![]() ![]() No matter the far-fetchedness (yes, new word, get used to it) of the said tool, you have to make it, there's never any way around. And if you don't create the exact tool you're supposed to, you're not going anywhere. But after this, most of the time you end up seaching for tools to break into places or other things like that, and it turns much more into a MacGyver game than a Sherlock Holmes one, you find a ladder, another one, an iron wire and you build a big ladder, two sheets and you get a rope. That said, comes the gameplay, the trailer again and the beginning of the game offered a lot of promises they didn't really deliver in the end, you start by investigating a burglary and then a murder right after, with all deduction boards and other cool Sherlock Holmes stuff. ![]() Plus, the game went also out of its way to make it look like it wasn't so much that Sherlock Holmes was intelligent, but rather everyone else including Watson was dumb as a bag of rocks, completely incapable of figuring out the simplest things. A more subtle approach of this would have been welcome, such as a discrete whispering "ouch, it's hot" like he wasn't really trying to make a point at all. One example among a few hundreds is when you get into the journalist's office in the lobby, you take a look at a coffee pot and Watson blatantly yells "it's still hot!" so you know someone was here not long ago. Speaking of which, the voice acting wasn't bad but the writing didn't make it sound authentic and tried to much to hold your hand. ![]() The trailer was very misleading, the game was far from being as dark as it was suggested, especially since the characters (especially Watson) went out of their way to seem as enthusiast as possible throughout the game. This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Don't be overwhelmed at how bada** he is. If you don't like Sherlock Holmes, or you don't know about him,give it a try and watch his movies. It is a deep game with many conflicts that puts you on the edge of your seat like a movie does. If you like Sherlock Holmes, you will LOVE this game. It is a game set in a time and place you will not forget guaranteed. I really think this game is worth the forty dollars that you have to pay to buy it. You will not feel left out or like you got ripped of. You can literally become Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective ever. You get to experience a new side of Holmes as well as Watson. This is a good game with good graphics and an up-to-date kind of Sherlock Holmes, not like the ones in the older movies, but not quite as rude This is a good game with good graphics and an up-to-date kind of Sherlock Holmes, not like the ones in the older movies, but not quite as rude as the one in A Game of Shadows or the movie before it. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |