Sherlock Holmes Chapter One Deluxe Edition

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Posted on: August 30, 2024

not_a_llama

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Games: 56 Reviews: 4

Disappointing

This may be the worst Sherlock Holmes game I have ever played, but it works flawlessly on Linux using Proton. It has the main story of the Sherlock and his mother is fine, but this games tries so hard to be an open world game and fails in every aspect of it. Open world is unpolished, it looks like a game from 15 years ago. And yet, you can purchase different furniture for your mansion, without any purpose. There isn't much more to do in the open world. There are "chemical analysis" mini-games, they are at the kindergarteners level. And to end it all, UX in this game is just awful. You can't select conversation options with the keyboard, you can't select the clues with the mouse, and the worst of the all, you can't pause the game mid-conversation.

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Posted on: December 14, 2024

dkendon

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Games: 76 Reviews: 9

Ok, not as good as Crimes & Punishments

Frogwares tried something different, but in putting all the effort into an open world it meant the core gameplay suffered. The core missions are reasonable, with similar gameplay to Crimes&Punishments. Some of the plotlines are quite good. I found the observation deductions were a bit tricky because some of the relevant info you need to make a deduction isn't revealed until later in the conversation. Likewise in several of the cases the evidence is 50/50 and could go both ways, so it comes down to luck rather than good deduction. (You can tell if you got it right by the amount of money you earn from cases - the game won't tell you). The game does give you icons next to each bit of evidence to indicate next steps. I think it would be unplayable without these. There are several new mechanics that were not so good. The 'eavesdropping' ended up almost always as guessing and brute-forcing the solution. Questioning the public was ok (use Concentration to check how they will react to you) but didn't really add anything - you just walk around until you find a friendly person. The addition of combat was not required. In the game you have the option to skip it, which is good. The sidekick 'Jon' was mostly annoying. The game has 'Jon's diary' but I never saw the point in this as it mostly fills up with repeated reactions to whether Sherlock gets the right answer first time in the archives or when questioning people. There are a lot of side quests, but they don't engage all the mechanics, ad some are pretty lame. I would have liked less open world and more fully developed cases with all the mechanics (eg mind palace) rather than a 'case' just being walking through an area with a lot of clicking. I liked the addition of maths puzzles (the chemical analysis sections) but even when on hard mode they were still really easy. I also found the ending a bit lame, especially compared to Crimes and Punishments.

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Posted on: December 13, 2021

resty

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Games: 1024 Reviews: 11

11 out of 10

11 out of 10, I just lost 50 hours of my life, and I want to do it again. New masterpiece

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Posted on: November 10, 2025

Elite_Mechanic

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Games: 19 Reviews: 7

Challenging & Fun

Every Sherlock Holmes game has its own learning curve, and this one is no exception. Great gameplay and puzzles for those who enjoy a challenge. The only negative is that John can get quite annoying during cases.

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Posted on: November 13, 2025

Cydla

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Games: 21 Reviews: 4

Surprisingly fun!

I went into this not expecting much. I've never played a Sherlock Holmes game, so I had no precedent as to what it's supposed to be, yet something about Sherlock being portrayed as a Victorian Era twink tickled my pickle, and my curiosity gave in. What I found myself in was an open world ready to be explored and a main story that, although quite short, still had emotional maturity to it that I appreciated. The side quests were the real winners for me—there were a lot, and they did a good job of spreading out the game mechanics throughout different quests. Sometimes I had to track people, sometimes I had to take pictures or reconstruct a crime scene; they even implemented math puzzles, and dare I say...they were kind of fun. What I would say the main CON of this game is not the occasional stutter or clunky combat sequences, but rather that a lot of what I did ultimately felt a bit inconsequential. This game asks you to make a lot of choices, and not one of them felt impactful to the story, characters, or the world they inhabit. I don't want to spoil anything, because I do believe it's better to experience this game for yourself, but keep your expectations low, as this isn't an AAA game, yet it's something I believe was made out of true appreciation for the Sherlock Holmes franchise. It took me about 30 hours to finish and ultimately I don't regret my experience. I played this on a Steam Deck through the Heroic Launcher, and it ran well on normal settings. I did have to tinker with finding the correct save directory to get it to save correctly, but other than that, it worked pretty much fine with the latest Proton.

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