Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
The world-famous mystery novel Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, comes alive in this all-new exciting video game adaptation. Murder on the Orient Express is filled with spectacular…
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express is an adventure developed by AWE Productions, released 14 November 2006 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express is
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express is an adventure game developed by AWE Productions and released in 2006. It was published by The Adventure Company. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The world-famous mystery novel Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, comes alive in this all-new exciting video game adaptation. Murder on the Orient Express is filled with spectacular twists-and-turns and also includes a surprise ending that is different from the original novel. Aboard the historic Orient Express, as Antoinette, a new character introduced in the game, you must help the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot solve the puzzling murder of Mr. Ratchett. Is the victim really who he claimed to be? What motive would any of the passengers have that would bring them to commit this heinous crime? It's up to YOU to find out!
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, historical and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 27 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Agatha Christie series
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express is the third of 16 entries we hold in the Agatha Christie series. It arrived a year after Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None. The next entry was Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun in 2007. Its critic score of 57 is 7 points below the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile at 84.
How it was received
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express holds a critic score of 57 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 8 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3, 6 GB RAM and Geforce 640. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 25GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express launched on 14 November 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War and Guitar Hero II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II.
Official trailer
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