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Author: | chcoman123 [ Sat Oct 05, 2013 2:49 pm ] |
Post subject: | What is the Mason system? (SPOILERS) |
I recently replayed Apollo Justice, and I realized that the game never really explained what the Mason system was, or did, or how Phoenix got it. It's important because it gets Apollo crucial evidence for the last case, but it's never explained how he got it, especially when you play as phoenix while in the Mason system! With that being said, I think it's open for speculation. Anybody got any ideas about the Mason system? |
Author: | Cravat of Doom [ Sat Oct 05, 2013 2:59 pm ] |
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It's a system that lets you watch footage from the past and from the present, perhaps? Phoenix wasn't ACTUALLY time traveling, he had recorded stuff with his beanie-camera. I don't think Capcom thought it through very much, they just wanted a way to let you see the past and the present so my guess is that it's just something that lets you view footage. |
Author: | Percei [ Sat Oct 05, 2013 6:12 pm ] |
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My best impression of it was that it was the software used to present a case to the Jury, by cataloging evidence (including video) and allowing the jury to interact with the evidence and the investigation as they view the case. |
Author: | CatMuto [ Sat Oct 05, 2013 6:41 pm ] |
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I felt like it was a hologram program... I can't help but call it a click-and-view adventure game. You know, where you click on something and you watch a scene happening... can't think of any examples right now... C-A |
Author: | Thelema [ Sat Oct 05, 2013 6:58 pm ] |
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Percei wrote: My best impression of it was that it was the software used to present a case to the Jury, by cataloging evidence (including video) and allowing the jury to interact with the evidence and the investigation as they view the case. I agree. After all, in the 4-4 ending.. Spoiler: |
Author: | davech1987 [ Wed Oct 15, 2014 10:48 am ] |
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but how are you able to use evidence gained in the present to then show it in the past :S |
Author: | Nearavex [ Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:44 pm ] |
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Stylistic choice. They added it as a part of the MASON System's gameplay, it's rather obvious Phoenix didn't actually bring evidence from the future. Rather, he just got the same evidence from different source. |
Author: | AnastasiaGavin [ Fri Oct 17, 2014 12:37 pm ] |
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I Think its a hologram programm that let phoenix review his past and gather new evidence |
Author: | davech1987 [ Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:14 am ] |
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when does it say that Laminoir is Tassala ? |
Author: | CatMuto [ Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:46 pm ] |
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davech1987 wrote: when does it say that Laminoir is Tassala ? I think it's more mentioned post-case in the small scenes during the credits. C-A |
Author: | Jozerick [ Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:55 pm ] |
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And at the end of the game, when you play as Jury member #6, when you choose either "guilty" or "not guilty", you see that the person pressing the button has the same sleeve as Lamiroir, and just after that you see that she is wearing the same bracelet as Apollo. |
Author: | icer [ Tue Jan 05, 2016 1:30 am ] |
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dangerousoffender wrote: I agree. After all, in the 4-4 ending.. Spoiler: I disagree with this, we are certainly roleplaying Spoiler: I think Takumi was trying to do something more artistically profound. Although due to various reasons it didn't quite work out. Spoiler: Mason system speculations |
Author: | D.A. McCoy [ Sun Feb 21, 2016 2:17 am ] |
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I look at it on two levels - in-universe, it is a computer system set up so the jurors like Thalassa can view the footage from both periods. out-of-universe, I look at it as that with a few shortcuts for gameplay's sake. For instance, regarding the using future evidence in past, in-universe I think of that as much more tiresome of an activity. Thalassa is looking at two pieces of footage. For example (and I might get something wrong because I haven't played this case in two years): with the nail polish, in-universe I imagine Phoenix (and Thalassa, looking at the footage) noticing the bottle. Thalassa then compares it with the footage 7 years later of Phoenix in Kristoph's cell, and Thalassa makes the connection that Kristoph must have given her the bottle. So Thalassa is basically comparing video tapes for hours and hours. But that wouldn't really lend itself to an AA game - at least for the whole thing. (Imagine playing a whole case in which all you do is the footage analysis from 1-5). So the developers took some liberties in order to let you do the normal present evidence thing. It's a little like how when I think of what I consider the in-universe "story" of Zelda games I don't really imagine Link is actually getting a big key to go fight a boss that's just waiting for him, but it's what makes the game what it is. |
Author: | Scent [ Sun Feb 21, 2016 12:34 pm ] |
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I think the MASON System was part of Phoenix's plan to insure revenge on Kristoph. Wright spent seven long years investigating the "darkness" behind the case that deprived him of his attorney's badge. How do you summarize seven years worth of investigation so that a jury can reach a verdict? On a virtual simulation. It's meant to be separated in Past and Present so that the jurors can witness key moments and reach at their own conclusions. It's like when you're doing an oral presentation on give your audience a copy of your PowerPoint presentation: it's a summary of the info you're gonna talk about, but it's up to you on how you efficiently deliver the information to your audience. At least, those are my two cents. |
Author: | Mister Gruel [ Mon Mar 21, 2016 5:54 am ] |
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i thought it was just bad game design |
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