Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
Step on board the legendary Orient Express and immerse yourself in the most famous detective suit in a race against the clock to unmask the murderer.
Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express is a exploration, adventure and puzzle game
developed by Microids Studio Lyon
and published by Microids.
Released on October 19th 2023 is available only on Windows
in 13 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Czech.
It has received 564 reviews of which 488 were positive and 76 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam and has a 75% discount.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 (64 bits)
- Processor: Intel Core i3
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: Geforce 640
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 25 GB available space
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Poirot games tend not be all that good. This newest Microids offering, however, was a home run for me. On one occasion, I managed to ruin my sleep schedule because I couldn't stop playing until 4AM, In a nutshell: Looks great, plays great, interesting take on the classic story with some added extra twists. Very enjoyable background music, too. The only negatives I have are mostly due to it not being a big budget fare, in that there's a quite a lot of "euro jank" present, even though I don't personally usually mind lower production values. The most glaring weak area is the voice acting. Accents are all over place, with some being cartoonishly exaggerated to the point of being halfway offensive (think those old Dolmio ads), while others sound like native English speakers who suddenly forgot how to pronounce basic words. The rest of the very few negatives are mostly about abrupt breaks from otherwise great game design. Interviewing suspects, completing mindmap items etc are all fine and par for the course. But, for example, there is a a larger area, where you're forced to hunt for small points of interest with no hotspot icons, armed only with fairly uninteresting clues related to the 3D area itself. That said, I really recommend this take on the Orient Express, since the modernized version with its extra storyline and good atmosphere is very captivating and chances are you really, REALLY do want to catch the culprit and find out what's going on.
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[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6142328/] With 1,400+ reviews, make sure to follow The Cpt Froggy Club Curator Page for plenty more! Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hercule Poirot, the famous Belgian detective, is urgently requested to return to London. Unfortunately, he is stranded in Istanbul, but thanks to Mr Bouc, an old friend and line director of the all-mighty train, the Orient Express, Poirot is offered a compartment to travel from Istanbul to Paris. There is plenty of time for both men to catch up during the upcoming voyage, but fate will not allow it, as a mysterious businessman is killed on the first night of the trip. This is a game set in 2023 where Hercule Poirot even uses a mobile phone to his advantage. Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express is a point-and-click adventure with puzzle elements game developed and published by Microids on the 19th of October 2023 on the Steam platform. The game is also available on PS4|PS5, Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X|S. The game consists of 13 chapters in which you will play the famous detective in Istanbul, Venice, Geneva and, of course, on the Orient Express. Although the game is faithful to the original story, a couple of twists have been introduced, such as a female American detective, which you'll also be playing in the Boston and Geneva chapters. I will leave the other twists for you to discover. They cleverly implemented these elements into the game, making perfect sense and prolonging the story. The gameplay is what you would expect for the genre. I like how easy and comfortable the view movements are in this game, which enhances the ability to search areas and pick up and view items. Mind maps will appear in each chapter, which you can access anytime using the TAB button on your keyboard. On these maps, it will tell you who you need to interrogate next to move forward. But, at a particular stage and after gathering information, you will be prompted to make a deduction about what happened at a precise time, or to recreate a sequence of events, or perhaps to confront a character about a lie. For the latest, you'll be given four sentences to choose from, while the other two will be mini-puzzles. These puzzles are among many others in the game, and for the most part, they are decent and well-structured. I struggled with one puzzle towards the end of the game in Geneva - it took me a while to figure it out. But you don't have to sweat if you don't want to, as you can access up to three tips per puzzle, which