Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun English Demo

Agatha Christie is a world-renowned author that practically refined the mystery genre and has produced a multitude of engaging stories featuring the legendary detective by the name of Hercule Poirot. Naturally, murders are his favorite type of mystery, since he is quite gifted when it comes to noticing clues that might lead him to the one responsible for the deed.

Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun is a point-and-click adventure game in which you get to control the famous Poirot and help him uncover the mystery behind a murder. Just like in the books, the clues pop up one by one and slowly point you to the one responsible, although, also like in the books, there are some pretty wild plot twists that might disorient you and make you question all the evidence gathered so far.

The story perspective is a bit forced, since although you play as Poirot, you are actually Captain Hastings imagining that he is Poirot, while Poirot provides you with tips on how would he handle the case in question. The main plot revolves around the murder of an actress, which means that you have to investigate everything regarding her last few days alive and gather the necessary evidence in order to pinpoint the one responsible.

As far as the game itself is concerned, you should have no trouble figuring it out, especially if you are familiar with the point-and-click adventure genre. Thus, you just have to click on the objects you to investigate, pick-up or combine, while paying close attention to the environment and anything out of the ordinary. Naturally, items can be combined in your inventory in order to solve certain puzzles, some of which can be pretty tricky and challenging.

Thanks to the beautiful pre-rendered graphics, the game world is fascinating and very detailed, which means that you won't be missing anything important along the way. The characters are also quite detailed and nicely animated, albeit a little slow when it comes to moving around the environment. The dialogue is voice acted and very extensive, which is always a good thing to see, since it does wonders for the overall atmosphere.

In the end, Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun does not really set itself apart in the genre, but it is good enough to keep you interested until the end, which is all that matters. It might evolve a bit too slow and the puzzles can be rather simple every once in a while, but overall, you should have a good time with it.