There’s no shortage of Agatha Christie games on the market, with the likes of The Raven Remastered and Hercule Poirot: The First Cases some of the most recent offerings. But very soon – as in this summer soon – a whole new adventure will look to unfold in Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The London Case.
As the name suggests, Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The London Case will be set in London town, as Microids deliver the much anticipated sequel to The First Cases. It comes about via the developmental minds of Blazing Griffin Studio, and is set to launch in summer 2023 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC.
A brand new story that will fit in with the style and tone of classic Agatha Christie tales, in Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The London Case you’ll get introduced to Arthur Hastings, the sidekick of Poirot. It’s up to this duo to come together in order to transport a priceless artwork to London. As you would suspect to hear, it doesn’t go according to plan.
Promising to be a compelling game in which players will get to fully explore Poirot’s world and London itself, expect to be found searching for clues, interviewing suspects and attempting to solve the investigation at hand.
The key feature list is pretty solid too, with Mindmaps, character profiles, enhanced environments and interrogations at the heart…
- A brand-new mystery – Written by the award-winning team who bought you Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases comes a gripping new adventure for Poirot with a whole new cast of characters to challenge the great detective.
- Witnesses and Suspect Interrogations – Solve mysteries and challenge suspects using the new match puzzle system to spot inconsistencies on the spot.
- Environment and Item Inspection – Explore all new environments and get up close with new first person inspection puzzles for a more cinematic view of the scenes.
- Mindmaps and Character Profiles – The game’s trademark mindmaps return allowing you to use Poirot’s famous little grey cells to build challenging mindmaps and then draw the correct links that can solve the case. The same now applies to the various suspects as Poirot gathers facts and information about each one to build detailed character profiles, key to solving the case and finding the true criminal among them.
- Enhanced Environments – More detail, weather effects and enhanced audio all provide more depth and life to each of the new isometric game scenes across London.
- Fully Voiced – The story comes to life with a fully voiced script in English, French and German
Keep an eye out for Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The London Case as it releases on Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and PC this summer. We’ll keep you looped.
