Fortunately, it’s a very minor detour into the ridiculous, and Holmes is back exploring stately homes and moonlit back alleys before associate Watson can even ask a patronising question. Without spoiling anything, you’ll find yourself quite literally raiding tombs, which partially detracts from the grounded universe that the Ukrainian studio at the helm has carefully crafted.
That is all apart from one particular case, which delves a little too deeply into the realm of fantasy for our tastes.
While many of these environments are small, they are packed with period detail from old newspapers and telegram machines to the furnishings and decorative ornaments, everything feels like it belongs to a cohesive piece of Victorian fiction. During the course of the 15 or so hour escapade, you’ll take repeated trips to police headquarters Scotland Yard, plant paradise Kew Gardens, and, of course, the hero’s upmarket home on Baker Street. The campaign comprises of six individual – but very loosely linked – cases, which take the hatted hero all around London, solving crimes that he deems worthy of his time. There are issues, but on the whole, the end result is good. But while developer Frogwares has been confident enough to take the famous character in a unique direction, has it managed to build a good game around the psychopathic protagonist? This is an often bleak game that portrays the titular detective as a genius, teetering on the edges of insanity. He may not be particularly strong, but he has the ability to crush any man with his incredible intellect – and in Crimes and Punishments, a PlayStation 4 adventure loosely based upon Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous short stories and the BBC’s more modern adaptation, he practically revels in the act. Sherlock Holmes is the ultimate alpha male.
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