A soul that bounces from body to body to stop its own death, and right away you feel this game looks like nothing else.

The detail surprises. When the community picks on gut feeling, with no thought, Ghost Trick edges ahead of barely more than a quarter of all games. Low. But go criterion by criterion and the picture flips. The wish to discover it again for the first time puts it ahead of 85% of titles, art direction ahead of 83%, the feel of a controller in hand ahead of 79%. All on few votes, so take it as a trend to confirm, but the slope is clear. Only the desert island question drops it to the very bottom, probably because a puzzle you solve once doesn't loop well. That's the real tension: you admire it the moment you take it apart, yet the instant pull lags behind.

Against other narrative adventures, it's a thing apart, made by the creator of Ace Attorney, animated like a cartoon that never stops moving.

So, for who? For you if you love a story that unfolds like clockwork, characters you won't forget, a style that sticks. Much less if you want the game you fire up endlessly for the pure joy of your hands.