Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders

Someone wrote "glitchy" in a review below, and I really have to agree! It happened loads of times during my playthrough that the GUI stopped working so I couldn't choose between look/talk. Also some other less serious glitches regarding GUI that were a bit frustrating. But most frustrating is the gameplay itself - it often is slow and tedious, and requires you to click to focus on something, then click to go back, focus on something else, and so on, and all of those transitions take it's time... I really think they could have made a smoother interface for this game. Also the mindmap is often very frustrating, where you are putting clues together. Sometimes it's so simple that you don't even have to think, but you still need to drag-and-drop the evidence, but often it's the other way round and you struggel to grasp what the game actually wants from you. I generally like slowpaced adventures, but this was more frustrating than anything else for me. Story and voiceacting and graphics are ok - gameplay and GUI not so much, for me anyway. I bought it on a really heavy sale, and for that price it was decent anyway...

There is not much to play in a traditional point-and-click sense here. Some mini-puzzle games for ordering symbols etc. Interactive choices in discussion as a form of interrogation. Couple of items Poirot picks up and need to be used at some point. The graphics and narrative are quite nice. It is a well done portrayal of mr Poirot as seen on TV with David Suchet. But the story is simple, not much to control but to follow the story. The mini-games would have been a bit annoying since I am not so much into such puzzles, but a walkthrough is handy :). You collect points by acting like Poirot would. Or how the game authors think he would. Its quite funny twist. Worth as a short casual game on some evenings or on a trip, if you can get it on a nice discount. Worked great on a my oldish Linux laptop also which is not too common.

Good game for a casual gaming experience

Typical quality for AC games. Nice graphics, subtle humor, brain required.

Good game , clever and fun with a very nice graphic style ... May be a bit short but if you speack with everyone you'll find new paths ... enjoy it s a nice game a bit like a real interactive comic boook ...