Law & Order 3

Rating:
Summary: Good work - best of the three!
Review: A good job, and a lot of fun. These games just get better and better!

Game play is smooth and intelligent, except for the irritatingly small number of saved game slots. Writing and acting are both topnotch, with three of the actors from the series doing voice work. Graphics are good and have improved dramatically, to the point where the characters' expressions match the emotion in their voices. Puzzles are mostly well-integrated into the plot; a few are a little unlikely, but since none of the puzzles are too difficult, I'm not going to fuss.

The time and space constraints that made the first two games so frustrating are completely gone, and you no longer have to choose whether you want to be smart or fast because you can't be both. It's really refreshing to see a game series that takes out the bad and leaves the good stuff -- thanks, guys!

Well worth your time whether you're a fan of the show or not.

Rating:
Summary: horrible!
Review: after playing the CSI games, i guess i'm spoiled. the graphics with Law and Order are pretty good, but navigating throughout the rooms gives me a headache, the instructions and hints are vague and worthless, and the case itself is boring. i unstalled it without even obtaining a search warrant.

Rating:
Summary: Best of the Bunch!!
Review: I have been playing adveture games for years and was a big fan of the Law and Order show when the first of these games came out and was really impressed by that game. Of course there were some kinks, which is why I like this game the best in the series.

Just like the first two games, this new one does a great job of capturing the feeling of the show. The graphics are realistic and I loved that they use the voices of the actors on the show for the characters. It makes you feel like your in one of the episodes. I just wish they had used Sam Waterson's character. It took me about 14 hours to finish Justice is Served, mostly because there are more puzzles. (This game seemed longer than the last two.)

I've played other mystery/detective computer games before, but I think the Law & Order series is the best of the bunch!!

Rating:
Summary: Great story and a good time!
Review: I played the first two law and order games, and this one is by far my most favorite. The graphics look really good and I got totally wrapped up in the story. I'm not really into sports (...) Lots of intresting puzzles and there are many creepy suspects, so I had to keep guessing who really did it. The other detective on the show Ed Green is in the game too, so I liked that he was there. I wished it was easier to figure out how to get search and arrest warrants since I got a little stuck a few times. But I figured out there were some hints and I got help! ;-). If you like the show you will really have fun getting to solve a case yourself like I did.

Rating:
Summary: It's been awhile!
Review: I wasn't a Law&Order fan until about a year and a half ago when I saw the second L&O game on the shelves of Best Buy. I read the back and was intrigued, considering I didn't even know what the show was about. I dropped the $30 for it like a bad habbit. IT WAS AWESOME! After a weekend of no sleep, I beat the game and bought the first L&O game of the internet. I've waited a long time for them to make a new one and it's great and worth every pennie!

Rating:
Summary: Just didn't care for it
Review: My review has mild spoilers.

I've never played the first two L&O games so I cannot compare Justice is Served with them but I can compare it to other adventure games. I didn't find the game interesting at all and I thought it was really cumbersome. Unless I missed something, in order to save a game the player has to access the Menu, select Save, choose a spot for the game (there were only about a dozen save slots), press Save which brings up the Menu again and then select Resume Game. That's an awful lot of steps when you're like me and saving every couple minutes. There is no autosave feature which would have made the process easier.

But the whole "Save" issue wouldn't be a big deal if I had liked the game. I just didn't find it interesting to spend most of the game asking people questions. Many questions/answers led to a new location to visit but when you get there there isn't much to do - minimal exploration (you find only a few hotspots and not all on them are relevant) and the puzzles are incredibly easy. Find something locked and you'll find the answer on an item you found at a hotspot - almost always at the same location you find the puzzle. The only puzzle I had a problem with was a musical one.

I got as far as the court room but the accused ended up being acquitted and I just didn't care enough to return to a saved game and retry the case. For me there just wasn't enough content to make the game interesting. I had just finished playing Myst III before playing Justice is Served so it is rather difficult to top that for gameplay.

Rating:
Summary: a LOT longer than the others. Amazing story. Bonus game
Review: This has got to be one of the best value buys you can get in adventure gaming. Not only do you get the first game as a bonus (which is of a good length and quite engrossing in itself), you also get a very compelling look into the world of women's professional tennis and the lengths that parents and promoters will go to in a Law and Order setting.

This is the 3rd in the series and it is the longest and most challenging so far. This is the first in the series to have actually stumped me in a few locations and for my first subpoena, I had NO idea what I was doing and made the strongest case get thrown out of court since I only included circumstancial evidence!

This will take you 10-15 hours, longer if you dont break down and look at a walkthrough. Even challenge aside, you will walk away well satisfied from a well told story and rigorous, and thorough conclusion. Highly recommended, and an amazing value