Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

Loved every moment of the game, it inspired me to learn more about Sherlock Holmes, London, and the mysteries scattered around this ancient city. Great work, reasonable puzzles, interesting characters, varied cases, decent graphics. Voice actors are top notch, and the developers really treated the cases of Sherlock Holmes with utmost respect. a

I enjoyed this game very much but in the beginning I nearly returned it because the WASD control system is simply awful. I don't know why this system is so popular, it makes moving character tedious and slows everything down. It was as if the developer saw they made a really great game and then wanted to find a way to make it less enjoyable. I heaved a tortured sigh every time I had to move Holmes (or someone else) around. However, in spite of absolutely hating the controls throughout the whole game, most of the rest was great. The artwork is absolutely marvellous! Beautiful scenes with amazing details. It was a pleasure just watching them and I took my time doing that. Gorgeous, just gorgeous. Character movements were a bit clunky that was the only thing that took away from the great artwork a bit, but it's an old game so that of course plays a role. Unfortunately this detail made loading times atrociously long. Voice acting was just as wonderful. Truly enjoyable, great feeling for the different pronunciations of the social classes, local dialects, moods, everything. Top notch. The cases: usually really good stories, I enjoyed them. I also liked the fact that there were several shorter cases. There were two I found tedious, one case is solved by running around an underground temple with a labyrinth and it's just incredibly tedious. The last case was also a bit too focused on "go there, get that, put that there, go here" instead of deductions and finding clues so I actually didn't finish that one. As for deductions - there is a deduction system where you have to combine clues. In the beginning it took some getting used to but once I got the hang of it (mostly) it was fun and a great way to move the story forward. There are many other ways to find things out - such as a character analysis and research. Great variations and usually fun to do. Another minus: no manual save system. In general: enjoyable, interesting cases and solving methods.

You do feel like Sherlock Holmes, not a perfect detective game, still really enjoyable.

This game is like a modern version of Point and click Adventure game in the 90's. The Conclusions on each case are somewhat vague, its up to you to decide which person to arrest. Highly recommended game, clearly made with heart and passion over a team of indie devs.

This is leagues better than some of the previous Frogwares Sherlock Holmes games and is genuinely a fun time but I found it super buggy. It's prone to hanging/crashing on loading screens and for me it always crashed before the fifth case so I literally can't complete it.