6.6 /10 1 Votes
60% Metacritic Distributor(s) Williams Street Initial release date 8 January 2008 | 7/10 IGN 6.5/10 GameSpot Mode(s) Single-player | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Similar Ace Attorney games, High Voltage Software games, Adventure games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law is a video game developed for the Wii, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable by High Voltage Software, and released on January 8, 2008. It was published by Capcom and is based on the Adult Swim cartoon of the same name with collaboration of the show's writers and voice actors.
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The game is played like the Ace Attorney Capcom court-themed series, but with the Harvey Birdman type of humor and feel. The game also include cameos of Capcom characters within the 5 cases. A trailer for the game shown at the 2007 E3 Convention confirmed that the game included the mechanics of cross-examination and evidence lists from the Ace Attorney series, as well as cameos by many Street Fighter characters. Thanks to the show's simple flash process, the game was able to closely mimic the show's animation.
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Reception
The game received "mixed" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
Maxim gave the game a score of three stars out of five and said that it was "actually funny, and unlike The Simpsons Game, it's actually fun to play. Game play is lifted straight out of Capcom's own Phoenix Wright series. [...] It's short enough that you can finish it in a couple of nights, but all the show's characters are in effect... along with their respective voice actors. Finally, the game's budget price (around $30) means there's no need to shout, "I object!" when the game store clerk rings you up." However, The A.V. Club gave the PlayStation 2 version a C−, calling it "A decent rental, but not a wise investment." The New York Times gave the game an unfavorable review, stating that the game design was "just plain bad".
