<s>
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
:	I-Application
Murder	I-Application
on	I-Application
the	I-Application
Orient	I-Application
Express	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2006	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
is	O
the	O
second	O
installment	O
in	O
The	O
Adventure	O
Company	O
's	O
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
setting	O
is	O
five	O
years	O
before	O
the	O
events	O
in	O
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
a	O
largely	O
unrelated	O
storyline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Murder	O
on	O
the	O
Orient	O
Express	O
retains	O
the	O
main	O
plot	O
elements	O
of	O
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
's	O
1934	O
novel	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
,	O
Christie	O
's	O
novel	O
is	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Others	O
have	O
praised	O
it	O
for	O
improved	O
graphics	O
compared	O
to	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
convincing	O
voice	O
acting	O
and	O
audio	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Murder	O
on	O
the	O
Orient	O
Express	O
is	O
followed	O
by	O
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
:	I-Application
Evil	I-Application
Under	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sun	I-Application
,	O
the	O
third	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Murder	O
on	O
the	O
Orient	O
Express	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
series	I-Application
to	O
feature	O
Hercule	O
Poirot	O
,	O
Christie	O
's	O
most	O
popular	O
and	O
famous	O
detective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Suchet	O
,	O
whose	O
portrayal	O
of	O
Poirot	O
achieved	O
fame	O
through	O
the	O
popular	O
television	O
series	O
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
's	O
Poirot	O
,	O
was	O
hired	O
to	O
provide	O
Poirot	O
's	O
voice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
navigate	O
and	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
environment	O
,	O
mainly	O
carriages	O
on	O
the	O
Orient	O
Express	O
,	O
through	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
context-sensitive	O
cursor	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cursor	B-Application
changes	O
when	O
it	O
is	O
placed	O
over	O
an	O
item	O
with	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
interact	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
talk	O
to	O
other	O
characters	O
,	O
listen	O
to	O
other	O
characters	O
 '	O
conversations	O
,	O
look	O
around	O
the	O
environment	O
,	O
and	O
move	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Murder	O
on	O
the	O
Orient	O
Express	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
May	O
2006	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
second	O
installment	O
in	O
The	O
Adventure	O
Company	O
's	O
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
predecessor	O
,	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
,	O
Murder	O
on	O
the	O
Orient	O
Express	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
AWE	O
Productions	O
,	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
producer	O
The	O
Adventure	O
Company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Adventure	O
Company	O
and	O
Chorion	O
,	O
the	O
owners	O
of	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Christie	O
's	O
works	O
,	O
chose	O
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
's	O
novel	O
Murder	O
on	O
the	O
Orient	O
Express	O
,	O
widely	O
considered	O
the	O
author	O
's	O
magnum	O
opus	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
next	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
to	O
scrutinize	O
every	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
with	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
,	O
and	O
generally	O
had	O
fewer	O
complaints	O
with	O
Murder	O
on	O
the	O
Orient	O
Express	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nixon	O
thought	O
that	O
Suchet	O
had	O
become	O
so	O
intertwined	O
with	O
the	O
character	O
of	O
Poirot	O
,	O
after	O
his	O
success	O
with	O
the	O
television	O
series	O
Agatha	B-Application
Christie	I-Application
's	O
Poirot	O
,	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
hard	O
to	O
imagine	O
someone	O
else	O
doing	O
Poirot	O
's	O
voice	O
without	O
constantly	O
being	O
compared	O
to	O
Suchet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
,	O
Sheldon	O
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
character	O
to	O
the	O
plot	O
of	O
Murder	O
on	O
the	O
Orient	O
Express	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
not	O
present	O
in	O
Christie	O
's	O
novel	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
fulfill	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
player	O
character	O
and	O
protagonist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I	O
've	O
always	O
thought	O
the	O
more	O
interesting	O
character	O
was	O
the	O
'	O
Watson	O
 '	O
character	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
character.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
players	O
complained	O
about	O
a	O
sense	O
of	O
aimlessness	O
in	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
,	O
which	O
arose	O
whilst	O
they	O
tried	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
trigger	O
to	O
begin	O
the	O
next	O
section	O
of	O
gameplay	O
,	O
Sheldon	O
made	O
Poirot	O
an	O
"	O
oracle	O
of	O
sorts	O
,	O
"	O
who	O
can	O
provide	O
help	O
whenever	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
stuck	O
or	O
unsure	O
of	O
what	O
to	O
do	O
next	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
decided	O
that	O
,	O
as	O
with	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
,	O
they	O
would	O
change	O
Christie	O
's	O
original	O
ending	O
for	O
Murder	O
on	O
the	O
Orient	O
Express	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lee	O
Sheldon	O
admitted	O
that	O
his	O
variation	O
to	O
the	O
ending	O
of	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
received	O
some	O
criticism	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
in	O
Murder	O
on	O
the	O
Orient	O
Express	O
changing	O
the	O
ending	O
was	O
even	O
harder	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
sheer	O
fame	O
of	O
the	O
book	O
and	O
its	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
major	O
difference	O
between	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
and	O
Murder	O
on	O
the	O
Orient	O
Express	O
that	O
Sheldon	O
pointed	O
out	O
was	O
that	O
in	O
the	O
former	O
,	O
the	O
premise	O
of	O
the	O
novel	O
was	O
that	O
no	O
one	O
solved	O
the	O
murder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
graphical	O
improvements	O
were	O
made	O
to	O
Murder	O
on	O
the	O
Orient	O
Express	O
over	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
,	O
characters	O
had	O
to	O
rotate	O
their	O
entire	O
bodies	O
to	O
talk	O
to	O
one	O
another	O
,	O
whereas	O
in	O
Murder	O
on	O
the	O
Orient	O
Express	O
,	O
characters	O
can	O
simply	O
turn	O
their	O
heads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
Adventure	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
environments	O
"	O
head	O
and	O
shoulders	O
above	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
,	O
"	O
describing	O
the	O
train	O
's	O
carriages	O
on	O
the	O
Orient	O
Express	O
as	O
oozing	O
with	O
elegance	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
faithful	O
and	O
accurate	O
recreation	O
of	O
the	O
1930s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
criticized	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
suffering	O
graphically	O
in	O
later	O
stages	O
,	O
but	O
praised	O
it	O
overall	O
for	O
improving	O
on	O
the	O
graphics	O
of	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quandary	O
described	O
the	O
character	O
modelling	O
as	O
much	O
improved	O
from	O
And	B-Application
Then	I-Application
There	I-Application
Were	I-Application
None	I-Application
,	O
and	O
while	O
still	O
a	O
tinge	O
woody	O
,	O
"	O
all	O
the	O
characters	O
feel	O
as	O
if	O
they	O
just	O
stepped	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
book.	O
"	O
</s>
