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Where was the Steam Deck during my 60 hours of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles?The true crime of 2021
The true crime of 2021
For the past few weeks, I’ve been knee deep playing and preparing for myGreat Ace Attorney Chronciles review. It’s a long old game - around 60 hours between the two adventures - and holy moly, I have never wished so hard to be able to play them on Valve’s portableSteam Deckinstead of being sat up at my PC the whole time.The Great Ace Attorney Chroniclesdoes bring some welcome improvements to Capcom’s Phoenix Wright series, such as a new auto-text function so you’re not endlessly clicking your mouse to advance the text, but what I wouldn’t give to have the chance to play that game cosied up in bed or lying down on the sofa. Honestly, the Steam Deck can’t come soon enough.
While there are plenty of other games I’m looking forward to playing on the Steam Deck sometime next year, it’s visual novels like this that I’m looking forward to playing the most. I know it might seem slightly daft spending upwards of £400 on a piece of hardwarespecifically to turn it into a portable visual novel machine, but I’m not gonna lie. The thought of playing some of these games sat at my desk for hours on end is precisely why I’ve been endlessly putting off other great VN gems in my library such as theDanganronpaseries (of which I own 1 and 2), as well as Zero Escape creator Kotaro Uchikoshi’s latest game,AI: The Somnium Files.
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And I really felt it with The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. As much as I enjoyed playing it on PC, there were moments where I’d be approaching the climatic moments of a case, only for the clock in my office to be screaming, “It’s way past your bedtime, missus!” and I’d have no option but to hit save and pick it up again the next day. Likewise, the auto-text feature really makes for an excellent cosied up in bed experience, too, as you’d literally be able to deposit the Steam Deck in your lap and let Chronicles' beautifully written text and dialogue play out like reading a book at bedtime.
Heck, if I wasn’t playing Chronicles for review, there’s a very strong possibility I would have just bought it on the Switch when it comes out tomorrow, because, whisper it, that’s clearly the most sensible platform for a game like this right now, for all the reasons I’ve described above.
