Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller, to give it its full title, is easily one of the very best adventure games released during 2012 and, frankly, it had no choice but to be one. Jane Jensen of Gabriel Knight fame worked on its story, whereas experienced indie devs Phoenix Online Studios nailed the design, tech, puzzles and atmosphere.
Happily, the extremely hefty first episode in this dark, subtly supernatural point-and-click adventure series has just appear on the iPad and feels better than ever. Grab it over at the App Store for $3,99.