<s>
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
:	I-Application
And	I-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
(	O
With	O
16	O
Chapters	O
)	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
simply	O
as	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
2005	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
AWE	O
Productions	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
The	O
Adventure	O
Company	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
The	O
Adventure	O
Company	O
's	O
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
retains	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
basic	O
plot	O
elements	O
of	O
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
's	I-Application
1939	O
novel	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
;	O
the	O
major	O
differences	O
are	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
the	O
playable	O
character	O
,	O
Patrick	O
Narracott	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
possible	O
endings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
:	I-Application
And	I-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
two	O
more	O
games	O
,	O
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
:	I-Application
Murder	I-Application
on	I-Application
the	I-Application
Orient	I-Application
Express	I-Application
and	O
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
:	I-Application
Evil	I-Application
Under	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sun	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
is	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
,	O
played	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
interactive	O
elements	O
of	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
consist	O
of	O
asking	O
other	O
characters	O
questions	O
,	O
and	O
collecting	O
and	O
combining	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
features	O
a	O
2.5D	O
graphics	O
engine	O
,	O
which	O
combines	O
pre-rendered	O
backgrounds	O
with	O
3D-modelled	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
is	O
divided	O
into	O
10	O
chapters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
features	O
a	O
journal	O
system	O
to	O
aid	O
in	O
the	O
collection	O
and	O
piecing	O
together	O
of	O
clues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
feature	O
of	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
is	O
the	O
"	O
Suspicion	O
Meter	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
measures	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
relationship	O
with	O
other	O
characters	O
,	O
starting	O
from	O
a	O
neutral	O
position	O
at	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
1939	O
,	O
taking	O
place	O
at	O
"	O
a	O
beautiful	O
mansion	O
on	O
the	O
deserted	O
Soldier	O
Island.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
exterior	O
of	O
Soldier	O
Island	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
beach	O
,	O
a	O
forest	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
apiary	B-Application
,	O
may	O
also	O
be	O
explored	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
alternate	O
ending	O
details	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
book	O
,	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
,	O
wherein	O
all	O
the	O
guests	O
on	O
the	O
island	O
are	O
killed	O
by	O
Wargrave	O
except	O
for	O
the	O
last	O
two	O
,	O
Vera	O
and	O
Lombard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
on	O
February	O
3	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
a	O
series	B-Application
of	I-Application
games	I-Application
based	O
on	O
novels	O
by	O
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Adventure	O
Company	O
chose	O
the	O
novel	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
as	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
other	O
Christie	O
novels	O
involving	O
famous	O
detectives	O
Hercule	O
Poirot	O
and	O
Miss	O
Marple	O
,	O
for	O
several	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
major	O
obstacle	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
was	O
gaining	O
the	O
approval	O
of	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
Chorion	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
which	O
owned	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
's	I-Application
works	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
designers	O
of	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
decided	O
to	O
leave	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
its	O
original	O
time	O
period	O
,	O
the	O
1930s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
was	O
shipped	O
to	O
North	O
American	O
stores	O
on	O
October	O
27	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Adventure	O
Company	O
announced	O
on	O
March	O
19	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
ported	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
console	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
feature	O
an	O
ability	O
to	O
spin	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
to	O
turn	O
safe	O
handles	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
unearth	O
clues	O
by	O
imitating	O
a	O
digging	O
action	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
has	O
received	O
widely	O
varying	O
reviews	O
since	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metacritic	O
's	O
weighted	O
average	O
score	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
68	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
on	O
the	O
PC	O
and	O
50	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
,	O
indicating	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
individual	O
reviews	O
falling	O
between	O
20%	O
and	O
90%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
found	O
many	O
faults	O
with	O
the	O
character	O
designs	O
,	O
describing	O
them	O
as	O
ugly	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
more	O
realistic	O
than	O
the	O
characters	O
from	O
Sierra	O
's	O
Gabriel	B-Application
Knight	I-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
released	O
six	O
years	O
previously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sound	O
in	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reactions	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
with	O
Game	O
Chronicles	O
calling	O
the	O
sound	O
decent	O
,	O
with	O
realistic	O
weather	O
and	O
animal	O
sounds	O
.	O
</s>
