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Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders

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Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders
53
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Game Info

Publisher: DreamCatcher Interactive

Developer: AWE Games

Genre(s): Adventure

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: November 9, 2009

Summary

As easy as A...B...C? Agatha Christie’s A.B.C Murders tells the story of Captain Hastings and Hercule Poirot as they attempt to solve a series of bizarre murders committed by an elusive madman. [DreamCatcher]

What The Critics Said

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75

Just Adventure

While The ABC Murders does not possess the depth of plot or crisp dialogue of the full-length Christie mysteries published by The Adventure Company (Murder on the Orient Express, Evil Under the Sun, And Then There Were None), it is an impressive opening salvo in what one hopes will be an ongoing series of games on the DS.

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70

Cubed3

The ABC Murders may lack the attention to detail and high levels of presentation found in the Layton titles, yet it should definitely appeal to the same market sector thirsty for more puzzle solving.

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61

Official Nintendo Magazine UK

Layton need not be worried. [Jan 2010, p.80]

60

GameZone

ABC Murders is a great story, but it wasn’t meant to be a video game and it shows. DS-owning Agatha Christie fans might get a kick out of it, but the game just isn’t as engaging or fun as the other point-and-click puzzlers on the system.

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60

Pocket Gamer UK

It's a good story, but those looking to emulate their favourite Belgium detective will find the repetitive brainteasers and limited sleuthing frustrating.

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60

Nintendo Life

Due to the source material, the plot is engaging enough to keep drawing you in just to see if you can crack it. It’s just a disappointment that so many elements required to make it a truly must-have game are missing – the lack of hints, penalties and slow dialogue sections limit this one to fans of Poirot, Agatha Christie and murder investigation games in general.

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60

VideoGamer

To be completely fair to The ABC Murders, I took it home and spent an evening with the fiancé working through it. Her opinion: it's good, true to the novel and the TV show, but not as engaging as Professor Layton.

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50

Games Master UK

One case best left unsolved. [Feb 2010, p.82]

40

DarkZero

Personally I found it a bit on the dull side but perhaps it might make an ideal Christmas present for a more elderly relative, as long as they have a DS that is.

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31

NGamer UK

Cheapo presentation. [Christmas 2009, p.67]

20

Adventure Gamers

Agatha Christie was obviously a masterful author, and The A.B.C. Murders could have been an engaging interactive companion to one of her most famous works. It's too bad the gameplay is so atrocious that even a good story couldn't make up for it.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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