Analysis of Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders

Microides brought Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders. This game puts us in the shoes of celebrities. investigator Hercule Poirotin order to unmask a series of crimes. We will take care of this character, who will mainly focus on solving puzzles, interrogations, solving clues, etc.. Even if the literary height of the works, as well as the films, manage to take us perfectly into their universe, will this title be up to par of this heritage Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders? Read on for the analysis to discover the mystery that awaits us here.

For this analysis, I played on a Xbox Series X in the version of Xbox One since it doesn’t have a native next-gen version.

Let’s put ourselves in context

As is often the case, whether in books or in films, it all begins with a crime of which no one knows anything except our most excellent Hercule Poirot. In order not to spoil the story, I will not focus on what actually happens but on how it is told. Through a series of conversations, cutscenes (a little weak), we are introduced to the context of this famous private detective and the case that concerns him. We are in charge of unmask a series of crimes

To do this, the facts will be told to us through chapters. In each of them, we will settle the details to discover the motive and the identity of the murderer. The result of this work depends on your efforts since it can take us more or less depending on the decisions we make. In any case, this Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders will not take us too much time, as it can be. completed in about 6-8 hoursdepending on your ability to solve, especially, the riddles.

Puzzles, investigation, criminal recreation, search for clues… everything that Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders offers us

Once the introduction is over, we roll Poirot by a series of open scenes (although small in size). In these scenarios we will find people, objectswith which to interact and which will lead us to discover the murderer. For example, we can observe people performing a small psychological profile of the character. We will talk to them or interview them to draw conclusions. We might make mistakes and not get the right information from them, which would make it harder for us later.

Among the objects we observe, the we will analyze in a 3D planto be able to rotate them and manage them as we wish. This will be particularly useful for solving puzzles. So there will be puzzles of different levelsif you know them, they will not hinder your progress too much, even if some may remain blocked. We will also have gray cells, which try to to unite a series of thoughts

Besides interacting with the scenery, with the characters, etc., at the end of each chapter we will have to recreate the crime scene. This leads us to make a series of decisions based on the clues we have collected in the chapter. Being of vital importance to properly recreate the scenes because they will be important to solve the crimes. Some of the clues we find are very interesting, although, as these are somewhat closed scenarios, we will find the next step too quickly.

What does Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders look like audiovisually?

Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders is a game very discretly regarding its graphic section. It has a comic look Which, personally, doesn’t really suit me. We see too much of it. black loading screens (which at least loads quickly in Series), but due to the smallness of their scenarios, they are completely useless. I suffered a series of jolts while moving around in some settings, so it is clear that in this title the visual aspect takes second place

Regarding the audio, the voices are localized in English or Frenchto be able to put the Spanish subtitles. The characters’ voices are completely credible (even if their lipstick doesn’t accompany them at all), with more than decent performances like that of Hercule Poirot. In general, the rest remains quite discreet.

conclusion

Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders This is an interesting title if you want to get into this genre. Solving puzzles is the section that we can highlight the mostas well as everything surrounding the murders and their investigation. But he has certain fundamental flaws which make the title remain in one more match, even if the story is interesting. The appearance audiovisual is the most discreetbut I repeat that this probably remains secondary, since we are not here for that. His reduced price It is also interesting to put yourself in the shoes of Hercule Poirot That’s enough incentive to give it a try.

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