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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT game!, October 30, 2007
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
I've loved all of the Agatha Christie games. They're well thought out and a true mystery game. Of course, being based off of the books does help! One reason I really love these games is because you get to meet different characters and investigate, interrogate, etc. It's not full of puzzles you HAVE to complete in order to continue on with the game. It doesn't have action sequences where you're worrying about your character being killed and having to go back and try again. The main characteristics are learning the suspects, finding the clues and coming to the conclusion of the murder.
It also has 7 different Acts, so the game lasts a good amount of time. I highly recommend this game for any adventure game lover and murder mystery fan!
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The good continues, the evil begins..., October 27, 2007
Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars
The 3rd episode, long awaited Evil Under the Sun is here.
Graphics? Good as you are used of TAC. Close-ups of the characters are not the best - but it is a minor flaw only.
Sound ? The best of the three games. I very much liked the door and ambient effects, and the fact that, almost on each act, the background music changes.
Dialogs? Very good. Emphasizing Poirot's humor. Poor Hastings can almost never put his own little gray cells to work! The voices are also loud and very clear.
Plot? Interesting. Everyone who has read the book will agree that the plot in the game does not resemble the book with accuracy. Although this might be considered a flaw, I am satisfied - because you will encounter things that were not in the book.
And a nice gift, a very innovative hint system with a moving finger (say, is the Moving Finger the next TAC Agatha Christie game ?).
Advantages:
- Nice gfx, sound, and control system (unlimited (as far as I could see) saves).
- Good plot, no flaws.
- Lots of humor.
- Includes text for the dialogs. (Very important for me).
- Nice and logic , inventory-based riddles. Oh yes, and 1 rather easy puzzle-type riddle found in Linda Marshall's room.
- Full install, play without CDs.
Disadvantages:
- A bit short
- A bit easy
- A bit non-evil ; Good as a game - but no match for the book as far as the atmosphere is considered.
- Some bugs in the graphics ; Not critical, but annoying. Save F2 and Load F3 will do a needed job.
- No book included - Why ? Previous 2 games included the book in the box :(
- No alternative ending. The murderer is the same as in the book - what differs is the method of their 'arrest'. The 'And then there were none' was the only one of the three that had actually changed the plot to introduce a new finale.
Overall:
Although the game is very good overall,it is inevitably compared with the book masterpiece, and it most probably fails in the comparison. I congratulate the TAC developer's efforts, but I would suggest they spend their programming hours and talends in designing new games and not copies of the Great Lady's books, because a copy of a masterpiece is bound to be an eventual failure.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Christie fans will enjoy, November 9, 2007
Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars
This is the second AC game I've played in the series. I thought overall, it was more enjoyable than Murder on the Orient Express. What I liked about EUTS is that you don't seem to spend as much time doing silly things that don't relate to the story (although you still have to do some.) Another helpful feature is that you have a list of tasks to complete during the scene; i.e. "Read article about Miss Porter's School" and "Help Linda build a blind for birds." I felt like with MOTOE you could wander around helplessly lost for hours. As with the other AC games, you still collect items and use combinations of them to help you on your way--but what's great about EUTS is that you can tell if something is a combination by just hovering over the second tool, you don't have to click on each combo and hear the annoying "I don't think that's a good idea" speech 20 times.
The graphics are beautiful, and the voices aren't bad (although Christine Redfern is a bit annoying and I miss David Suchet as Poirot.) On the flip side, unless you save your current game frequently, you might have to repeat your moves because there are quite a few system crashes that you'll experience.
Overall, I think if you are a fan of AC and Poirot, you will enjoy the game despite the glitches. The games seem to be as addicting as the books are to read; I just hope we don't have to wait a year inbetween releases!
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