Agatha Christie: Evil Under The Sun
by Dreamcatcher Interactive
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Video Game Reviews of Agatha Christie: Evil Under The Sun
Customer Review: littledutchgirl
Summary: 1 Stars
Like others that bought this game I am encountering a white screen after playing for a few minutes. I am very disappointed because I have enjoyed the other two games in the series. I wrote to the company about this problem and have received no reply. I will not be buying from this company again unless they develop a patch that fixes this problem.Customer Review: Could Have Been WAY Better...
Summary: 3 Stars
This game had the potential to be great. But because of a very wacky and very annoying glitch, the game got old very quickly. I have read a few reviews where others have had a "white screen effect" in which the screen goes completely white, making the player unable to see anything on the screen. This has happened to me. The only way to (temporarily) fix the "white screen effect" is to save your game into a slot and then re-load it. This works for about...um...two seconds. You must keeping doing it. If, that is, you intend on actually completing the game, which I do because I paid 30 bucks for it. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the computer's fault. It is a bug. Something the company should be taking responsibility for. I wouldn't recommend this game only because there's about a 50/50 chance of it working or not. Customer Review: I wished it worked
Summary: 1 Stars
I got this game at Target the other day, and started to play it when I got home. I thought it was really fun until the screen turned all white and I couldn't play anymore. I took it back to Target and got another one. Same thing happened. I took it to a relative's house and tried it on her computer. Same thing. I took that one back and went to another store and tried it again. Same thing happened. Finally emailed the company and they said it was my computer, which doesn't make sense because I tried it on two different computers (both XP). If anyone has had this problem and has a solution, please tell me. Customer Review: GREAT game!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've loved all of the Agatha Christie games. They're well thought out and a true mystery game. Of course, being based off of the books does help! One reason I really love these games is because you get to meet different characters and investigate, interrogate, etc. It's not full of puzzles you HAVE to complete in order to continue on with the game. It doesn't have action sequences where you're worrying about your character being killed and having to go back and try again. The main characteristics are learning the suspects, finding the clues and coming to the conclusion of the murder.
It also has 7 different Acts, so the game lasts a good amount of time. I highly recommend this game for any adventure game lover and murder mystery fan!
Customer Review: The good continues, the evil begins...
Summary: 4 Stars
The 3rd episode, long awaited Evil Under the Sun is here.
Graphics? Good as you are used of TAC. Close-ups of the characters are not the best - but it is a minor flaw only.
Sound ? The best of the three games. I very much liked the door and ambient effects, and the fact that, almost on each act, the background music changes.
Dialogs? Very good. Emphasizing Poirot's humor. Poor Hastings can almost never put his own little gray cells to work! The voices are also loud and very clear.
Plot? Interesting. Everyone who has read the book will agree that the plot in the game does not resemble the book with accuracy. Although this might be considered a flaw, I am satisfied - because you will encounter things that were not in the book.
And a nice gift, a very innovative hint system with a moving finger (say, is the Moving Finger the next TAC Agatha Christie game ?).
Advantages:
- Nice gfx, sound, and control system (unlimited (as far as I could see) saves).
- Good plot, no flaws.
- Lots of humor.
- Includes text for the dialogs. (Very important for me).
- Nice and logic , inventory-based riddles. Oh yes, and 1 rather easy puzzle-type riddle found in Linda Marshall's room.
- Full install, play without CDs.
Disadvantages:
- A bit short
- A bit easy
- A bit non-evil ; Good as a game - but no match for the book as far as the atmosphere is considered.
- Some bugs in the graphics ; Not critical, but annoying. Save F2 and Load F3 will do a needed job.
- No book included - Why ? Previous 2 games included the book in the box :(
- No alternative ending. The murderer is the same as in the book - what differs is the method of their 'arrest'. The 'And then there were none' was the only one of the three that had actually changed the plot to introduce a new finale.
Overall:
Although the game is very good overall,it is inevitably compared with the book masterpiece, and it most probably fails in the comparison. I congratulate the TAC developer's efforts, but I would suggest they spend their programming hours and talends in designing new games and not copies of the Great Lady's books, because a copy of a masterpiece is bound to be an eventual failure.