What's your view on point-and-click games? Old fashioned and tedious, or deliciously retro?
Because this game is only going to be suitable for those who thrive on the kind of gameplay that has you filling a bucket with water drawn from the hand pump outside the kitchen, offering it to a goat so he'll move to one side and grant you access to a remote part of the island, where you'll then find a harness you must give to the spinster to knit you a parachute which may or may not be useful later in the game. Oh, sorry - that was a gigantic spoiler, by the way.
Well, actually, goats aside, it's not terrible. The voice acting's nice, and some of the undo-these-objects-then-combine-with-others puzzles are nice.
Unfortunately, the transition from PC to Wii has brought with it a few odd juddering graphics, and some very uninspiring motion-reliant tasks you have to "figure out" as you go - it's like Zack & Wiki for the drunk.
Make a digging action to scoop out flour from that bag, you say? Witchcraft!
Losing your Marples
Still, sleuth-fans and point-and-click nuts will probably like it, and Agatha Christie fans will be intrigued by the plot changes, not to mention the multiple endings.
Just bear in mind you can pick up second-hand copies for PC for less than a fiver on Amazon.
... excuse me, but what the eff? This is a review?
I'd hardly call one paragraph of plot-spoilers and a few paragraphs of sarcastic 'wit' a review. What the hell is going on? It's a Wii game that doesnt involve Mario, Zelda or Mini-Games therefore it must not be worth reviewing properly?
This isnt on at all. For one thing, this game is actually rather good for everyone who likes adventure games - and the extra bits added for the Wii version (specifically the controls) make it just that little bit nicer to play.
I'm getting sick of the attitude of 'reviewers' on websites. I've never approved of the whole review thing anyway, as it's simply the opinion of one person and should not shape the tastes of other gamers - but this is incredibly unprofessional.
Once again CVG excels itself in grammatical stakes:
"Aagatha christie and then there none"
Missing out a whole word for the title and adding an extra one (weirdly only on the main page, but not in the article), class!
Oh yes and as for the 'oh and that was a giant spoiler there by the way' succeeded in making 'Chrissy' come across as unfunny AND a snooker cue at the same time. Congrats.
Anyone else remember that bloody goat in Broken Sword? The one that kept butting you everytime you had to get past it...I cursed that many a time.
Oh and 'Christie' has a capital 'C' just to add to the griping.
My god, I spent like a week on that f***ing goat. I can't even remember how you get past it, was it something to do with catching its rope on a plough but then something to do with timing as well?
Anyone else remember that bloody goat in Broken Sword? The one that kept butting you everytime you had to get past it...I cursed that many a time.
Oh and 'Christie' has a capital 'C' just to add to the griping.
My god, I spent like a week on that f***ing goat. I can't even remember how you get past it, was it something to do with catching its rope on a plough but then something to do with timing as well?
Yeah that sounds familiar, I think you had to let it butt you and then before it returned to its spot you had to quickly click the rope.
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