Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun

This article is about the video game. For the novel, see Evil Under the Sun.
Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun
Developer(s)AWE Productions
Publisher(s)The Adventure Company
Director(s)Scott Nixon
Designer(s)Lee Sheldon
Programmer(s)Jamie Nye
Artist(s)Kris Creco
Composer(s)Joshua Nosley
SeriesAgatha Christie series
Platform(s)Windows, Wii
ReleaseWindows
  • NA: October 15, 2007[1]
  • EU: November 23, 2007
Wii
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun is a video game by AWE Productions released for the Windows and Nintendo Wii, and is the third installment of The Adventure Company's Agatha Christie series based on Agatha Christie's 1941 novel Evil Under the Sun. The Windows version was released in 2007,[4] and the Wii version one year later.[2]

Evil Under the Sun features Hercule Poirot as the protagonist,[5] unlike the previous game in the series, Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express, which had featured Poirot as a non-playable character. It also features numerous improvements and expanded gameplay elements, with a new inventory system, dialogue choices, and more environments.[5] While players take the role of Poirot, they are actually playing as Captain Hastings playing as Poirot, in an interactive scenario designed by Poirot in order to allow his long-time friend a chance to solve the mystery in the way Poirot would.[6]

  1. ^ "Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun now shipping to retail". Gaming Nexus. October 15, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun Release Information for Wii". GameFAQs. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  3. ^ "Shippin' Out Nov. 16-22: Left 4 Dead, Animal Crossing". GameSpot. November 18, 2008. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  4. ^ "Evil Under the Sun - The Next PC Game in the Agatha Christie Series" (PDF). The Adventure Company. March 22, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2007. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
  5. ^ a b Emma Boyes (March 22, 2007). "Poirot investigates again on PC". GameSpot. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  6. ^ Matthew Morrison (October 25, 2007). "Review: Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun". Game Almighty. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved October 31, 2007.