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2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 17
Date: October 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game seemed like it was going to be exellent when i read about it.Well i got to play about fifteen minutes of it.I dont know if my copy had a glitch.The game would shut down everytime.Im taking back the game as soon as a go back to the store.My computer met all the requirements .

As for the game that far,Pros:The story was great.It was set up to be a really great mystery.
Cons:Besides softare problems.The game moved about really slowly.It took forever to get from point a to b.The game was a bit confusing.I really had no idea what to do.You basicaly run around collecting clues,that really made no sense.Maybe if the game would have stayed running longer i would have liked it.Im going to try and avoid software from this company in the future.

pretty good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: November 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i just got this game and played it all last night. its really moody - play with your lights out! the people seem well thought out and the puzzles are cool. i felt tense the whole time i was playing. pretty sure i know who did it!

Well ... good enough

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 75 / 82
Date: November 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

An enjoyable little game for the Agatha Christie fan. As you know if you've read the book or seen the play or the movie(s) by the same name, the plot is designed so almost anybody can be the actual murderer, so you needn't worry about knowing whodunit; it's not who you expect it be. And it's always fun to be in the middle of a plot you're familiar with, to see how the characters and situations actually play out.

That said, there are definitely some areas where improvements could have been made. The voice acting is mediocre and the character graphics wooden and clumsy; in many scenes, you have the feeling a couple of Barbie and Ken dolls are being bounced around a doll house by a hyperactive child. There are also far too few puzzles, and none of them are either challenging or even particularly interesting. The action consists mainly of questioning your fellow dolls about the latest death and wandering aimlessly around, trying to find something that will trigger the next scene.

All the same, I'll keep it on my machine for a while. The game has some replayability, and the scenery has a lovely brooding quality to it. I'd also like to see these publishers be encouraged to try again; they'll do better next time, and there are lots and LOTS of Christie novels that would make great games.

As an added bonus, the original novel is included with the game. If you find the game doesn't do anything for you, you can always shut off the computer and go read for a while. (grin)

Disappointed

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: November 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was very excited about this game coming out. Once I started playing though, I was getting really bored because there really wasn't any action or interesting puzzles to solve, just asking alot of questions as well as the same questions to the characters.

Sometimes I would just run around the house going in all the bedrooms until finally it would jump to the next chapter.

I think they are on the right track with this, however, a little more suspense and maybe some more action scenes. I hope that they will take note of games like Syberia....

Great Story Line...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: November 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game has an excellent and interesting story line. The graphics are great, and there is a lot of area to explore. The characters are all interesting with their own personalities. I will say that I found this game pretty difficult. I collected like 40 inventory items quickly, and it became overwhelming to keep track of the items. (especially since most of them have to be combined.) Sometimes I felt myself not knowing what to do next. BUT, I feel that the GREAT story line makes up for all of this!

nice intro...evolve into something better maybe?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: November 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The big question, is this a new series of games? If it is, then I'd say this is a nice beginning. I played on windows xp without SP2 and found no bugs. Older machine so I couldn't play in anti-aliasing mode which is a bummer. Nice art work and such. The game is non-linear (you can actually skip out on a few "chores" and still get to the end) game that seems to run quite smoothly. I agree with another reviewer that it's on the boring side..."hot spots for idiots" really. If this is a beginning of an Agatha Christie series then I'm looking forward to the next game-progress would be good. I liken the concept to the Nancy Drew games but not quite up to snuff. The non-linear play makes for a bit more challenge since you have to be more thorough but the lack of challenging puzzles is disappointing. Let's just say the main character is a bit of a McGyver with the objects he collects. A little more relevancy would be appreciated. Running around a mansion trying to "trigger" a new chapter is not exciting. Fingers crossed for a progressive next installment. Not worth $30 so wait for it to go at least below $20. If only we could recycle our games amazon!

GREAT game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 18
Date: November 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm an adventure/mystery game player. I love those games where you have some puzzles that aren't too hard to figure out, and character to interact with to figure out what to do next. This is one of those games. The mystery is well done, the characters are well done and the all around storyline and gameplay is well done.