will give you the answer. The characters' looks, personas, animations, and voiceovers are excellent. The fact that you will also be playing the Boston female detective gives you a bit of a breathing space, and is implemented at the right moment. They realised that it needed something other than moving back and forth between six wagons. I was truly entertained all the way through my 14 hours of gameplay. I also like the informative anecdotes on Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot between the loading screens, which were quick. However, I encountered a weird issue in chapter two. At one point, you have to interview Mrs. Hubbard and search for clues in her compartment. Up until then, as I was away from home I used my laptop, promptly got stuck, and couldn't search her cabin. When I got back home, I tried with my desktop - I could click on a couple of places but then got stuck again. So I swapped back to the laptop, clicked on a few places, and - you guessed it - got stuck again. I went back and forth between both devices at least five times before I could finally exit the room. And yes, I did verify the integrity of the files on both devices. But from then on, it was smooth sailing. The graphics are fantastic, and I enjoyed the background music. The voiceovers are spot on, and overall, I am happy to say that this is probably the best Agatha Christie game I have ever played. Positives: ~~~~~~~ + Great graphics and background music + Faithful to the original story, with a couple of twists + Good camera angle movements + Well-detailed characters' looks, persona and animations + Decent puzzles all the way through, with tips if you get stuck + Achievements Negatives: ~~~~~~~~ - A very odd bug encountered in chapter two which stopped my progress - No trading cards A modernised, stylised version of the game, faithful to the original story with a couple of twists. It's probably the best game of the Agatha Christie series from Microids. 8/10 Key provided by the developer/publisher for review purposes. Any opinions expressed are entirely my own! [url= https://www.zeepond.com/zeepond-reviews] READ EPIC REVIEWS FROM “THE CPT FROGGY” AND MATES, UP NOW ON ZEEPOND, THE HOME OF THE ALMIGHTY FROG! 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I haven't finished this Agatha Christie game yet but so far I am VERY impressed with the quality of this game. If there's one thing that I've been confused about with Agatha Christie games over the years, it's that each new iteration of Poirot seems to be made with a different studio, a different engine, different user interface, etc. It's difficult to get excited for these games sometimes because even though Poirot is the same, the gameplay varies so much between Orient Express, The First Cases, and ABC Murders. At least with Nancy Drew by HeR Interactive, you know the games are part of a series. The disparity between Hercule Poirot games just feels a bit off and it's hard to communicate to audiences which game they should play first, if they are connected, if they are part of a series, etc. So the marketing is not great and it's even more confusing that there's no specific dev team that works on these games. It's just all around confusing. That being said, Murder on the Orient Express is a very solid mystery game. For starters, the game works wonderfully on my Steam Deck. Even though the game doesn't say steam deck approved, the game runs PERFECTLY on the Steam Deck. So thank you for the Steam Deck consideration. As for the actual mystery, this game is a modern take on Agatha Christie's original "Murder On the Orient Express". I literally laughed out loud when Poirot took out a literal iPhone to take photos. It blew my mind seeing Poirot in the modern age using modern tech. I loved it. The game somehow feels like a special world where modern meets classic, especially with how the train itself is more on the traditional historical side of things. The game aesthetically is beautiful, from the luscious train landscapes to the interior of a bustling hotel, to a regal mansion and even a spooky cabin in the woods, the game is beautiful. Granted, it's not AAA cinematic quality that's like breathtaking, but we as adventure gamers don't need that either. Not every game needs to be a cinematic masterpiece and with Agatha Christie, the game does a fine job at bridging the balance between aesthetically beautiful and stylistic. The gameplay doesn't stray too far from Hercule Poirot: The First Cases. Back is the mind map, but this time around the mind map feels like an integral part of the game. In the First Cases, the mind map got in the way and it just wasn't fun at all using it. I actually was annoyed by the mind map in the First Cases because it forced you to draw conclusions with bubbles all over the place. It was a mess to be honest. I couldn't even finish The First Cases, because the mind map drove me mad. This time around, the mind map in Murder on the Orient Express has been simplified A LOT. I always