Look, we all know the Frogwares Sherlock Holmes games are developed on a paper-thin budgets, so you’re not going to get Uncharted-esque performances out of the upcoming Chapter One. Nevertheless, the Ukrainian developer is really expanding on its predecessors with this prequel, making investigations open world and even adding some Hitman influences.
For example, some people simply won’t speak to you if you’re in the wrong outfit, while others will see through your disguise. As you gather evidence and draw conclusions, the release will give you the scope to make mistakes, and even make judgments about the motives of the criminals you encounter. This means it’ll be down to you to determine their punishments, with no right or wrong answers.
The scale is impressive, but clearly you’re going to have to endure some shaky voice acting and flappy animations along the way. As long as the investigations themselves are fun, though, we’re hopeful this will be an entertaining alternative to the ginormous AAA blockbusters also due out this Christmas. Holmes will arrive in the Mediterranean on PS5 from 16th November, with a PS4 version to follow at a later date.
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Does anyone know if this is getting a physical release?
I’m a fan of the genre and I did play the other 2 but this IP isn’t a good one. I won’t be checking out any more releases
"...we’re hopeful this will be an entertaining alternative to the ginormous AAA blockbusters also due out this Christmas"
Yeah, same here.
Not paying $60 for COD or a Rehash Pokemon. So pining my hopes on Sherlock Holmes and Shin Megami Tensei V in November
I enjoyed Testament quite a lot, but Devil's Daughter had some terrible stealth and action sequences that made me give up on the game.
@Perturbator Luckily you'll be able to finetune and even disable the combat sequences, without losing any story.
Definitely going to give the PS4 version a try.
@IonMagi Digital only for now from what ive read.
Rough around the edges is Frogwares MO but they usually deliver good games and after all the crap they had with The Sinking City im happy to support the dev
This has become my most anticipated release, some of the locations look great. Need to get FC6 off my conscience this fits the bill nicely
@Peterchu It wasn't much combat as far as I remember. The thing that made me give up on it was a dream sequence inside an Indiana Jones like temple with annoying QTEs and a colored tiles with traps you had to memorize and rush past. It was just terrible game design, imo.
Sure, it would be nice to skip some of that, but it would be even better if it wasn't there at all.
@Perturbator Luckily, I don't think they'll be doing that. That temple didn't make much sense, how could Holmes deduce the entirety of it from a wooden model?
@Peterchu I did quite like Sinking City that someone else mentioned here...just keep forgetting that its also made by Frogware. It had some faults but I digged the general atmosphere of it...so its clear the dev can make good stuff when they put their mind to it!
@Danloaded do you know how that ended or if it ended?
Last I heard on it was everything Focus did (e.g. releasing their own non-Frogwares build of the game because Frogwares didn't deliver a build) was within the contract Frogwares signed and Frogwares was violating the contract and a court order by delisting the game, hampering Focus' ability to sell the game. I guess they must've settled?
"but clearly you’re going to have to endure some shaky voice acting and flappy animations along the way"
Didn't stop Witcher 3 from being super successful
Graphics and gameplay still look dated...I will most likely wait for a 50% off sale.
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