If you are looking for an amazing, heavily text-driven adventure game, look no further than Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney!
In this game you play as a defense attorney just starting his career. Over the course of the game you will defend people while finding out who did the crimes.
Game play: How you play the game is pretty simple, you have to defend people accused of murder by finding contradictions in witnesses testimonies, usually by presenting a piece of evidence that contradicts a witnesses statement, or sometimes simply pressing them about their testimony will do the trick. You can also yell, "Hold It", "Objection", and "Take That" into the DS microphone at certain times, which is a cool feature. The game spans 5 Episodes, they get longer as you go on so it will take some time to finish this game.
Besides defending the defendant in court, you also can investigate while out of court by talking to people, presenting items to people to see if they know anything about them, and finding pieces of evidence that are lying around in the crime area. In a later Episode, you can even check for blood and fingerprints in cool ways using the stylus.
Graphics: Great graphics for a DS game. Of course it's 2D anime style, but it suits the game well. There are some 3D objects later in the game.
Sound: Music is nice, there are some original catchy tunes that fit the mood of the game. There is no voice acting other than the lines "Hold It" "Objection" and "Take That".
Replay Value: Not much here, there are no mini games or anything like that to unlock (not that this game needs them). Once you finish the game, you know everything to do the next time you play it. So the challenge ends once you finish the game, but the story and characters are worth replaying the game for.
Conclusion: Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney is the perfect game for adventure fans. Unlike some games, you need to think for this one. There is not much more I can say about this game except, if anything I said about this game interests you, go get it!