say, when it comes to Game Development, KEEP IT SIMPLE (KISS). The mind map serves as a todo list which is super helpful. The mindmap also serves as a mini-game hub for when Poirot needs to recount evidence or events. I also love that the mindmap has it's own soundtrack. The song that plays in the mindmap is very soothing and relaxing. One other thing that I love about the mindmap is the way the game sometimes lets you draw your own conclusions based on survey questions. They don't impact gameplay but it lets you feel more like Poirot. So thank you for the simplification of the mindmap. I could easily play 30 Hercule Poirot games with this mindmap feature. The investigation gameplay is a lot of fun. I love how the camera shifted from a ceiling view to a Life is Strange shoulder view. The switch in camera prospective is very welcome. I love it. I think future Poirot games should maintain this camera prospective. It feels more intimate and up close in the action. The hotspot integration with a gamepad is very smooth and fluid. Moving the camera around allows you to choose which hotspot Poirot should focus on. The game blends 3D environments with 3D objects as well. Poirot will often times zoom into 3D areas to find more evidence. All of it is done very smoothly. The game also gives us insight into Poirot's headspace with voice recorded dialogue. It all reminds me so much of Life is Strange. I'm glad that the developers went that direction too. Making the inspiration Life is Strange was the PERFECT way to go. The puzzles in this game were a very nice and welcoming addition. I am a big Nancy Drew game fan, so seeing puzzles being implemented is great. The puzzles range from Mindmap puzzles (coming up with a sequence of events, mixing and matching, memory based challenges) to environment puzzles (jigsaw puzzles, weight puzzles, sequence puzzles). The puzzles break up the investigation gameplay quite nicely and I loved every minute of them. Seeing Poirot's smug smile at the end of each puzzle also made it a blast. I felt like I was there with him. It's a fun dose of artificial affirmations that just feels so good. This characters in this game are great. The voice acting is believable and fun. My favorite character is Beuc, Poirot's assistant. This game takes creative liberties in being a little comedic. In one scene, Poirot has to be quiet to listen to the sounds a puzzle makes, and halfway through the puzzle, Beuc starts having a full blown conversation with Poirot, disrupting the puzzle. The only way to solve the puzzle is to literally tell Beuc to be quiet. It's the smallest things like that that make this game charming and fun, and give it that comedic flair that I don't really see in adventure games that often. The rest of the suspects are all very fun to talk to, some having more of a memorable impact on me than others. Joanna is a new protagonist to the game. I was quite surprised by her inclusion. Her character works the same as Poirot, but having us step into her shoes made the game very fun as well. I'm equally invested in her character. She reminds me a lot of the Phoenix Wright/Maya Fey dynamic. This game also sort of borrows from that concept and even though we are playing as Joanna, we can't fully trust her either. It's a really cool plot point and I can't wait to see how it all plays out. The soundtrack in this game is incredible. I love jazz, and hearing jazz on the train just feels amazing. It's cozy. It's relaxing. It's ironic considering the murder but just sounds wonderful. The mindmap music is AMAZING. I want this soundtrack badly. I want the mindmap music to be my new focus playlist at work. It's sooo good. Thank you so much to the musicians in charge because the OST of this game is wonderful. Also special thanks to the Poirot voice actor. Thank you for your wonderful work in helping us get in Poirot's head. It must have been a lot of work not only voicing the main lines but also the internal dialogue lines (like Life is Strange) and it works very well here. I can't wait to finish this game. I hope that Microids considers making more Agatha Christie games with this game engine. Please consider using the same developers for next time because this game feels like the first and best iteration of the Poirot games compared to all the others. The other games sort of feel like prototypes where this game feels like a real, honest fully finished Poirot game that has the best of the best in it. I highly recommend this game. Even if you've seen the film, read the book, or maybe even played past games like this mystery. It's really good.
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Great take on an old and classic murder mystery. Having already known the story, I was worried it would not be entertaining. Even for those that know the story it's worth the purchase.
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Developer
Microids Studio Lyon
Publisher
Microids
Release
19 Oct 2023
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