Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Mystified Murderess

overall alright for in between.

Funny. This is an FMV mystery with Holmes and Watson. Is one of 3 games (actually they are 6 but the others were never released on Steam). Like the others, is just looking for clues basically going to talk to people, watch cutscenes and taking your solution to a judge. I really like the old look of this. Low budget indeed. The acting is more theatrical than movie-like and that contributes to its overall charm. No bugs. Runs fine on Win 7. Is not very long and it has some replay value if you're aiming for a better score. This is a very niche game. People might like it or hate it for many different reasons. If you only like flashy, new and complex, you probably gonna regret getting it. If retro amuses you, get it bundled and on sale for a few hours of very old-school entertainment.

This game was incredible. I wish there were more games with this kind of real-life deduction and clue gathering. The FMV acting was cheesy and fun and I immediately replayed with my gf and son. I wish they would re-master and re-release the other 2 volumes!

I thought it was great, it really made me think quite hard to piece together the solution for the case at hand. And when my solution was confirmed, it felt very rewarding. And even though I gathered nearly 10x negativity points compared to Holmes, I feel like it truly is the way to play - talking to all the characters you want and watching all the cutscenes you want. After completing the game I checked up Holmes' solution, and if we play like that, we're finished in 5 minutes, with the solution being a very long shot at that stage. Plus we'd be missing out on a lot of content. So just ignore that point system, it's garbage.

[h1]Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Mystified Murderess[/h1] Um jogo de dedução, onde precisa de alguma leitura e entendimento em inglês pra entender o contexto da situação e conseguir completar. Se você utilizar um guia pra completar, acaba que é muito fácil de completar e fazer o 100%.

I really appreciate having these episodes of early 90s FMV available on a modern platform and wish I'd played them earlier. Are they perfect games? Not at all. Without the achivements popping up when you find the required clues, figuring out the optimal solution would be very tiresome. Typical 90s extending the gameplay through trial and error. But it is worth it to explore the different performances and cute little side stories. I give the games a lot of credit for letting you follow useless clues way further than you need. Tho I see no real reason to split it up into 3 games, and thus will review them as one. [b][u]The Case of the Mystified Murderess[/u][/b] - By far the strongest of the offerings, even if the solution is very silly. It has more complex storytelling and avenues to explore, and the actors you talk with in this one are some of the strongest performances. You also get to solve both crimes related to the case. [b][u]The Mummy's Curse[/u][/b] - In the middle, it has the least requirements to solve the case, and leaves out one of the biggest clues from the required scenes. It also keeps bringing up a side-plot that goes nowhere and has no resolution (tho we can assume who the culprit is). But it relies on context clues and reading the newspaper more like a puzzle, and the murderer is pretty fun. [b][u]Tin Soldier[/u][/b] - I find this the weakest of the 3 cases for 2 main reasons - we solve it not through dialogue but through exploring an empty room, and getting to that clue is a massive reach. Second we just completely ignore a 2nd murder that is directly related to the first. I guess it is not technically required to solve the case, but it is unforgivable that even if Holmes does visit both [spoiler]Matin[/spoiler] and [spoiler]the Count [/spoiler] and is told straight up [spoiler]Vladimir killed Matin to get the ruby back[/spoiler] he never reports it to anyone. I do appreciate that we are allowed to visit all the surviving lottery ticket holders, and will give it credit for having probably the most grounded motive of the 3. I reccommend these 3 episodes to anyone interested in FMV games and schlock, and wants to play just to experience all the different performances and actors. It is not worth it at all if you want to play just to get a good score.

I guessed the solution through a leap of logic, where practically no evidence was provided in-game. And it's an incredibly stupid mechanic, too. [spoiler] Hypnosis, seriously? [/spoiler]. And I had the feeling a good part of the story was just left out.

Not the best mystery. We're presented with a crime where someone's been fatally shot in a hotel room. We later find out that [spoiler] there were actually two shootings hours apart, and the actual killer somehow didn't get noticed while shooting someone in a ****ing hotel room. But guns are kind of well-known for being pretty loud and in many cases the rooms next door report gunshots[/spoiler]. Disclaimer: it's a British hotel, who KNOWS what they're used to. If it's the World Cup ANYTHING GOES

love nancy drew games!

This is a point and click adventure/mystery/sleuth game with FMV. Help Sherlock Holmes solve the mystery by clicking around and having FMV conversations and reading articles for clues. The concept is fine, but despite being released on Steam in 2015, there's fixed resolution, and no widescreen support, the game displays 4:3 pillarboxed. This falls below minimum acceptable standards for PC gaming today.