Is the plot gonna go the same way as the movie?

[Dope Pope]

If so, i already know that everybody in the train is the killer

[AlmostBeruehmt]

Not nice, not nice at all!
Spoiler alert!)

[Thianna]

Originally posted by AlmostBeruehmt:

Not nice, not nice at all!
Spoiler alert!)

Calling spoilers for the end of an almost 90 year old story? Seriously?

[GingerWitch]

Seriously, there are tons of other great Agatha Christie books (and plays) that could be made into a game besides this. It's a great mystery, but it's been done to death (pun not intended but I wish it was).

[Mephistopheles]

Originally posted by GingerWitch:

Seriously, there are tons of other great Agatha Christie books (and plays) that could be made into a game besides this. It's a great mystery, but it's been done to death (pun not intended but I wish it was).

This is the correct answer. I'm a huge Agatha Christie fan and have all her books and the original 3 games, even under her other pen name Mary Westmacott..
She's wrote plays, short stories, and all her detective stories....Around 100 books then.
Even her Tommy and Tujppence books were pretty good and no one makes games about them. Miss Marple? Never heard of her!
But for some odd reason people really like to keep redoing Murder on the Orient Express, games and movies. Only because it's so well known.

[Monoten]

Originally posted by Mephistopheles:

Originally posted by GingerWitch:

Seriously, there are tons of other great Agatha Christie books (and plays) that could be made into a game besides this. It's a great mystery, but it's been done to death (pun not intended but I wish it was).

This is the correct answer. I'm a huge Agatha Christie fan and have all her books and the original 3 games, even under her other pen name Mary Westmacott..
She's wrote plays, short stories, and all her detective stories....Around 100 books then.
Even her Tommy and Tujppence books were pretty good and no one makes games about them. Miss Marple? Never heard of her!
But for some odd reason people really like to keep redoing Murder on the Orient Express, games and movies. Only because it's so well known.

I agree, I read most of the books of Agatha Christie and there are certainly enough stories to make games about. Perhaps something like the three blind mice. Tommy and Tuppence I remember reading too, would also be interesting to see as main characters in a video game. I don't think you should make a remake of a story/ game many people know about. Still going to buy the game I think.

[Judge Holden]

I like the Tommy and Tupence books. They're certainly far from AC's best, but they're a fun, light read when you've already read her (very impressively large catalog) of better stuff. But making games out of 50+ year old characters that only Agatha Christie fan's would have ever heard of and even Agatha Christie fans mostly wouldn't think all that highly of compared to her other major protagonists seems like a terrible marketing idea for a game that would almost inevitably fail to sell.

[Mephistopheles]

Originally posted by Judge Holden:

I like the Tommy and Tupence books. They're certainly far from AC's best, but they're a fun, light read when you've already read her (very impressively large catalog) of better stuff. But making games out of 50+ year old characters that only Agatha Christie fan's would have ever heard of and even Agatha Christie fans mostly wouldn't think all that highly of compared to her other major protagonists seems like a terrible marketing idea for a game that would almost inevitably fail to sell.

I was making a statement that she has way more works than just Murder on the Orient Express. I know devs and movie makers are going to milk her more famous stuff because it brings attention and money since the title and Poirot are already well known.

Tommy and Tuppence game could work if it was done right.. Just because they're 50+ and the books are not well known to people doesn't mean it will automatically fail. For the most part as long as it was marketed as a game based off of Agatha Christie's books (which is would be) it would definitely gain attention.
I mean Poirot was 80+ by the time Agatha killed him off. Though depending on where you look his age is up for debate some saying he was anywhere from 90-125 years old. In one of her books he admitted he was old and dyeing his hair black.

There have been plenty of games based on books that were made and brought attention to the author's original works.
If people are point and click adventure fans, they'd grab the game for the genre and not necessarily look at what or if it's based off anything. Though Agatha's name does hold strong either way.
I'm a huge point and click fan, I got And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express and they both came with a free book of the same title that's how I got into her in my early 20's.

The TV show Murder She Wrote with Angela Lansbury- either is or is kind of based around Agatha Christie's Jane Marple.

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is still considered to be one of her best works, and would make an awesome game if done right honestly.

I mean could even do something with her The Mysterious Mr Quin series, though that was more short stories. Black Coffee one of her plays, which is still one of my favorite books of her to this day. She has many fantastic books and works they could base games off of, it's just Hercule Poirot is famous and basically a house hold name at this point.

Like I said above companies just keep reworking and twisting the story of Murder on the Orient Express due to it's fame and the fact they can milk it because Poirot is her most famous character.
When there's plenty of other works they could do games and movies of but they don't.
Though her great grandson James Prichard has main control over "Agatha Christie Limited" so from my understanding people have to go through him to get any rights to do anything involving her name.


With Murder on the Orient Express it does keep being remade, especially with movies (4 movies), newest one being in 2017. Even has a board game.. It would be nice to see other works of hers come to life.

