And Then There Were None (Wii)

*The Beginning* There is an island named Shipwreck Island, that has been owned by several fashionably rich people-including a movie star- that has been bought anonymously. Ten different people have been invited to the island for different reasons for the summer, all by a Mr U.N. Owen, the current owner of the island. None have ever met or seen Mr. Owen or his wife. You play as the 11th character Patrick Narracott who takes the ten guests out to Shipwreck Island. You soon discover there's something not right when people start dying in ways that are described in a nursery rhyme that is framed above the sitting room fire place - "Ten Little Sailor ...

I was never a massive fan of point-and-click adventure games. This was probably because they always involved too much thought and were often too cryptic (for me at least). The result of which was often me flicking through my inventory trying to combine a cabbage with a spanner in order to progress. Therefore it was with a little trepidation that I acquired the Wii version of Agatha Christie's best-selling novel 'And Then There Were None' (ATTWN). Trying as hard as ever not to reveal the plot for those who have not yet purchased the game, it goes a little something like this. 10 strangers are invited to attend a weekend away at Shipwreck Island (Soldier Island ...

For me, the era of the point and click adventure seemed dead and buried until the Wii was released. The remote is perfect for the job as it does exactly that, point and click. Another thing that I look for in games of this genre is a good immersive storyline, one you can lose yourself in, and use to escape from reality. So when a game with the famed name "Agatha Christie" was released, I was naturally curious. Surely a game based on the novel "And then there were none" by the woman herself couldn't fail, could it? Graphics The game tries to set the mood with awful and simplistic visuals. In addition to this, the character animation is ...