Where Sherlock Holmes unfortunately falls a little flat is with every other aspect of the game. It’s simple but never to the point that it feels unrewarding or satisfying, all while being narrated by Sherlock Holmes himself so you feel like you’re in the story. It’s these elements here that the game comes into its own and the crime-solving becomes most enjoyable. Doing so correctly allows you to potentially find more clues that assist with your case analysis.įurther to the above, the game also combines an intuition-like feature that highlights smaller or hidden details that are otherwise overlooked, and an imagination-esque ability where you recreate past or future scenarios and then watch them unfold in the crime-scene around you.
Noire had you paying attention to facial expressions to determine the truth or lies, Sherlock Holmes allows you to perform character profiles and use previously found clues to question when people are potentially lying. Similarities ensure when visiting multiple locations, speaking with witnesses and key contacts and finding evidence to hopefully come to the right conclusion as to who’s responsible. Except for the fact there’s no driving (mostly because cars didn’t exist yet), no gunplay and - most importantly - no bottle turning. When it comes to the actual gameplay in Sherlock Holmes, the similarities between this title and L.A. Avoiding spoilers, the outcome of each case do not affect your progression throughout the game, though your decisions do impact your dialogue options in the final act. The first four revolve around whodunit murder cases while the fifth surrounds the arrival of your adopted daughter Kate and your new neighbour Alice. Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter, as its title suggests, puts you into the shoes of the great detective as you work through to solve five main mysteries. Having gone through the ten-hour campaign, I think I’ve found what I’m after.
For this reason I was interested in trying my hand at what I discovered was the eighth instalment in the Sherlock Holmes video game franchise, in the hopes of stumbling across my newest gaming gem. There’s a lot of buzz around the next Battlefield or Mass Effect, but never any word about lesser-known games. Perhaps I’m speaking about myself when I say this, but I feel like we often overlook games that aren’t triple-A titles when we’re on the lookout for our next great adventure or story.
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