Exeunt Omnes

Since there are quite a few people interested by that concept, here's the start of a compilation of games on that theme. Each one explores a quite different direction, so they can be useful as references (and I've also restrained myself to those that were at least moderately fun).

Last Word
Hard to miss around here lately, but you never know. My thoughts are conveniently encapsulated in this review.

Socrates Jones: Pro Philosopher
To represent the whole slew of Phoenix Wright clones, here's a really fun one with some notable guest stars. It's high-school philosophy done remarkably right (if you can endure the tutorial conversation)

Quandary
An educational game teaching conflict resolution? That doesn't necessarily sound like my idea of fun, but the result is surprisingly pleasant, thanks in part to the nifty sci-fi setting, the comics narrative and the relative freedom of choice in possible resolutions. Might or might not be exactly equivalent to Argubot Academy, I couldn't test the latter as I have nothing that can play an app.

Profit Motive
A bit more tangential, yet I couldn't help but mention it again. A entrepreneurial satire with marketing/management duels, and you almost feel like you're learning something. I really hope it isn't as dead as it looks.

Galatea
Unsurprisingly, there are tons of conversational interactive fictions/text-based adventures. I resolved to pick only one, to showcase the best that can be done on that model, and it had to be either Galatea or Best of Three, two of Emily Short's remarkable pieces of IF.

Galatea is the conventional multiple-choice conversation pushed to the extreme, and it acquires a certain strategic dimension as there are tens of endings and the puzzle-like nature of the discussion reveals itself after a couple (notably, the sequence of emotions that you instill in Galatea is important to unlock certain events). Also, really pretty writing. You have to type instructions in a parser, though, so that might be too gangsta for the average RPG aficionado (despite the useful in-game help).

Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble
Slightly tangential and extremely casual, as the gameplay reduces to a collection of minigames, but there are quite a few ideas worth exploring in there.


Edit:
Goblin Noir (now on RMN)
Really great urban fantasy setting, remarkably seamless battles of wit, and so much fun! Thanks Merlandese for the tip.