3D point and click adventure, graphics are nice, voice acting is fantastic, and story is interesting, but somehow I'm not feeling very invested on it, I feel like I'm barely using my brain with the puzzles, I mean, I don't like moon logicvc in my P&C, but I feel like I'm not very involved in the deductive process, it's hard to explain, but I didn't feel any "eureka" moments (at least on my part), maybe Sherlock is just too smart for me.
Don't get me wrong, the game is not bad, and it's worth playing it for the interesting plot, but I'm not feeling like Sherlock, I'm just the guy holding the camera.
What a beautiful rendering of our favorite characters! The visuals are quite good for its age and the voice acting is superb! Game-wise, it's all about investigating and making connections among clues, of course. I really like the way the characters relate to each other. They stay true to the personalities. So far the mystery seems ... easy but not TOO easy. I'm a novice so anything harder would probably discourage me anyway.
I'm looking forward to solving this case and then the oters as well. Glad I got this!
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.
