Am I supposed to brute force some puzzles?

[Quamel]

I just find it confusing, for some things, for example I know who Chris Rafferty is and I know he is married to a lulu, so am I just supposed to link her, without having found any clues that her full name is "Luisa Garcia"?. I really like the game, but the sharing of the full names of characters to me is kind of an oversight.

[C:\User\Steve>_]

That's not really "brute forcing". Her name is Hispanic, she look like Hispanic and Lulu is English variation of her name. Some would call it a deduction...

And I have heard, that people who are very close, call each other with nicknames... not that I know anything about that...

[Quamel]

Sure, but there are more examples where the only information you get is a last name or a unique first name which gives you more information than you actually know.

I know margo’s full name is margolite even to i have never seen her full name.

I know margolite is married to linus cornwall even though i have never see. The name linus anywhere.

I know clancy edwards is married to sarah corosell even. Though i have never seen the name sarah anywhere

I know that caroline and stephanie landon are a part of the madsen family because that shows up if you type caroline.

I am purposely stopping myself from making these connections in game because it seems like i haven’t really “solved” them, but the more i am playing it seems to be the intended way?

[C:\User\Steve>_]

All those names can be found from the evidence. In case of Linus and Sarah, their surnames are mentioned.

[Quamel]

That’s what i’m asking, is the mentioning of their surnames the only evidence provided and needed to solve it?

[C:\User\Steve>_]

Yes.
Isn't one name enough, if there's no other alternatives that fit?

[SL128]

if there's nobody else with that surname, yes. if there are others, you will find evidence for at least X-1/X names.

[DLeopard25]

The in-game name list is canonically given to you by your employer. It's intended to be used in that way and in fact you can't complete the game without using it. It's not cheating, it's a valid in-game resource

[ftoaster]

There are some where your evidence can just be process of elimination, but the shape of the tree and the list of names are, like DLeopard25 said, absolutely things you know in game and are parts of the puzzle.

[Rydain]

I ended up guessing at Ron and Robbie's portraits. Is there some clue I missed to tell who was who?

[C:\User\Steve>_]

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I ended up guessing at Ron and Robbie's portraits. Is there some clue I missed to tell who was who?

Only clue I figured, was how old they looked. So, I put who I thought looked older to left.

[Jimbo]

The only one of these I didn't like was there was an example I think where I was expected to deduce that "we have a picture of this person's spouse, only one of these people's spouses has a picture slot, so it must be them" which felt like it was more mechanics of the game than mechanics of deduction from the evidence, but I suppose it's all part of the game!

[gg.nadrewod]

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I ended up guessing at Ron and Robbie's portraits. Is there some clue I missed to tell who was who?

When you figure out their names, there are news articles about the two. Some news articles talk about the relationship of the two, while others talk about how just one of them got married and has a kid. Most of the articles about their relationship also mentioning one/both of their occupations.

[gg.nadrewod]

The in-game list of names, the "NOTABLE People" piece of evidence (including "Red" Roottree), and The Duck{TM} are legitimate in-game resources to use in your investigation (or, in the case of The Duck{TM}, in case you get stuck).

Your character is being paid in-universe to do this job, and is being given all the resources necessary to complete the task. Failing to use the resources WILL RESULT IN DEAD-ENDS and/or incomplete optional entries, because some of the pieces of evidence are only given to you by the employer after reaching certain numbers of lock-ins.

[per.ludos.vita]

Postat inițial de Quamel:

Sure, but there are more examples where the only information you get is a last name or a unique first name which gives you more information than you actually know.

As others have mentioned, the names in the list explicitly are part of the information that you "actually know" in-universe. A few of the people on the family tree, including the one you mentioned, can't be identified any other way. It's basically a form of UI spoiler/hint.

And, of course, it is a video game, after all, which are very rarely 100% true to life.

Think of it this way: in real-life murder trials, you don't have a list of evidence that you can systemically brute-force (combined with save-scumming as needed) to figure out whodunit, but that doesn't stop the Ace Attorney games from being fun, right? 😄

[Rydain]

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Postat inițial de Rydain:

I ended up guessing at Ron and Robbie's portraits. Is there some clue I missed to tell who was who?

When you figure out their names, there are news articles about the two. Some news articles talk about the relationship of the two, while others talk about how just one of them got married and has a kid. Most of the articles about their relationship also mentioning one/both of their occupations.

Right - I had no problem with the names and occupations. I just couldn't tell which picture belonged to which person, as they both looked the same age to me. I wondered if I was missing some other detail, such as a visual hint or a caption somewhere that put them in order.