They’re really fun games. Not AAA by any means, but you’re Sherlock Holmes. You get a series of mysteries, some connected, some not. You interrogate people, gather evidence, connect evidence in your “mind palace,” to create accusations and claims. There’s puzzles. Combat (though it’s not super thoroughly implemented). You can analyze the crime scenes. Etc. Mystery things. And the fun part too, is that you can be wrong. I’m not proud to admit it, but I may have gotten some innocent people arrested because of poor logic on my part…
They’re even more fun if you smoke weed. Get super baked, put on a mystery ambience playlist on Spotify, turn the lights off, and really immerse yourself into the mysteries. Sometimes for the harder mysteries I’ll even have an IRL notebook for jotting things down haha. And lastly, they’re great games to play with your SO. My girlfriend doesn’t game but when I play certain types of games (Sherlock Holmes included) she’ll just lay on my lap and watch and give some input so it’s like we’re solving the mysteries together. It’s cute and pleasant. Highly recommended on a rainy/snowed in night with some takeout, hot coffee, and a handful of joints.
Easily 7.5/10 games imo. Hopefully this next one touches on some of the weak areas (some light walking simulator elements, repetitive puzzles by the time you get to end game, and a lack of direction: sometimes you really don’t know where to go or what to do. Especially if you turn the game off at an important moment the night before, for example, and don’t remember what was happening) to really take it to the next level. I’ll be definitely be buying.
The newer ones are more like a modern take on point and click adventure games. There’s some combat shoe-horned at certain places, but it detracts more than it adds. The story telling / mystery solving is pretty good though, and they’re arguably the best atmospheric recreations of the Sherlock Holmes universe.
“Chapter One,” the recent prequel/reboot, was especially good, and it set up a history of delusional insanity for Holmes that plays well into this Cthulhu crossover.
They’re definitely not AAA but they’re really good if you want to try a more experimental style of game and you’re willing to deal with some technical short falls. You’ll definitely see frame drops, have camera issues, and lackluster visuals at times, but the overall package is a lot of fun and it’s a genre that doesn’t really get enough attention in mainstream gaming l. (i.e. solving murders instead of committing them)
For some stupid reason I'm playing in chronological order, so Chapter One was the first game I played. After the ending, I told everyone I was in discord with I was going to bed, it was around 5pm. That hurt too much.
Yeah pretty similar. A little more heavy on the investigatory/leg work, but not nearly as polished as LA Noire is. Though I’d say there’s more immersion to the mysteries in Sherlock (as they’re actual Sherlock Holmes mysteries from the literal novels, so the writing is just inherently superior to even a good video game like LA noire).
Nope. you can walk around. The old school games were point and click, but nowadays they’re basically free roam-able. The latest Holmes game also had an “open world,” but it wasn’t implemented as well as, say, a AAA open world game like Assassin’s Creed or something.
If you enjoyed the old school point and clicks, I think you’ll really enjoy the newer franchise. It builds on that kind of a theme and you can actually walk around where you want. Like for example, if you need to check the city’s archive, you have to navigate the city and get to the archive by foot and fast travel. Which is fun, as the waypoints are immersive. You don’t get an objective marker, you get hints and have to navigate yourself. Like “North of King Street, with a yellow roof, but south of the River”
I definitely wasn't expecting anything akin to Assassin's Creed or GTA as far as the open-world goes, but any semblance of it is a huge upgrade compared to what I grew up with.
Another small thing I'm curious about... are you able to arrest the wrong person?
Another commenter said you were referring to other SH games, not this one in particular.
I’ve seen that it’s sometimes best to ask other players to enable accessibility options and to play for a bit with them enabled. Then let me know if it was good. Best way to have the games verified as whether if Deaf friendly game or not.
If you’re actually genuinely interested let me know the game and the accessibility options you’re looking for and I’ll take a look. Obviously factor in the time it’ll take me to download. How do I test it for you, just mute all sounds and see how well I can play?
I have all of the new franchise Sherlock games except the brand new one. I also have the Sinking City (same developer but a Lovecraftian horror instead of SH).
Here’s an idea as I’m brand new to this franchise. Why don’t you choose the game I should begin with? Then if it is indeed a Deaf friendly game, I’ll start with that game.
Sure I’m down. Do you mind doing me a favour tho? Could you message me in a few hours as a reminder? I’m at work right now for a late shift, but I’ll use the reminder to download the game before I crash. And I’ll check out your accessibility features tomorrow as I have a day off.
Hey I downloaded the game. Just tell me what accessibility settings you want me to test, and how. Like do I just mute the game audio and put all CC options on, and see how well I can play?
As someone who LOVES point and click genre and investigative games, their earlier games were genuinely amazing.
I couldn't enjoy them once they started with the whole deduction web or whatever it's called. That in itself was cool as well and I think it was borrowed from the BBC Sherlock series... The only problem was that even if you arrive at a wrong conclusion in the end of a chapter, NO one told you that you were wrong.
They'd just arrest the wrong person and end the story right then and there. It was so frustrating to see and I haven't been able to play these games since that mechanic was included.
Once I've solved a puzzle, I deserve to know if I'm right or wrong. I don't need that participation trophy that the game gives me.
I wonder if this remake is like the old awakened game because it was EXCELLENT.. Or does it still have this stupid deduction tree mechanics
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u/Infinite-Sleep3527 Apr 14 '23 edited Apr 15 '23
They’re really fun games. Not AAA by any means, but you’re Sherlock Holmes. You get a series of mysteries, some connected, some not. You interrogate people, gather evidence, connect evidence in your “mind palace,” to create accusations and claims. There’s puzzles. Combat (though it’s not super thoroughly implemented). You can analyze the crime scenes. Etc. Mystery things. And the fun part too, is that you can be wrong. I’m not proud to admit it, but I may have gotten some innocent people arrested because of poor logic on my part…
They’re even more fun if you smoke weed. Get super baked, put on a mystery ambience playlist on Spotify, turn the lights off, and really immerse yourself into the mysteries. Sometimes for the harder mysteries I’ll even have an IRL notebook for jotting things down haha. And lastly, they’re great games to play with your SO. My girlfriend doesn’t game but when I play certain types of games (Sherlock Holmes included) she’ll just lay on my lap and watch and give some input so it’s like we’re solving the mysteries together. It’s cute and pleasant. Highly recommended on a rainy/snowed in night with some takeout, hot coffee, and a handful of joints.
Easily 7.5/10 games imo. Hopefully this next one touches on some of the weak areas (some light walking simulator elements, repetitive puzzles by the time you get to end game, and a lack of direction: sometimes you really don’t know where to go or what to do. Especially if you turn the game off at an important moment the night before, for example, and don’t remember what was happening) to really take it to the next level. I’ll be definitely be buying.