This is another in the Microids Poirot franchise, and on the basis of the hour I have played so far it feels like the earlier London Adventure I reviewed a couple of years back.

Investigate, interrogate, solve some puzzles and make connections within the mind map.

The latter is the crux of things, at least so far, and it is way too fussy for my liking. I don't know whether it has been tweaked or whether I am just getting older and less accommodating, but it's not a dynamic that speaks to me. The timeline seems new, and it didn't do it for me either.

It plays in the third person using the keyboard and mouse, with middling character modeling and voice acting. It saves automatically but you can also choose to save.

To my knowledge I am still playing the material contained in the demo, which functions as the prologue in the main game, and which acts as a tutorial for how to manage the game mechanics. I am solving the theft of a ring in a London nightclub, and have yet to get to the main story. Which according to Steam involves parallel investigations converging at Abu Simbel and the ability to play as both Monsieur Poirot and the private investigator Jayne Royce.

I doubt I will continue, there being too many games that are more in my wheelhouse, but if you liked the London Adventure you might want to check it out.

Thanks for the info, flotsam! I'm not really a fan of the timeline / deduction board stuff but will buy this when it is cheaper. I'm thinking I might try Hercule Poirot: The First Cases soon to see how that goes. I already installed it. I really miss the type of Agatha Christie games that were on disc years ago.

Thank you for the first look, flotsam. I appreciate the information.

And thank you too, Drac.

I've heard a few rumblings about the 1970's disco timeline just being too jarring and not in keeping with the original AC.

Thanks for your thoughts, flotsam!

Thank you Drac!

Ana

Thanks flotsam. Very much appreciated 👍 (And thanks Draclvr, too.)

Thanks flotsam. I played some of the demo and couldn't get through it, I hated the demo too much to continue.

I am glad you had a demo to try before having purchased the game outright, TLC.

Game is on sale at GoG for $35.99US.

Thanks, Marian.