[Microids Studio Lyon]

We are the developpers of the game. Thank you all for your comment. We cannot give too much details about the adaptation we made of the original story of the book without spoiling the investigation. Yet, there are a few things we can say:
- We didn't want to change too much of the original story, because if you never read the book or watch the movie, it is one of the best investigation ever created, so it would be a pity to distort it for the sake of those who already know the end.
- For the majority who already knows the end of the book, we brought a lot of additional contents. First, the Armstrong Case is briefly mentionned in the book. We turned it into a full investigation made by a new playable character, Joanna Locke. The investigation of Joanna is a big part of the game (around 1/3 of the game). It's a brand new investigation happening in the US, that noone ever read, saw or played. Besides, we also extended the end of the book with an extra investigation following the conclusions in the train. This new investigation is related to the murder in the train, so it's not like a "DLC". It is really integrated in the main story. And you get to travel in new locations outside the train (Venice, Geneva). This is also approximately 1/3 of the gameplay. So, roughly, the investigation of the train is just 1/3 of the game. The other 2/3 is brand new and will bring fresh investigation for everyone.
I hope this clarifies the contents, without saying too much.

[Monoten]

Originally posted by Microids Studio Lyon:

We are the developpers of the game. Thank you all for your comment. We cannot give too much details about the adaptation we made of the original story of the book without spoiling the investigation. Yet, there are a few things we can say:
- We didn't want to change too much of the original story, because if you never read the book or watch the movie, it is one of the best investigation ever created, so it would be a pity to distort it for the sake of those who already know the end.
- For the majority who already knows the end of the book, we brought a lot of additional contents. First, the Armstrong Case is briefly mentionned in the book. We turned it into a full investigation made by a new playable character, Joanna Locke. The investigation of Joanna is a big part of the game (around 1/3 of the game). It's a brand new investigation happening in the US, that noone ever read, saw or played. Besides, we also extended the end of the book with an extra investigation following the conclusions in the train. This new investigation is related to the murder in the train, so it's not like a "DLC". It is really integrated in the main story. And you get to travel in new locations outside the train (Venice, Geneva). This is also approximately 1/3 of the gameplay. So, roughly, the investigation of the train is just 1/3 of the game. The other 2/3 is brand new and will bring fresh investigation for everyone.
I hope this clarifies the contents, without saying too much.

Cool, nice of you to comment. In that case I will buy the game to see it for myself.

[Judge Holden]

That's a really good idea having a fullblown expansion of the Armstrong case, which is so central to what happens on the train but was only explained at second hand in the book. I was wondering how this the new Joanna character could fit in, but that sounds like a smart way to expand the book's story.



Spoilers warning



The Lindbergh baby kidnapping was a huge top of the headlines event in Agatha Christie's day, so just implying 'this background event is a version of the Lindbergh story' was good enough for readers to immediately fill in their own blanks but not now when it's not known so much.

[LunaFortuna]

As an English major and book worm, my soul shriveled up and cried when you called a classic (and very old) novel a "movie" -- I mean, you aren't wrong, but still. There have been various cinematic renditions of this one in particular due to its popularity. This isn't even the first time that it's been a video game. I recall playing through the Agatha Christie / Poirot PC games a very long time ago. They'd look completely dated now, so I'm glad that this has more refreshing and up-to-date graphics. However, I agree with some other people commenting here that Christie had other less notable works that could have been turned into a game. Many avid readers and cinephiles alike are very familiar with this story, leaving little room for the element of surprise. Nevertheless, I'm going to play it anyway, despite knowing this story like the back of my hand.

[Mr. Lambert]

I've read Murder on the Orient Express several times and seen the movie version that I think came out in the 1970's. The first time, of course, is great when your mind is blown when Poroit reveals just how intricate the solution to the crime is. But it's just as good going back for a reread and seeing how all the pieces fit together so perfectly and just enjoying how well drawn the large cast of characters is and the uniqueness of the setting for a murder mystery. So I don't think someone who's read the book or seen a movie version should get anything less out of the game -- if it's made well, of course -- just because they know the solution.

[MJT]

Originally posted by Thianna:

Originally posted by AlmostBeruehmt:

Not nice, not nice at all!
Spoiler alert!)

Calling spoilers for the end of an almost 90 year old story? Seriously?

It's not because It is 90 years old that everybody knows it.

[MacTavish]

Originally posted by Thianna:

Originally posted by AlmostBeruehmt:

Not nice, not nice at all!
Spoiler alert!)

Calling spoilers for the end of an almost 90 year old story? Seriously?

So you are saying you know the ending of every story written in the past 90 years?

[Big Jim]

The film is from 1974, so anyone who is interested in the subject knows who the murderers are. Only in a computer game should the path be the goal, and therefore the puzzles, which of course do not appear in the book or film.