Other times there’s a certain patterned layout that needs to be formed correctly by rotating parts or flipping them over. It may be a simple padlock with the code needed being either on an item you’ve picked up previously or hidden somewhere in plain sight. Most of the time, these involve unlocking an item of interest by solving a puzzle which then allows you to breach it and discover something useful. When it comes down to the more intellectual sections of ‘The ABC Murders’, the puzzles are very much hit and miss. Using a couple of brash, direct questions, consisting of genuine queries to the occasional white lie and random outlandish statements, to provoke them to tell the truth or reveal something of importance to the case is what Poirot does best. Some of the options are purposefully in there to throw people off and with my limited knowledge of Hercule Poirot, I feel this embodies the characteristics he’s become known for. Interrogating suspects offers up multiple lines of questioning and statements in order to put them under scrutiny. Alternatively it’ll get you to visually assess items, possibly containing a piece of useful information, but again it’s super simple, to the point where you may just end up needing to rotate the item a little. It’s rather straightforward until the game decides you haven’t perfectly lined up the cursor, until it eventually realises after some waggling that you were correct. You’ll have to move the cursor to their dark eyes or clenched fists etc. The observation tasks are really simple Poirot has to study a person’s demeanour in order to figure out their current mood or create a profile of their lifestyle.
Dependent on what you interact with, by moving Poirot and the cursor around, it could engage you into one of three different things to do involving observation, thinking and interrogation. Taking your time to survey the crime scenes and surrounding areas for any and all points of interest is certainly encouraged throughout.
It’s down to Poirot, his assistant Arthur Hastings and Inspector Japp to uncover the identity of soon-to-be serial killer before whoever it is gets through the entire alphabet!Īlthough there’s a killer on the loose, there’s a general melancholy about the gameplay due to its point and click nature. Despite this knowledge, nothing can be done to prevent the crime being committed and it seems as though ‘A.B.C.’ is eager to do the same to more potential victims. Hercule Poirot receives a mysterious letter from someone signing off as ‘A.B.C’ which offers the great detective vital information about the whereabouts of an upcoming murder, as well as the date of its occurrence. Well, in all honesty, the age-old story is one of the parts that comes across as being pretty decent in this adaptation.
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