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A short boring game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because I'm not an avid gamer....I have never finished a game before...and the ones that require skill and shooting always make me angry because I suck at them. This game at least had none of that. But.....although this game is relatively easy (all you do is pick stuff up, talk to people and go from room to room....screen to screen to advance the game), I would not have gotten through it without several cheats online. I would have given up. There is no instruction on what to do to move the game along. There are things you have to find, take apart or put together that make absolutely no sense unless you found it in an online cheat site. All in all...I'm glad I could actually finish this game (it's my first)but I did so in about 3 days of playing off and on....and had to resort to cheats to get anywhere. All in all...not worth the 29.99 price tag I paid.

If you love the book, you'll tolerate the game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Having just recently read this book, I was excited to see it was a game and immediately ordered it. The storyline was fresh in my mind and I was excited to play.
I should have ordered the game guide, as we spent as much time online trying to figure out what to do next time and again throughout the game. There are some parts where yoy can figure out what to do next, but for most of what we have played the "puzzle" is just trying to randomly guess what the game expects you to do next and being stuck until you either stumble upon it or, get a tip elsewhere. There are not enough clues in the gameplay to know what to do next.
Basically you search the masion and grounds over and over again, completing small tasks and it gets kind of monotonous, as there is litle action , just a ton of walking from place to place.
I stopped playing after a few hours and won't play again without a game guide to walk me through it. Maybe it will get better, but so far 4 people are dead and I have walked over every inch of the game area at least 10 times.

A boring game with a new ending.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

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Agatha for wii

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I love a good murder mystery and this is the first one for wii. Yes, it took forever to complete and there were some very tedious times trying to figure out what you needed but all in all I got wrapped up in this game and hope there are more in the genre coming out. I DID have to go online and find some cheats in the middle of the game or I would have never finished and just given up but I still enjoyed it. If you are a fan of Christie you will like the game. It is geared towards adults and I think most high school and college kids would find it too slow to be fun.

Not great, but I'm enjoying it.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First of all, it's important to explain what type of game this is. This games is a traditional, 2D, point-and-click adventure game. You walk around and explore, talk to people, collect objects and clues, and solve puzzles. I'm a big fan of these types of games, but if you're not as a rule, I would skip this.

As a long-time adventure gamer, I was waiting for the Wii release to play this game. If you've already played it on PC, don't bother. It's exactly the same. The Wii controls are barely used, and when they are it's kinda annoying.

This game definitely has its flaws. It's not a great game. The action is pretty slow and sometimes repetitive. It's not exciting or unpredictable (especially if you've read the book, which I have.) The game is actually not very linear, in that you can do a lot of optional actions and you can do things at different times. That gets confusing sometimes because I felt that I had not done things I wanted to do and was afraid I wouldn't get a chance. But I did.

I have resorted to a walkthrough for a few parts of the game, but I have a low frustration tolerance, so that's not strange. In all, I've been really enjoying my time playing this game. I can't quite put my finger on what I like, but it's soothing and relaxing. I have been monopolizing the TV for several days playing it.

So, if you have liked this type of game in the past, I would recommend it. I understand the later PC games in the series are improvements on this game. I hope they do Wii ports of them as well. Otherwise I'm going to have to get them for PC.

stuck

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

everything is fine and dandy and collecting objects is easy as well as moving around the house, but i seem to get stuck when the first night comes around. i've done it twice now and can't seem to find somehting to put the flour in to get the batteries? unless of course there is a lil glitch with mine. anyway, over all great game but i'm just a bit stuck.
las

Like the "Titanic", a Real Sinker!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

What a disappointment! This game is not worth any price you may want to pay. Do Not Buy! It suffers from primitive graphics that are reminiscent of the old PC platform "Titanic" game. Like that game, the player has no instructions, no tutorial, and an unclear objective. Also like that game, interaction with the game environment is minimal, character movement is stilted. Want something that takes advantage of the Wii capabilities? Forget this game!

Once stuck, game over

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The sound and the cartoon animation during the introduction sets a great tone for the game. It was fun to complete Chapter 1, which I finally did through a stroke of luck. now, I begin Chapter 2 and I'm stuck because I don't have a light. My point is - once you are stuck, the game is over. You can think & think & think...then, ok, now what. So much for that money. Game over.
Also, if you resume a game that you saved, there is no play back feature, so, you better remember what you were doing.

befuddled

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I love Agatha Christie's work, especially when Poirot is the featured sleuth. While I didn't expect this game to be as rich as Christie's works, I was expecting a more entertaining experience. In a word, this game is boring. This is true because the game is befuddled with notes and objects and an endless searching of rooms. The Wii aspect of this game could be so much better, as well. You don't get to do much more than click and twist your wrist to open doors, which you must do so many times you begin to wonder about whether you might aggravate a bad case of carpel tunnel. This could have been great. Someone ran out of money or creativity in its making and needed to cash in early, it would seem.

I agree with wrldruler

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Not that I ever thought I'd completely agree with someone called "wrldruler," but not only did my spouse lose interest, and not only did I have to resort to "cheats" (put the books back on the shelf in *what* order*?!?), but my game froze at the raft scene, too, causing me to abandon 2 hours worth of "progress." I may or may not go back to this game. SHEESH.

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