After playing Crimes & Punishments as my first Sherlock Holmes game I was excited to try out The Devil's Daughter. Unfortunately, I was left mildly disappointed as everything here is a downgrade from the what came before.

The character models have taken a dip in quality and detail, which makes the performance issues all the more surprising. The game is no graphical powerhouse yet it would get jittery at times on my machine and even on an SSD loading times could get annoyingly long.

Poorly implemented action sequences are the bane of every adventure game that feels like it needs to do something "more", and that's no change here, unfortunately.

Some of the puzzles cross the border from complex into obtuse, which comes admittedly with the territory of the genre, but there are a few that seem at odds with the concept of being the ultra-logical Sherlock Holmes. As a character famed for their logical thinking, it was disappointing to have sequences where you are playing fantasy in imaginary locations with no evidence to support the detective's theories. Holmes is traditionally about attention to detail, not "I reckon this probably happened."

That's not to say the game is bad overall, but playing it soon after Crimes & Punishments puts in stark contrast how much better these games can be.