There’s much to say about this game, it has made tons of bold choices and most of them paid off, but there are bumps you should be made aware of before you buy this game or any other Sherlock title.

First of all games borrows all that was great about investigation, clues and deduction, but wraps it in a newer GUI which I have to say its overwhelming at start, even for seasoned players and quite hard to navigate. But what it doesn’t borrow is the face of Holmes which many of us grew accustomed to, but I think the voice actor is same?

The game is more like The Devil’s Daughter than Crimes and Punishments. Fortunately it’s not about a series of pointless game mechanics just for the sake of existence, but it appears to lead player by hand from get go which is a big no-no. What I expected is to find Hitman 1/2/3 equivalent of Sherlock Holmes and in a way that’s it. But there’s only one right way to play the game, it’s very narrow and linear thus far. The open world is at hand indeed and this seems absolutely great, but it still feels too linear somehow, I can’t quite describe it. Basically it’s a small semi-open world, but it’s not full of activities, clues, tiny evidence or flavour. There’s either nothing or an impossible to miss piece of story. It’s not Hitman but Sherlock Holmes, it’s just A sherlock Holmes game.

And it’s definitely not worth its price. 25% off maybe even 50% off and I guarantee this will be a great game. But at full price? Well God knows what I’m about to experience, it won’t be bad, it won’t be perfect, I’m sure it will be good. just overpriced. But hey, it's a new Sherlock Holmes game and it experiments, we need that either way in this industry, give it a try.

There’s much to say about this game, it has made tons of bold choices and most of them paid off, but there are bumps you should be made aware of before you buy this game or any other Sherlock title. First of all games borrows all that was great about investigation, clues and deduction, but wraps it in a newer GUI which I have to say its overwhelming at start, even for seasoned players and quite hard to navigate. But what it doesn’t borrow is the face of Holmes which many of us grew accustomed to, but I think the voice actor is same? The game is more like The Devil’s Daughter than Crimes and Punishments. Fortunately it’s not about a series of pointless game mechanics just for the sake of existence, but it appears to lead player by hand from get go which is a big no-no. What I expected is to find Hitman 1/2/3 equivalent of Sherlock Holmes and in a way that’s it. But there’s only one right way to play the game, it’s very narrow and linear thus far. The open world is at hand indeed and this seems absolutely great, but it still feels too linear somehow, I can’t quite describe it. Basically it’s a small semi-open world, but it’s not full of activities, clues, tiny evidence or flavour. There’s either nothing or an impossible to miss piece of story. It’s not Hitman but Sherlock Holmes, it’s just A sherlock Holmes game. And it’s definitely not worth its price. 25% off maybe even 50% off and I guarantee this will be a great game. But at full price? Well God knows what I’m about to experience, it won’t be bad, it won’t be perfect, I’m sure it will be good. just overpriced. But hey, it's a new Sherlock Holmes game and it experiments, we need that either way in this industry, give it a try.