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TheAce Attorney Investigations Collectionis the eagerly awaited spin-off from the mainline Ace Attorney series, which has you solving crimes and defending the innocent from a ruthless legal system. Instead of playing a defence attorney, though, Investigations has you taking on the mantle of Miles Edgeworth, the most prominent prosecutor of the series.
These games follow a short timeline and barely ever touch the courtroom, but they still feel, by and large, like classic Ace Attorney titles. This includes long confrontations with villains and unhelpful witnesses, and challenges of logic and patience. If you’re looking to complete these two classics, you’ve got quite a time ahead of you.
How Long Does It Take To Complete Ace Attorney Investigations?
The Ace Attorney Investigations Collection is made up of two distinct titles:Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles EdgeworthandAce Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor’s Gambit. The first was initially released for the Nintendo DS worldwide, while the second never made it out of Japan until the launch of the full collection.
According tohowlongtobeat.com, the two games have quite a different time expenditure expectation:
At the time of writing, the combined collection itself doesn’t have many players polled, and as a result, the stated time to beat the collection fluctuates wildly fromaround 36 hours to more than 60 hours.
Having played the game ourselves, we would say thatthe entire collection is far more likely to take upwards of 50 hours to play, especially on a first playthrough. If you already know some of the solutions or you’re quick to look up solutions in a guide, you can expect the games to take far less time to complete.
There arefive cases per game, for a total often, and each will take quite some time to complete. Particular cases, such as the fifth from the first game and the second and fifth from the second, are particularly notorious for being incredibly long and difficult, so your mileage may vary significantly from case to case.
We have acomplete spoiler-free walkthroughto use if you want some help getting through the games at a reasonable pace!
How Long Does It Take To 100% The Ace Attorney Investigations Collection?
In addition to the basic task of completing all ten cases from the games, there are alsoachievementsto collect for the most completionist of amateur prosecutors.
While there are quite a lot to complete, it’s not a very arduous task to get every achievement - the collection allows you toinstantly start any individual section of any casein the game right from the start, so it’s very easy to read an achievement’s description, and instantly head to the specific moment you’ll need to complete it.
