The introduction gives you a brief glimpse of each guest, and if you haven’t read the book before it makes it rather difficult to follow considering there are ten people to keep tabs on. After reading the book, it was easy to at least be able to identify each character with ease. When I first began playing the game, after about 20 minutes, I decided to read the book to get a better handle on the characters.

By snooping around the house, you’ll learn that each person has been invited by someone they know or a Mr. Owen. Oddly enough, no one has met Mr. Owen, yet a majority of them had been invited by him for one reason or another. Each guest has an interesting past that is shockingly revealed after dinner, and it’s up to you to find out what their motives are and what brought them to this island in the first place. For the most part, you are questioning guests or searching the mansion for useful items and clues. You will learn more about each character through the dialogue and events that are unfolded by frequent cutscenes.

Gameplay is simple if you’re familiar with the adventure genre. The whole UI involves using the mouse to point and click the cursor. When the cursor changes, you can tell whether or not an item is available for you to examine or pick up. By picking up letters or anything that is written you can use the magnifying glass in your inventory to scribble the notes into your journal. Part of the puzzle solving involves combining the items that you find. Some of them are relatively obvious, some aren’t, but that adds to the challenge. Double clicking on areas where you can travel to will let Patrick run. The downside is that there is no option to cut the dialogue short if you are a fast reader, at least the voice acting isn’t terrible so there's something to listen to while you wait for the text to advance.

The graphics could have been better, although the focus really is on the story and not so much the snazzy effects. The character models are stiff and mannequin like, but the house is fairly detailed and easy to traverse through. The environment is not very interactive, so this feels very much like a traditional adventure game, which I personally don’t mind at all.

The game isn’t very difficult, with the exception being you’ll come to a standstill if you don’t pick up certain items or talk to certain people, something that is very much like other adventure games,. If you can find the patience and willpower not to cheat and look at a walkthrough, then you’re a lot better than I am. There are maps in the manual which comes in very handy, and since there is a lot of exploring and backtracking, you’ll be able to navigate the entire house and island by memory in no time. The game really isn’t about you uncovering the murderer or trying to solve anything, but merely watching as the story progresses.

Since the book comes with the game, I would highly suggest reading And Then There Were None before playing the game, or at least reading it before the ending. There are multiple endings to experience in game, so this gives Agatha Christie fans something new. For an author that has only been outsold by the Bible and Shakespeare, the book alone is enough to make you want to play through the game and see how the murders unfold. The game itself is very enjoyable, even though it is very linear and takes certain liberties with the original story. Overall, Agatha Christie fans should be pleased, and even if you’ve never read the book before, there is still an intriguing old fashioned adventure game to discover.