Since it's Agatha Christie, you already know the story has to be good. The game didn't move to choppy (graphic wise) for me, and there was none of that problem where you find yourself die from a wrong move and have to reload to start again.

I recomend this game to anybody who is an adventure player. There is no gore, but some of the scenes are disturbing and it will definatly keep you on your toes!

An ok tribute to Agatha Christie, but could have been better.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 55 / 59
Date: December 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

You'll probably enjoy this game if you're a fan of Agatha Christie. Otherwise, you'll find And Then There Were None a journey of boredom. To put it simply, there aren't really many things to do in this game apart from walking around, picking up items, and then using them. Yes, this basically sounds like a typical point-and-click adventure game, but one can't help but feel that the developer could've given the game a better boost in terms of gameplay.

Based on Christie's popular novel of the same title, And Then There Were None puts ten people on a desolated island, and has them killed off one by one by their invisible host. Playing as the 11th man, you've to find out the truth before the murderer kills them all. You do so by exploring the various areas on the island, including the mansion where the lot of you stays in, and its surroundings. Unfortunately, there aren't much you can do to prevent the deaths of these people, not until late in the game at least. As such, most of the time, you'll be simply exploring areas for conversations and events to trigger the beginning of the next chapter of the game. Before long, you'll be wondering why do you even bother.

The good thing of this game is that it offers a different murderer (and motive) than what the book prescribed. This would certainly please Christie fans, who must have read the book several times before playing the game. Also, depending on what you do during the later part of the game, you've the opportunity to save some characters, and therefore unlock different endings. Regardless of which ending you achieve, however, you'll get to solve a last puzzle to view the original ending, so players who've not read the book can still admire at how amazing the plot is.

What the game really lacks is a better challenge. Despite being an adventure game, the amount of puzzles to solve is few and far between. They're also extremely easy to solve, making the experience more like going through the motion at times. Players who're expecting a reasonable amount of challenge could find themselves really disappointed by this game.

The situation isn't help by some inept attempts at graphical and audio presentations. The characters modeling look decidedly slipshod, even though you do have an option to sharpen their features in the main menu. Needless to say, this requires more memory from your PC. Therefore, if you prefer more defined looking characters, and don't have a high-end machine to run the game, you may have to do without them. The music is actually quite nice, and fits the mood of the game greatly. However, there's only one number throughout, and two chapters into the game, you'll be wondering whether you'll have to listen to this for the full ten chapters. The answer is yes.

Now, it may sound like I'm slating this game throughout this article, but that's hardly so. I enjoy the game despite its flaws, and I thought it was a credible effort from The Adventure Company on the whole. However, as a Christie fan, I find the game too ordinary for gamers who're not fans of her to engage in. At times, it feels like a trimmed down version of Trace Memory (for the DS), albeit with much lesser puzzles to solve. I'd still recommend this game for Christie fans though, if only as a tribute to the author. Otherwise, you should consider other options. That said, I do hope to see more of her books get adapted into adventure games in future, since it's a genre that I particularly enjoy.

And for that game, I hope that's it's a little more difficult than this one.

Cool game, some flaws

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty good. I've never read the Agatha Christie novel but this game does a pretty good job of telling the story, I was pretty engrossed in it. I thought the environments were done pretty well even if they were prerendered but they were too static. The character models were merely satisfactory. This game can get a bit repetitive at times though and for some reason this game made my graphics card jump to 110 degrees Celsius, I had to underclock it to get it to a cooler temperature and this game doesn't really use much 3D, just a bunch of 2D images and character models!

Cannot Understand the Good Reviews

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: January 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm not a big gamer but once in a while I'm intrigued by a title and I pick it up. The last adventure game I bought was "Runaway - A Road Adventure" which I enjoyed a lot.

I can't same this same for this game. In fact I found it so dull I only made it through the 2nd chapter and quit playing it. The graphics (especially the human characters) are crude. The game play consists of picking up seemingly endless inventory items (really, it was ridiculous) and quizzing the other characters by asking them the same questions over and over so I trigger the next scene in the game.

I would not recommend this at all. The old King's Quest games of the 1980s were far more entertaining than this!

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