[TerminusEst]

Kurufinwe & TimovieMan, thanks! That's exactly the kind of answers I was looking for. Unfortunately, based on what you are saying, it seems that those games just aren't for me. A pity... I will still finish the first one and maybe take a peek at the second one in the faint hope that I might start liking them all of a sudden.

Originally Posted by Venkman

I'm also playing Ghost Trick and think that is much better. While I do think some moments in Phoenix Wright are genuinely funny (which is extremely rare for me in video games), Ghost Trick is even better. (Both games by the way are much funnier than anything Tim Schafer or any other adventure game developer has done - just wanted to get that barb in there). Ghost Trick obviously has more "playing" to it which is a large reason I like it better. If they beefed up the adventure elements and toned down the dialogue of PW I would possibly love it.

I will certainly give Ghost Trick a shot. I'm just afraid that my experience with PW:AA has scarred me for life and might turn me off any other DS adventure games

[Origami]

"If they beefed up the adventure elements and toned down the dialogue of PW I would possibly love it."

You might want to check out Miles Edgeworth: Ace Investigations, a spinoff of the PW series. But the main PW entries have and always will be 'visual novels'.