The Last Express is a role-playing point-and-click murder mystery that was originally released on Windows and Macintosh in 1997, loosely based on Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Almost two decades later, it has found its way to iOS and Android mobile platforms, and I’m pleased to say that The Last Express has aged gracefully, offering an incredibly unique story-driven experience that has the player solving a murder mystery while navigating in-game events that occur in real-time. While this genre and game design is relatively old compared to other story-driven games, there are many aspects that still hold up, despite the fact it’s over twenty years old. Gamers looking for a compelling and interactive old-school murder mystery – look no further – the mystery of The Last Express is the perfect one to solve, anywhere.
The Last Express begins with the player taking control of Robert Cath, an American doctor on the run from British and French authorities. It’s established that Cath received an invitation from his friend, Tyler Whitney, to join him on a trip aboard The Orient Express from Paris to Constantinople (now Istanbul). It’s also implied that Tyler wanted to discuss something very important with Cath, being the main reason he was invited. Once Cath manages to get aboard the train after its left the station, he is directed to his assigned sleeping compartment only to discover the bloody and mutilated body of his dear friend. With the only clues to what occurred being a perfume-scented scarf with an embroidered “W” on it, a scroll of an old Russian fairy tale called The Firebird, and an empty box specially designed to carry a missing circular-shaped object, Cath takes it upon himself to find out who murdered his friend, and what shady business brought him onto the train in the first place.
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