Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

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Become Sherlock Holmes. Become myself.

It's my first frogwares Sherlock game I'm playing and I must admit that I liked it a lot. There are problems and frustrations but an open-world detective game it is something that I wasn't familiar with. And to be honest it IS a good idea to explore. So the basic premise is that you are a young Sherlock Holmes that comes back to Cordona (A fictional Malta) to visit his mother's grave. However the circumstances of her death aren't quite clear so you have to investigate. And since it is an open-world you will take on different cases helping the local police. Is the story interesting. It is. It does the work but it won't stun you even when you will feel amazed but the twists. It has memorable characters, it has solid dialogue and the side-cases will keep you interested. The narrative team did a good job, although I believe the development team did them no favours. And I explain. The gameplay system it feels too cramped with too many systems and too many over-complicated elements that calls for hand-holding. Your case book will be the place where you spend most of your time, juggling between clues and trying to figure out what to do. Which is easy because every clue has a red sign that tells you what to do with it. But is not often clear even then. The fact that you have to "lock" the clue in the book in order to trigger the sequences will have you running clueless as to what to do next. Miss one "clue lock" and the game won't trigger anything and leave you clueless. The chemical analysis is good but kinda basic, as well as two different functions of hypersese (q and z have different aspects of the same function). But these times are few and far between, and most of the time the investigations go smoothly. The combat. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY BOTHERED. It adds absolutely 0 value to the game and it is so counter-intuitive I'm stumped. The "goal" is to incapaticate not kill, so you kinda shoot the environment to stun your opponent and then QTE a take down animation. So you'd think "ok, who cares, I'd kill them". No, the game punishes you for kills although it has no impact in the gameplay. I don't know why they bothered. The choose your murderer: This is the worse aspect of the investigation in the game. So you gather clues and you match the findings in your mind palace to draw conclusions. So far so good. But the conclusions can be interpreted in two ways so at the end the game provides two versions of the crime. And you get to choose who is the killer and what to do with them. I agree with the "choose what to do" but I disagree with the "choose who the killer is". I want mysteries to have one solution with impact. ESPECIALLY AT THE LAST MYSTERY (which I won't spoil) this is so obvious, as one of the solutions IS WAY MORE INTERESTING AND IMPACTFUL THAN THE OTHER. Otherwise is a great game. If you're a sherlock or detective game fan, odds are that you will like this one. For the price, it is worth it.

Good detective game, world is stunning 8/10

I just finished, and what a joyful time I've had playing this game. You can feel the love poured into it from every direction. I'm endeared to Cordona, our main duo, and the developers. It was so much more expansive than expected and I had to explore every corner and follow every lead. I've played a few SH installments and this was one of, if not THE, best.

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Open world sherlock holmes is not quite my thing but the main story was pleasurable enough