With the likes of Disco Elysium, Overboard, and Paradise Killer taking detective games to new heights, Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One has to work harder than usual to stand out. ![]() It's my favourite genre (opens in new tab), and Frogwares has made some of the best examples of it-and, admittedly, some I'm not so keen on. Interrogations, combat, chases, infiltration discover a game that is unlike any other ©2016 Published by Bigben Interactive S.A. Freely explore several of the citys neighbourhoods in search of clues and suspects. I'm just glad to see another detective game on PC. Play as Sherlock Holmes and use his extraordinary abilities to progress through the adventure. It'll be interesting to see how Frogwares approaches the open world aspect, and whether it'll actually add anything meaningful to the experience. I like what I've played so far, but my demo was limited to a relatively small space. The murder case I solved was pretty fun too, with a lot of surprising twists and turns, and two very different ways to deal with the culprit at the end. ![]() All of this, on top of returning systems like the Mind Palace and closely analysing people to figure them out, makes for a much more interactive and involved detective game. The trick is to dismiss the irrelevant ones and take note of anything pertinent to the case. ![]() Linger near two people talking and phrases are plucked out of the conversation, floating across the screen.
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