Puzzles - 3/5 - Fun and straight forward puzzles, but nothing particularly difficult. A few of them feel very much like busy work for the sake of busy work, but generally are well themed and make sense in the context of the story. Characters - 3/5 - Fun characters who have unique personalities, but the VA work on a few of them is rather stilted and off and it makes them feel very wooden and lifeless in a few areas. Story - 4/5 - I've never read the original novel so my expectations will be different to those who have. I enjoyed the overarching story, and the supporting detective character had enjoyable 'off-train' chapters of the story. Visuals - 3/5 - Nothing in this game made me think that the visuals were bad, because they weren't, but it's obvious that budget limitations has made a few things very rough around the edges. I don't think it majorly detracts from the experience. This is the first in this 'series' of games I have played, and overall I think it was very worth the sale price (think I paid 30 AUD), and it has prompted me to look into playing the other Poirot games in the series.
Positive: Beautifully drawn backgrounds. Enjoyable art style and character design. Historically interesting. Likeable main character. Some fun puzzles. Negative: Side characters under-developed. Dialogue is sometimes tiresome. Not enough puzzles. A little short. Ending. I was very excited for this game and have been awaiting it's full release for a couple of years. Overall I really enjoyed my playing experience, and will always show up for a well designed and well made point and click adventure game. The artstyle and background artwork is really the standout for this game. There are a few especially beautiful works on display and all commendations need to go to the art department of this development. I thought the motivations of the main character was very strong and her interaction with the world was authentic and believable. I felt the game was very short(but fairly priced vs length), and not enough time was given to flesh the story out and give the events more meaning and weight. The ending felt very anti-climactic and rushed. I felt the dialogue and side characters were underdeveloped and there wasn't much to talk to anybody about that gave these side characters...character. I wish there were more challenging puzzles in the game. I may be speaking from a Point & Click game veterans POV, but I still felt the puzzles could have been made more challenging and varied. But this was not a major negative for me. Overall I did enjoy my experience playing this game, and more importantly I'd REALLY like the developers to either continue this story or do more P&C games in the future. The foundation, passion, and love is most certainly there and I'd be handing over my money for another game made by them anytime. Good work and I hope to see more in the future.
