In the third case, the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his trusted assistant, Dr. Watson, are investigating a mysterious kidnapping case.
Almost immediately, they are confronted by a formidable organization that worships a primal god, Cthulhu. This bloodthirsty sect seems to be ready to do any...
In the third case, the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his trusted assistant, Dr. Watson, are investigating a mysterious kidnapping case.
Almost immediately, they are confronted by a formidable organization that worships a primal god, Cthulhu. This bloodthirsty sect seems to be ready to do anything in order to carry out its mysterious work against which only the great detective has the strength to fight.
It is up to you to uncover the threat that is menacing humankind; it is up to you to stop the activities of this organization!
A story which melds Holmes’ rationalism with H.P. Lovecraft’s supernaturalism, “The Awakened” leads you from the undergrounds of London to the isolated summits of Switzerland, from the sweltering bayou of New Orleans to the dense Scottish fog… Guaranteed thrills.
Beautifully remastered edition
Play in third person view (like in classic adventure games) or in first person view for total immersion
A detailed help system to aid you in your investigation
Play in turn as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Sumptuous graphics, biting dialogue, disturbing characters and an atmospheric soundtrack
A stunning confrontation between the rational and the supernatural
Inspired by the acclaimed horror author H.P. Lovecraft
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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is a point-and-click adventure game set in the world of Arthur Conan Doyle's detective, Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick, Dr Watson.
This game includes an investigation into the myth of Cthulhu, as imagined by author H.P. Lovecraft. There is still the annoying pixel-hunting to find the clues, but with this remastered edition you have the ability to switch between 1st person and 3rd person views, which can help a bit.
Overall, I enjoyed the game and didn't find it as frustrating as some of the other entries in the series. Further remastering took place for the 2023 edition of the game.
(Read to the end to see why I rated it so low) Prepare to lose interest in the game due to a bug that makes it so that you can no longer save any further progress. As for a remaster... It's not pretty. there is mouse acceleration and textures will pop in and out worse than what happened in Fallout 3, while this doesn't happen often during a play through, it is memorable once you see it. The gameplay is interesting as is the story. However, it never mentions near the beginning that you can combine inventory items. I felt that it could have given a tutorial for that as it left me stumped for nearly two hours before I looked up a walk-through. The atmosphere through the game is creepy but in a tolerable manner. The narration is done well, as are the portrayals of the characters who have lines to speak. None of the acting seems obnoxious or cringeworthy and I never once wished to skip a voiceline throughout what progress I made unless it was a repeated action, even though I lost my progress after I exited due to the save game bug I felt what time I spent was made worth-while. If I can find a way to fix this bug then I'll give it another shot. Do not take this as it is a bad game but take this as this is a poorly developed game surrounding what could have made a great title. The game has a lot of character but its bugs make it harder to enjoy its decent story and writing. You might say "Then play the remake, Tree." But this game has what I wanted to play and it was all ruined because of a save game bug. I'll look and see if there is a way to fix the save bug but it was a real bummer to my experience in playing it.
A good adventure game and a very interesting take on a Sherlock Holmes' type of case; the mix with the Cthulhu mythos worked amazingly. However, I found it not to be as good as its sucessor, 'Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper'. Midway through the game, the actions and the puzzles became mostly sorely unintuitive; in order to interact and/or pick up some objects, you had to perform a specific series of actions, even if you already knew what to do; it was very frustrating. The puzzles in the last part were a mixed bag as well; some of them required mathematical knowledge (which I do not possess), others wanted you to know things I believe you had no way of knowing beforehand or were mentioned way back - such as the symbol of the Old Ones -, and the Scotland map puzzle was absolutely ridiculous; the map was immense and you had to ciick on a VERY specific point in it in order to continue. With the Remastered version came a strategy guide, but I found it to be mostly useless, what with it being awfully vague. It was a shame really, since the ambience, the music, the art and the voice acting were mostly lovely. Although the dark element of the Cthulhu mythos was very welcome and well done, I felt the story could have gone deeper - it felt as if the huge amount of gory and bloody elements were just there to shock.
I'm a big fan of both Sherlock Holmes and the Cthulhu mythos, but this game falls pretty flat. The low production values constantly prevent immersion, as the character animations are jerky, misaligned and off-putting, the environments are somewhat dull and empty, and the voice acting is fairly bad, aside from Holmes and Watson, who are passable. The puzzles vary wildly in difficulty, from simply picking up an object and using it somewhere else to decoding a very difficult cipher, and often you'll require items that are easy to miss because they blend into the background. For the most part they feel like busywork and most often lack the satisfying feel that you get from solving a puzzle in other adventure games. There are also a lot of parts where you can't use an object yet until something else arbitrary happens, despite there being no logical reason, such as a lemon tree that protects you from mosquitos... but you can only pick the lemons AFTER you use it as a weight in another puzzle, leave, then come back later. Watson is portrayed as a bit dimwitted, something I was never fond of, and the plot, while understandable, is a bit convoluted and not very engaging.
This remastered edition adds a third-person perspective, a terrible addition that only slows the game down more and makes the controls more awkward, and I recommend switching to first-person and staying there.
In the game's defense, the parts set in Louisiana manage to generate some atmosphere, the few areas where Holmes encounters the cult manage to be somewhat creepy and disturbing (the trees that seem to sway on their own were a nice detail), there's one surprising twist, and they don't completely botch the source material. But with so many other mystery and Lovecraft games out there now, this one has very little to offer in comparison, and is probably not worth your time.
EXAMPLES of this game's problems: A CLUE LEADS YOU to a closed building, where you find at the entry a dropped key and tarred shoe-prints you follow to a different building. Using the key you just found you enter to find another clue, and next to it, well past the door's threshold, a tarred shoe-print! See any problems, Sherlock? Maybe he wasn't alone (I won't double-check the trail because there's NO AUTOSAVE and the game crashed later), but come on. YOU FIND A PARCEL, your inventory shows it's labeled, there's no way to read the label and see who's the owner. A COMPLETE STRANGER HAS BEEN MUGGED, you scour the whole area on a whim to find the culprit because why not? And you find him. And do nothing -you just want some item because why not? YOU HAVE A MAP and an address to go to. You can't read the map and look for the address -you have to step outside and ask for directions. YOU SEE AN URGENT NOTE pasted into a box, you can read it without actually interacting with it, and in fact you CAN'T interact with it at all, not even to learn it doesn't concern you. Later, you return and now can interact with it. NO MANUAL INCLUDED and you really need it because some of the interactions aren't obvious. THE GAME IS TOTALLY LINEAR and won't let you interact at all with obviously interesting items until the time has come. FIRST-PERSON VIEW, MOUSE-ONLY (mostly) is the best way to play the game. IN-GAME STRATEGY GUIDE, welcome because it alleviates the lack of manual and the illogicalness of the puzzles. SOME PUZZLES POINTLESS, can be totally ignored. BEFORE THIS, I played Secret of the Silver Earring, and while it has LOTS of problems, it's true Sherlock Holmes story- and play-wise. DISAPPOINTED, WON'T FINISH. I expected a Sherlock Holmes game where I amass clues to deduce what happened, not running around helping complete strangers so they drop some random item I need just because. THIS IS THE KIND OF GAME where you win by guessing (not deducing!) what the designers wanted.
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