This review contains spoilers
Context
I bought this game back in 2021, I played Crimes and Punishments/The Devil's Daughter
and really like them and I was loving the presentation of this but after a few hours I didnt like this as much.
Jon
I hated jon, annoying, tries way to hard to be funny and just sucks. From constantly saying im not trying when I get the mind palace wrong, to the bad voice acting theres nothing to like about him. I get adding him in as a psychological element to sherlock but he was agravating.
Cordona
The open world looks fine but was unnecessary and felt like a chores and doesnt work with the set levels with past games.
Combat
The combat is one of the worst combat systems I have played in my life. No reason to add this and sucks. It feels stiff, aiming can be painstaking and even when you aim dead on, it still misses.
Detective Work
Sometimes it works just like the other sherlock games, and just like those games there are parts that are just really vague for no reason and sometimes are so hard to find to where I have to look up at guide. The detective mode is an ok feature, my gripe with it is you walk way too slow when using it
Graphics
I dont care much for graphics, I play anything that interests me. But this was 60/40. 60% of the time, the game looks great and can get some nice screen shots out of it. 40% of the time, it has those really good characters models with dead eyes and stiff anamations kindof look. Hair and beards just start looking pixely from a distance very often and the game has weird graphical issues.
Conclusions
I really liked sherlock in this one, I like seeing his early years and I like how everyone reacts to his cunning wits and stubborn/brash demeanor. But alot of this game a trudge to get through sometimes. I think frogwares tried to make a triple A game by adding a needless open world, combat and currency for there disguise and house renovation system. They can make a triple A detective game, I guess they didnt think so. I really wanted to like this game as was gonna get the season pass but I'm gonna pass on that. I wonder what they have in store for the next one though
I bought this game back in 2021, I played Crimes and Punishments/The Devil's Daughter
and really like them and I was loving the presentation of this but after a few hours I didnt like this as much.
Jon
I hated jon, annoying, tries way to hard to be funny and just sucks. From constantly saying im not trying when I get the mind palace wrong, to the bad voice acting theres nothing to like about him. I get adding him in as a psychological element to sherlock but he was agravating.
Cordona
The open world looks fine but was unnecessary and felt like a chores and doesnt work with the set levels with past games.
Combat
The combat is one of the worst combat systems I have played in my life. No reason to add this and sucks. It feels stiff, aiming can be painstaking and even when you aim dead on, it still misses.
Detective Work
Sometimes it works just like the other sherlock games, and just like those games there are parts that are just really vague for no reason and sometimes are so hard to find to where I have to look up at guide. The detective mode is an ok feature, my gripe with it is you walk way too slow when using it
Graphics
I dont care much for graphics, I play anything that interests me. But this was 60/40. 60% of the time, the game looks great and can get some nice screen shots out of it. 40% of the time, it has those really good characters models with dead eyes and stiff anamations kindof look. Hair and beards just start looking pixely from a distance very often and the game has weird graphical issues.
Conclusions
I really liked sherlock in this one, I like seeing his early years and I like how everyone reacts to his cunning wits and stubborn/brash demeanor. But alot of this game a trudge to get through sometimes. I think frogwares tried to make a triple A game by adding a needless open world, combat and currency for there disguise and house renovation system. They can make a triple A detective game, I guess they didnt think so. I really wanted to like this game as was gonna get the season pass but I'm gonna pass on that. I wonder what they have in store for the next one though