Play Gyakuten Kenji 2 (J) Online

Gyakuten Kenji 2 is the kind of game where you’ll spend half your time sweating in court and the other half digging through crime scenes for that one piece of evidence you know is there somewhere. You play as a prosecutor this time—no Phoenix Wright safety net—so every bluff and objection actually matters. The cases start simple, but by the second day, you’re untangling conspiracies that make you double-check every witness’s alibi.

What I love is how the game plays with expectations. Just when you think you’ve got the killer cornered, some tiny detail flips everything. And the new "Logic Chess" minigame? Brutal. Witnesses will dodge questions, and if you hesitate too long, they’ll steamroll right over you. It’s in Japanese, but if you’ve played the first game, you’ll pick up the flow fast. The soundtrack alone makes the tension worth it—that moment when the music swells right before a breakthrough is pure adrenaline.

Fair warning: bring snacks. Once you start piecing together a case, it’s hard to put down.