Melaquias
2022
2023
2021
2016
I thought the first one was good and im not saying this game is bad(I didnt finish it so that would be ignorant of me) the choppy 30fps this still runs at on series x makes not want to play. Its an improvment on everything from dishonored 1 but playing this in 2017 and in 2023, I just cant get into this game
I used to play this back in the day. I applaude the game for being a unique platformer. A genre I dont really like. But I finally beat it after 10+ years. I really enjoy the music and the weirdness of this game. But in later levels, the janky controls and aiming, and especially final boss , this game gets seriously aggravating.The game is good, but fuck it doesnt hold up well at all. I almost didnt even wanna play this again dealing with the final boss.
2022
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
2020
2021
2022
2016
Never have I EVER felt this tired, sweaty, scared, angry(and a good way) at a video game in my FUCKING LIFE. I loved it. I played back in early 2021 cuz it was free with Horizon zero Dawn and abzu. I dropped the game and figured I would come back to it later. A year later- Since Saints Row reboot is coming out in a couple of days, I figured I can finish a couple of games on my backlog because I have nothing to do but wait for Saints Row to come out. I'm kind of disappointed that I waited this long to experience this game.
Spoilers Ahead***
As I was playing the game I kind of got into the Rhythm but around level 5 on to seven, I was kind of just going through it. Level 8 is when it clicked how fun this is and I hade to stop worrying about the music and focus on my raw reaction time, technicality and zone into this game. Level 9 is amazing finale but level 9-27, 28 and ♾ is one of the GREATEST finales I have ever experienced in gaming. It f* with my perception of music and the Impossible speed up to level Infinity was suffocating(in a good way)
Level Infinity scared me. I never had a finale catch me THAT off guard before to where I had to pause the game and laughed because I genuinely got jump scared. It turns everything about music on its head and says you just have to beat this and essentially break the game to win. Music is such a powerful tool and sometimes warping it beyond recognition when done well, it can you one of the most satisfying, coolest and the most exhilarating feelings that the human body can experience. I never had a game make you feel this way and I'm so glad that I finished it.
Spoilers Ahead***
As I was playing the game I kind of got into the Rhythm but around level 5 on to seven, I was kind of just going through it. Level 8 is when it clicked how fun this is and I hade to stop worrying about the music and focus on my raw reaction time, technicality and zone into this game. Level 9 is amazing finale but level 9-27, 28 and ♾ is one of the GREATEST finales I have ever experienced in gaming. It f* with my perception of music and the Impossible speed up to level Infinity was suffocating(in a good way)
Level Infinity scared me. I never had a finale catch me THAT off guard before to where I had to pause the game and laughed because I genuinely got jump scared. It turns everything about music on its head and says you just have to beat this and essentially break the game to win. Music is such a powerful tool and sometimes warping it beyond recognition when done well, it can you one of the most satisfying, coolest and the most exhilarating feelings that the human body can experience. I never had a game make you feel this way and I'm so glad that I finished it.
2022