Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders

The mechanics are quite different from the other Poirot game I played (First Cases), but it works really well and I very much appreciate that every single line was voiced. It was a fun 10 hours

The ABC Murders is a decent detective adventure game based on Agatha Christie's novel of the same name. The game follows the original story quite closely, although there are some small differences in certain details and scenes. Still, the main story, investigation, and overall idea of the book are adapted pretty well. You play as Poirot, investigating a series of murders by looking for clues, talking to suspects, and putting the pieces together. The investigation itself is enjoyable, although the puzzles are generally not very difficult and are more suited to a relaxed playthrough. The graphics are simple, but the cartoonish style fits the game well. Some of the dialogue and animations feel a little stiff, and a few parts can drag on. Overall, it's a decent game for fans of detective stories and Agatha Christie. If you've already read the book, there won't be many surprises, but it's still interesting to experience the familiar story in game form.

Atmospheric cozy murder mystery. Loved it!

おすすめですが難あり。ミステリー好きで雰囲気を楽しみながらストーリーを見る、ゆっくり推理したりパズルを解くタイプでないとイライラすると思う。日本語化は非公式のみ。 良い点 ストーリーはabc殺人事件を充分楽しめた。 絵柄や声、音楽がポワロの世界にマッチしている。 字体も雰囲気良い。 操作がほぼクリックのみなのでわかりやすく疲れない。 キーワードを当てはめる推理パートが面白い。 悪い点 移動が遅い、調べる位置とかぶってクリックしずらい。 クリックで移動なのに右下にメニューがあり邪魔、上のほうが良い。 次にやることまでメニューにあっていちいち開かないと見れない、画面上部に出るほうがわかりやすいし楽。 字幕の大きさを設定出来ない、やや小さめ。 パズルが説明不足、クリック出来る位置がズレていたり全体的に仕組みが分かりにくい。 推理パートのキーワードも問題が曖昧で、答えがわかっている内容でも違うものを順序よく選ばないといけないのでイライラする。 アイテムを見る時回転するのが大きく遅く動かしづらい。 鍵を戻す、電話をかける、電話に出る、全体的に推理ではないどうでもいい所に時間をとられる。

An adaption of Agatha Christie's novel, taking the role of her famous detective, Hercule Poirot, you investigate a series of murders in which the killer sends you a taunting letter before each kill. Christie's story definitely helps carry the game as it tended to get bogged down a bit by repetitive or sometimes inane puzzles. The game plays like a standard point and click, moving Poirot around, observing and talking to characters and interacting with objects with the mouse. The rest of the game involves observation sections where you look for clues with the mouse, interview sections where you chat with characters, puzzles and thinking sections where you apply the clues you found to solve logic queries. There are some good puzzles but many others that lacked good direction, felt like filler rather than flowing naturally as part of the investigation or a bit over the top. Not so much complicated, just trying to move around sections of the puzzles trying to figure out what you're actually supposed to do and hunting for pixels. Leaving the puzzles also reset them which was a tad annoying too but the clues were pretty much always inside the puzzle area. The thinking sections generally worked better, while some were a bit vaguely worded or a bit too open, it was mostly pretty logical to match the right clues. 6.5/10

Infelizmente, não recomendo, pois é um jogo bem entediante e chato. Há momentos em que tem que percorrer longas distâncias/caminhos com o personagem, que são extremamente desnecessários. Além de demorar, são total perda de tempo, pois não agregam nada a história ou a jogabilidade. Fora o tempo que o jogador perde percorrendo o mapa de um lado para o outro, é muito mais andar de um lado para o outro sem fazer nada nesse meio tempo, do que diálogos ou interação com qualquer coisa na história. Os puzzles (se pode chamar disso) são óbvios e entediantes. é muito mais uma visual novel, que tem algumas interações. Uma ideia que poderia ter sido boa. É muito ruim.

Interesting take on a familiar story, nice animation, sometimes a bit buggy. But very charming. Only one big annoyance, whoever told Poirot's voice actor to keep saying "Let us use our bren-cells (brain cells)" instead of his signature "little grey cells" from the books, deserves undercooked potatoes for the rest of their live!