Justice is Served is designed much like an actual episode of the TV show, Law and Order. The game begins, much as most episodes of the T.V. show do, by showing the conversation of a pair of people just before they stumble across the body of the unfortunate victim. The player is then quickly introduced to the game's key elements: investigation and puzzles. If the plot had not been as interesting as it was I would have found some of the investigation techniques a bit repetitive, as I am normally not a fan of games that revolve solely around puzzles. As detectives Briscoe and Green your job is to discover who murdered up and coming tennis star Elena Kusarova. Following various leads, gathering evidence, and talking to witnesses and suspects you begin to piece together your case. Law and Order does the television version justice with some surprising plot twists and false leads. The game is more than just solving logic puzzles. When questioning people you must choose the best line of questioning to garner more leads and information. You also have an info researcher, a surveillance team, and a crime lab at your disposal. You bring them evidence or a witnesses name and they will offer you their expertise and give you new insights.

After you gather enough evidence the game progresses, again like the show, to the District Attorney's prosecution of your suspect. Though this portion of the game contains some of the same elements as the first, it introduces a new courtroom element that affects the outcome of the game. In the D.A.'s office is a small educational tutorial that explains what and what isn't allowed when you question witnesses at trial. During the trial scenes you must adhere to these rules or the defense counselor will object and perhaps influence the jury. Conversely you can object when the defense attorney questions witnesses as well, however, you must be careful to object along the guidelines. If you object erroneously too often the judge will find you in contempt, if you don't object the defense's lawyer will make statements that will surely prejudice the jury. When you rest your case the jury makes its decision, and again, like T.V. show, you get the attorneys comments on the case's outcome.

The game does not contain a great deal of action but its general animation and the animation of the cut scenes is good realistic CGI. The main characters look like their real life counterparts and the supporting cast all look polished. What I found impressive was the game's dialogue and voice acting. The voice acting of the main characters is superb, presumably because the actors know their characters and have an attachment to them. The dialogue is also full of various puns, some better (or depending on your opinion of puns, worse) than others.

The game's UI is simple and easy to learn. It consists of a tab that rotates through your inventory of witnesses, evidence, and documents, another tab that holds all the information you collect through interviewing witnesses, a cell phone that offers you tutorials and tells when your allies have new information for you.

I'm not usually a huge fan of puzzle-based games, and even as a big fan of the T.V. show I was a bit skeptical of how a video game based on the property would turn out. However, my only true complaint lies with the fact that the Law and Order character Jack McCoy wasn't present in the D.A. half of the game. Alas, we can't have everything. I wouldn't recommend Law and Order: Justice is Served to gamers who need action action action. The game can get a little repetitive in its game play but I found a little bit of plot goes a long way in keeping my attention. Justice is Served does have an intriguing and twisting murder mystery story that is sure to intrigue and entertain fans of puzzle games, mystery aficionados, and of course, fans of the Da-Dum, the T.V. version of Law and Order.