Posted on: December 12, 2022

MrKevvy

Games: 248 Reviews: 6

Possibly my favorite SH, with one caveat

Very dark (to be expected given the subject matter), very well-researched for historical details and detective techniques. The continuity/flow was by far the best of the series I have seen thus far, and I never got lost or went off-track enough that I needed to find unintuitive hints from walkthroughs as I did with some of the other titles; this also applies to the puzzles. The visuals, audio and music are always excellently atmospheric in this series. I would easily give this five stars, except for the currently unpatched bug where the ability to save stops working, which means progress in the current session since the last save may be lost. Check the forum thread "Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper not possible to save" for an actual solution. Note: I lived with the bug and only found this thread when I was near the endgame so did not implement the fix. I noticed that sometimes it can start working again if it stops (Windows moving things around in memory?) but this is unpredictable. Given that the solution is a simple flag on the executable, it probably should have been resolved years ago.

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Posted on: August 25, 2023

CardboardOverlord

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 6

Overall, a good experience.

It's a pretty good game. The story is told well and I was happy to play it through all the way. There's a few fetch quests which could probably have been replaced with something more engaging, but they don't really detract from the overall experience and at least they add some variety. I found the story to be tense, exciting, captivating and well paced, with some enjoyable puzzles throughout. Some of the logic is a bit crazy, and Holmes, at times, seems to assume "facts" out of nowhere, rather than use logic or evidence, but it wasn't too often like that and I didn't have any eye-rolling moments. I never felt like it was a chore - slogging away just to get to the bitter end, like some other games - I genuinely enjoyed it with keen interest. The graphics are pretty good for its age and it ran really well on the highest settings. It (sort-of) supports widescreen (both in resolution and with a "widescreen" setting in the options), but it's still stretched, at least in the menus anyway. There's a few tips on the "PC Gaming Wiki" for setting things up, but that site points to the wrong file locations. The files you might want to edit (game.ini and user.ini) are actually both in the basegame folder. I changed the fov to 90 in the game.ini and that made it look a lot better. There was an occasional issue with the lighting (some objects seemed to lose some lighting after interaction) but it didn't actually cause any problems with gameplay. It crashed once or twice (when rebinding the keys or changing options after playing the game) but never during gameplay.

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Posted on: January 15, 2025

ratpak

Verified owner

Games: 147 Reviews: 72

Good game but mechanics are frustrating

Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper 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 time you are up against the infamous Jack the Ripper, and have to solve the mysteries surrounding some pretty gruesome murders. The game offers players two different perspectives: a third-person view in the pure style of traditional point ’n’ click adventure games and a first-person view for close-up investigation. This helps with some of the frustrating pixel-hunting you have to do to find the clues.

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Posted on: December 11, 2021

T-Lama

Verified owner

Games: 243 Reviews: 2

Old but gold

Have to say this game is most consistent in story, compared to "Devil's Daughter" (where some cases does not make sense at all) and "Crimes and Punishments". Engine is a bit aged, but playability is solid. Good game if you are into adventures with mini-puzzles, this one can keep you occupied for a day.

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Posted on: October 19, 2024

AElfwine002

Verified owner

Games: 93 Reviews: 2

A good adventure with a few bugs

My wife and I have been enjoying solving the puzzles. At times the mechanics of the game are not obvious and get in the way, but a quick trip to the universal hint system website usually provides what we need without giving too much away.

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