Zero Escape Series
Anybody else a fan of this amazing series? Arguably the best story-driven games being made today and among the best handheld games of all time, anybody who's a fan of adventure games with great stories should definitely check the series out. They combine a visual novel style narrative with Escape the Room style puzzle solving with anime aesthetics. The series was created by Kotaro Uchikoshi, who previously had written the highly acclaimed visual novel Ever17: The Out of Infinity (as well as Never7, Remember11, and 12Riven) and is currently working on Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram. Two games have been released thus far and a third has been confirmed.
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (DS):
Nine people have been abducted by a mysterious kidnapper who uses the alias "Zero." They find themselves on a ship— possibly a replica of the RMS Titanic and are told that they have nine hours to escape before the ship sinks beneath the waves. Zero is running the "Nonary Game" - a game "where you will put your life on the line." The group is forced to split up into various subgroups and explore "numbered doors," behind which lie Zero's puzzles. Zero promises that escape lies behind a door numbered 9. The characters must work together despite suspicions of each other to advance, as well as to discover Zero's motive and identity.
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (3DS, Vita):