Victorian London, a courtroom, and the truth flushed out line after line.

On gut feeling, when you pick with no criterion, The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve charms, ahead of more than three quarters of games, even if it rests on few votes. And the detail draws a real tension. On the desert island and attachment, it stays high, above seven games out of ten. But look at the controller feel line: rock bottom, behind 95% of titles, and that one rests on six duels, the most solid criterion of the bunch. There it is, the owned mismatch of a courtroom novel: you adore it for its story and its characters, but in the hands it offers almost no game sensation, because it is not looking for one. Art direction stays nicely afloat, sound atmosphere sits further back on few votes.

Against action games, comparing it controller in hand barely makes sense. It is an interactive tale, a case to read and deduce.

So, who is it for? For you if you love a plot you savor, characters you never forget. A lot less if you want nerve and tight handling.