, Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese) including new voice dubs, and the Story Mode which essentially has the game play itself while you watch.

I think each of these is a great inclusion. The Story Mode lets you see the action unfold, but if you get to a part where you want to take control, you can manually toggle it off and then toggle it back on if you want to later. The History feature is a godsend with how many times I have accidentally speed-clicked through some dialogue and thought maybe I missed something. Definitely all positives for sure.

From what I have played, the story is just as fun and gripping as the previous titles in the Ace Attorney series. The fact that the games are from Edgeworth’s perspective definitely adds its own flair though.

You’re a prosecutor and so your thinking patterns are different from those of Phoenix Wright or Apollo Justice. It’s also interesting because you keep getting accused of committing the crimes and have to set off to first clear your name and then find the culprit through some unique gameplay mechanics.

I really like the gameplay changes in the Investigations Collection. For starters, it’s not just point-and-click like the other games in the series. You actually have a sprite that you move around to different areas to investigate things and talk to other characters.

Personally, I am a huge fan of this and it is a big win for me. Second, they introduce the logic mechanic. As Edgeworth gathers clues, he makes note of them and then you can use logic to fit different clues together which can then strengthen your evidence or point you in a certain direction for your next steps.

This is something that I wish was in the other games as I would often piece things together while playing them but struggled to find the exact right NPC to talk to or I tried showing evidence in the wrong order or something, but in my brain I had connected things in a manner similar to how the logic mechanic works. Maybe I’ve just always been more of a prosecutor than a defense attorney.

I’ve primarily played the Investigations Collection on my Steam Deck and it has run flawlessly. Games like this typically do not require much power behind them and so that comes as no surprise.

There is one small bummer to me while playing the Investigations Collection though that I briefly want to talk about. There doesn’t appear to be any touch control options.

This is a very minor complaint and doesn’t really impact the score below, but there are times when I like to just touch the screen on my Steam Deck to advance the dialogue instead of pressing a button.

Overall, Capcom took their successful collections of the previous Ace Attorney games and applied all the best parts to the Investigations Collection.

I love that there’s now a wider release for the second game in the collection. I love how these games are the same vibe with very similar gameplay loops, but the ability to actually move a sprite around really elevates the experience for me personally.

I’m loving these games and would definitely recommend fans of the series grab it, especially since the MSRP is only $39.99!