How cool would a multi-player court room drama game be? You have 2 players go head to head as attorneys, 1 player to play the judge, 1 player to be the defendant, and multiple players to act as witnesses.
Before each case, each lawyer can explore/view a number of areas and start to gather evidence for the case. This would be a timed event, say 5-10 minutes. Not all evidence would be useful, some would be there to throw you off track.
The game would play out with the lawyers, judge, and witness playing in real time. In court each lawyer takes turns asking questions and can Object a limited number of times. The Judge would have the power to approve or deny objections. The witness would have their character profile in front of them including a list of information based on their perspective of the crime.
The witness player could view a movie of what they saw at the time of the murder. The movie would be their memory of the event and could be interpreted in different ways based on what the player thinks happened. The witness wouldn't be privy to all the details until the lawyer shows them evidence. This may sway their thinking, but would heavily depend on the player "staying in character". It could be that the witness is the murderer and trying to stay out of jail.
The lawyers would each have a 2-3 minute time limit to ask questions. After each side asks their questions, the next witness is called. After x number of witnesses have testified, both lawyers get to make a final speech. The entire process is recorded and sent out to 12 randomly selected Jurors. The Jurors would be selected before the trail started and they would have the option to accept or decline the summons. After playing back the entire trial, the Jurors make a plea of innocent or guilty. Majority wins. The lawyers than get their stats updated.
There's obviously a lot involved in getting something like that to work, but it would be a riot if they could make it happen. The cases would have to come in the form of downloadable content. It would probably make for a console/pc title, but a handheld wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility.
So what do you think?
Topic: Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (Read 20251 times)
