Platforms
- PCSep 27, 2021NAplayscoreNA0 Critics9.8603 Players
- Xbox Series X|SSep 28, 2021NAplayscoreNA0 CriticsNA0 Players
- PlayStation 4Oct 5, 20217.6playscore7.26 Critics8.4443 Players
- Xbox OneOct 5, 20217.3playscore7.03 Critics7.658 Players
- Nintendo SwitchOct 5, 2021NAplayscoreNA0 Critics8.71.00K Players
11 critic reviews · 2 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
By emphasizing the connections between suspects, Hercule Poirot: The First Cases’ focus on deduction board gameplay nicely suits Agatha Christie’s famed Belgian detective and challenges your own little grey cells.
Richard Hoover · Oct 29, 2021 Reviewed onRead full reviewThe First Cases is a fun little Poirot game that ultimately has one major flaw: it’s too easy for anyone that has some experience with point-and-click mystery games. It’s a shame though, as the plot itself is wonderfully written and the presentation, from the music to the graphics, is gorgeous. If you’re looking to dip your toes into the genre, then The First Cases comes highly recommended, but anyone looking for a mystery they can really sink their teeth into is better off looking for clues elsewhere.
SebastiaanRaats · Oct 27, 2021 Reviewed on SwitchRead full reviewPoirot’s latest outing is a better proposition than The A.B.C. Murders a few years ago, but it’s not quite perfect. With no puzzles to solve, evidence that’s easy to locate, and mind maps where guidance is closely at hand, there’s very little challenge for adventure genre aficionados. The story is entertaining, Poirot is represented very well, and what gameplay exists has been created competently, but it sometimes feels more like a visual novel than it does a genuine adventure mystery game.
Rebecca Smith · Oct 25, 2021 Reviewed on PS4Read full reviewThe trademark Christie web of connections between events, evidence and the psychology of the characters is planned out in front of your eyes – either to pore over on a diagram or to stroll through in the neatly presented settings. The game’s main limitations are the inanimate world and workaday writing that fail to lend the sparkle of life to a well-machined story. Nonetheless, while puzzle-loving gamers shouldn’t pick this one up, visual novel fans and Hercule-heads won’t be able to put it down.
Roland Ingram · Oct 08, 2021 Reviewed on SwitchRead full reviewHonestly, I was really disappointed by Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot – The First Cases, especially since I’d been looking forward to it for so long. The story is something any fan of mysteries has seen a hundred times by now. All of the twists you can see coming from a mile away. The deduction system is atrocious and offers nothing aside from an aggravating experience.
Heidi Hawes · Oct 04, 2021 Reviewed on PS4Read full reviewAll in all, Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases may actually surprise players because the biggest worry in attempting to deliver an original story, is perhaps its strongest draw. But that’s not saying a lot when the gameplay is mediocre on the whole and makes it seem as though you’re just along for the ride for the entire adventure.
James Birks · Oct 15, 2021 Reviewed on XB1Read full reviewAgatha Christie - Hercule Poirot The First Cases è un romanzo giallo sotto forma di videogioco. Strutturalmente molto lineare e semplice, è una valida avventura per i fan del genere che cercano un'opera contenuta che non distragga con elementi secondari o meccaniche di gameplay che poco c'entrano con il genere. Dal punto di vista estetico non è certamente un titolo di primo livello, ma si tratta di un problema tutt'altro che importante.
Nicola Armondi · Oct 05, 2021 Reviewed on PS4Read full reviewAgatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases è un titolo abbastanza lungo per un gioco tutto sommato apprezzabile. La nobiltà d’animo e le buone maniere dell’investigatore assieme alle sue osservazioni punzecchianti rendono il titolo particolarmente piacevole. Non esente da difetti, tutti riconducibili all’implementazione assolutamente da migliorare dell’accoppiata mouse e tastiera, a dir poco importante in un’avventura su PC, per quanto il gioco sia godibilissimo con il joypad. Complessivamente, però, Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases offre una piacevole evasione, semplice nell’idea di gioco, ma ben realizzata.
Gabriele Barducci · Sep 28, 2021 Reviewed on PCRead full reviewAgatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases jest wręcz bardzo dobre. Charakter rozgrywki ani oprawa nie są co prawda imponujące, ale pozostałe składowe formują produkcję wartą uwagi. Zwłaszcza dla entuzjastów rozwiązywania kryminalnych zagadek, którzy pewnie i tak mają tę grę na oku.
kalwa · Sep 28, 2021 Reviewed on PS4Read full reviewThe First Cases je poctivou detektívkou. Neohromí spracovaním, ale sťažovať sa nebudete, pretože všetko pôsobí milo až vľúdne a nebude vám vadiť statické prostredie, robotické postávanie postáv a minimum animácií. Hudba je možno až príliš v ústraní, ale ticho v tomto prípade vítame a zbytočne neruší. Dabing je podarený, prízvuk a intonácia dabingových hercov má šmrnc a prezentuje hru ako tradičnú inscenáciu. Na nič sa nehrá. Presne tak ako celá hra. Preto je The First Cases výborná detektívka. Nevábny vzhľad, pomalé tempo a celková nevýraznosť by vás nemala odradiť.
kordi · Nov 03, 2021 Reviewed on PC, PS4, XB1, SwitchRead full review
Community Reviews
Boring
Reviewed on PC
- Rated on PS4
About the game
Discover the early cases of the legendary detective Hercule Poirot. In his early years as a detective, Hercule Poirot is invited to a reception by the influential Van den Bosch family, for the announcement of their daughter’s engagement. But tensions amongst the guests run high as a snowstorm descends on the town, trapping everyone inside the manor. The happy event is soon marred by the murder of one of the guests… In the right place at the right time, Poirot immediately begins to investigate. What buried secrets and deadly rivalries will he uncover?