Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases

(SPOILER! )The game is fine the mechanism is a bit tedious but ok. However Poirot was not a law and order guy, he was a people person and would have handled a lot the situations very differently, with manners or so to speak. Also he would not condemned a case of justified self defense like it was some bad thing. He is always graceful and cares about true justice. I dislike how this story makes him out to be some ordinary police who goes around shouting 'the law the law'.

To be honest - I thougt that this game was made at least 20 years ago. Design of the characters looks exactly like in old games - it may not be a big problem, however animations are just awfull. In many dialogues, characters do not open their mouth and locations become all blurry. Also the plot... the plot is interesting at some points, but characters are flat and dull; investigation process doesn't exist, grey cells mechanism is really confusing. You cannot explore all locations whenever you want, you can investigate only one particular location at a time. It is more like interactive novel than a game.

I played this game for about 8 hours in 2023, but it frustrated me too much to continue. I came back determined to finish it and, to be honest, I should have just left it alone. There are parts of this I quite enjoyed. The characters are interesting and the voice acting is well done. Large parts of the plot are intriguing and engaging, though the ending wasn't the sort I generally enjoy. The problem with this game was, unfortunately, the gameplay. Like many detective games, this uses a mind-map system for solving the mysteries and, like many detective games, it has its issues. There is a particular layout to the mind-map that, once you spot it, makes 'solving' things more a question of connecting literal dots than figuring things out. This can be something that you ignore or work past, but what annoyed me most was that often I would have to make what felt like obvious and unnecessary connections in order to get to the conclusions I had already reached. One key instance of this was what made me drop the game 3 years ago. As a story, it's perfectly fine. As a game, it falls short.

The First Cases is a surprisingly charming detective adventure that leans more on atmosphere and deduction than spectacle. As a young Poirot, you’re thrown into a web of family secrets, shifting motives, and classic Christie-style intrigue. The narrative is the game’s strongest asset: well‑paced, layered, and full of small details that reward careful attention. The gameplay focuses on clue‑gathering and building mind maps to connect evidence. It’s simple but satisfying, especially for players who enjoy slow‑burn investigations rather than action-heavy gameplay. The presentation is modest—animations and environments feel a bit dated—but the art direction still manages to create a cozy, mysterious tone.

Jde o povedenou detektivní vizuální novelu kde se hraním a dialogy postupně rozkrývá celý příběh. Celý systém mindmap který hra používá na rozplétání souvislostí je zajímavý, takové malé puzzle nebo doplňovačka souvislostí, ale má někdy i svoje nedostatky. Nejde o klasickou adventuru kde se sbírají předměty, kombinují a používají se, tady jde opravdu spíše o vizuální novelu s dvěma mírně odlišnými konci. Příběh jsem si užil a rozhodně hru doporučuji.

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