When you normally think of video games, you don’t necessarily think of games based on lawyers. That sounds like something for law students to practice and study with. Surprisingly, there have been interesting lawyer characters in video games, and even games based completely around them and their courtroom antics. This list shares the 10 best video game lawyers for your amusement.
Albert Cole – Fallout
Albert Cole goes all the way back to Fallout 1 as one of the three starting characters you can choose from. Each of the three starting characters had particular strengths, and Albert’s were high Speech and Barter skills. He’s basically a smooth talker.
As you can see from his bio, he’s a charismatic leader who purportedly was good enough to be considered a lawyer. Unfortunately, no matter how good of a lawyer Albert could have been, players were advised to steer clear of this character since his skills were nearly useless in the tactically-driven combat game he was put into. There was no talking his way out of that.
Sae Nijima – Persona 5
Sae is one of the bosses that the Phantom Thieves must eventually face off against in Persona 5, and pictured here is her revealed supervillain form.
Normally, she charades as an interrogator who questions the Phantom Thieves about their motives in a unique parallel narrative that jumps back and forth between the current timeline and the past. She might not be a true courtroom lawyer, but her tactics and lies set her up as one. And her villainous nature left the Phantom Thieves ready to defeat her, no questions asked.
Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd hails from British publisher IPC Magazines through their 2000AD comic magazine. In his story, Judge Dredd is in a future city known as Mega-City One where he’s the chief judge, jury, and executioner. He constantly states, “I am the law.” That would also make him a lawyer by definition.
There have been numerous video games based on the franchise that span multiple systems. And all action styles have been explored from top-down third-person gameplay to first-person shooting mayhem. With this guy as the chief judge and lawyer, we don’t want to know what the clerk, interpreter, and bailiff are like…
Takayuki Yagami
In Judgement, a spin-off of the classic game Yakuza, Takayuki Yagami is a lawyer who gets dishonored when a client of his is convicted of murder. As Yagami, players get to explore a sprawling underworld in one of Tokyo, Japan’s fictional districts Kamurocho. Although you don’t spend any time in a courtroom, there’s plenty of detective work and beat-’em-up action to enjoy in this outing. Good to know Japan’s got some tough lawyers working the case.