Nothing stops Microids anymore. Aboard a locomotive loaded with adaptations of all kinds, Microids is launched at full speed on the rails of the video game landscape. Tintin: Cigars of the Pharaoh, Grendizer: Wolves’ Feast, Inspector Gadget: Mad Time Party… And in its purse, the French publisher has another weighty name: that of Agatha Christie, and consequently, that of the most effective mustachioed detective in history. No, not Magnum, the other, the Belgian: Hercule Poirot.
He advances, Hercules
In the making at Microids Studio Lyon, Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express promise to be a modernized and revisited version of the iconic plot of Agatha Christie. And for good reason: the plot will take place in 2023. Hercule Poirot will not be the only one to investigate a mysterious murder aboard the legendary train, since the players will also take control of Joanna Locke, an original character created for the occasion. . This will occur outside the train during sequences of flashbacks. This investigation will take place in the third person, and you will have to visit Poirot’s mind to examine mental maps in order to draw deductions from all the clues collected during the adventure. Last but not least : the game will be fully dubbed in French.
The crime of the Orient Express will arrive on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X|S, and PC in the last quarter of 2023.
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