Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders

"If the little grey cells are not exercised, they grow the rust." ABC makes sure they don't.

It pains me to give this a negative review, but my god is this game dull. Most of the interaction consists of simply highlighting your cursor over obvious hotspots and listening to Poirot's reactions. "Hmm... I believe the madam is quite smoker." - proceeds to confirm this by clicking on hotspots such as a cigarette in her hand, an ash tray, and a pack of cigarettes lying on the table. Just mind numbing and feels like a murder mystery designed to be played by elementary schoolchildren.

Did you ever read an Agatha Christie book and think "this experience would be greatly improved with some slightly uncanny wannabe-Telltale animation, bad pathing, hidden-object searching, and puzzles that are on the easy side but still feel the need to hold your hand through them"? No? No one has ever thought that, you say? This game isn't the worst, or anything. It's just not very good.

bored game

A really fun murder mystery with simple gameplay elements. Some of the puzzles you need to think about but nothing was too hard. Story was fun to follow too. Only thing that bothered me was the fact Poirot kept getting glitched into items of furniture.

As someone who occasionally enjoys relaxing with games like this, I have to admit that I found the game very enjoyable. Visually, it stands out slightly from the top-tier games, which is a nice change. Would I recommend this game to younger players? Definitely! :)