Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
67

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
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  1. Game Over Online
    Mar 21, 2016
    80
    It’s a title for fans of both mystery and point-and-clicks, and, despite its technical shortcomings, is worth the price of admission.
  2. Brash Games
    Feb 17, 2016
    80
    We enjoy playing it and although, as I said, the voice acting isn’t great and it crashed a few times but other than that the game flows really well, it’s a game about mystery, crime and solving murders and puzzles and we can’t wait to play through the rest of the game and complete it. As we are determined we will catch the ABC murderer and put him behind bars.

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6.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 33
  3. Negative: 7 out of 33
  1. bergcamp101
    Sep 2, 2020
    8
    Very good game, especially with deficit of good detective games today. The ending may be contradicting, but overall - very positive experience.
  2. DrFriendless
    Jun 3, 2018
    4
    This game is pretty awful. The controls are the worst I've ever encountered, making conceptually simple tasks long and painful. Most of all,This game is pretty awful. The controls are the worst I've ever encountered, making conceptually simple tasks long and painful. Most of all, the one that caused me to ragequit, was that when you're doing a puzzle it's possible to use items but there is no indication of that whatsoever. There are icons for the items there, but they defiantly do nothing. It turns out that you have to use the D-pad to enable the really awful interaction with the items.

    Another awful feature was that whenever Poirot is speaking you can press X to shut him up (not O, like it should be). So whenever he's mentioning to himself that he hasn't solved the puzzle yet, you have to press X, wait a couple of seconds, then press O to undo whatever was wrong. Oh yeah, and L2 to interact, instead of X. It's frustrating every single time.

    One thing the game does do well is the deduction system - you've found some clues, and you put them together to make deductions. There were a couple where I just tried all combinations, but generally that was good and kinda fun. The art work is decent, and role-playing Poirot is a little fun.

    The rest of the game is quite painful though. Poirot is a gentleman built for comfort rather than speed, so it's understandable that he doesn't gallop around the game, but that's no reason for every other interaction to happen at a stately speed as well. If the game allowed interactions at the same speed as any other game, it would be twice as much fun and take a third of the time.

    I hope if more games are built in this franchise that they completely redesign the user interaction. This game gets many things wrong, and that should not be a sustainable practice.    … Full Review »
  3. Blaxpupas
    Mar 18, 2016
    8
    I consider i didn't like a lot the game idea, but its f***ing adictive. I spend that 8 hours in 6 days so i think its very short and itsI consider i didn't like a lot the game idea, but its f***ing adictive. I spend that 8 hours in 6 days so i think its very short and its graphics are... but its really adictive.… Full Review »
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