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Game Information
- Platform: Windows Vista / 7 / XP
- PEGI Rating: Ages 3 and Over
- Media: DVD-ROM
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Product Features
- Mystery Adventure Game
- Take turns playing the role of the world famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion Dr. Watson
- Interact with more than 40 unique characters, including the Queen of England
- Explore famous locations in 19th century London - The Tower of London, Buckingham Palace and many more
- Flash: Amazing 3D graphics
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Rise to the Challenge of your Nemesis!
Become Sherlock Holmes as you embark on a thrilling adventure filled with suspense and intrigue. Arsène Lupin, a French master thief, has announced that he plans to rob London of five objects of immense value over the course of five days. These priceless artefacts are housed in highly prestigious locations all over the city. Holmes will have to muster all his courage and ingenuity to save England from terrible humiliation. Let the battle of wits commence!
“If you are a fan of adventure titles or of Sherlock Holmes I highly recommend picking up this title.” 9 out of 10, Editor’s GCM Choice Award, gamechronicles.com
Flash: Inspired by “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I came to this after having played several Sherlock games from this company, the last being The Awakened. That was atmospheric, creepy, and challenging. This one, while it still manages to generate a good atmosphere, was actually not as good despite being newer. For one thing much of the problem solving is irrelevant chore-work rather than detection. The story is intensely linear and you are forced to trek round and round locations looking for random objects and puzzles until you have completed the required sequence. Dialogues are repeated again and again until you are sick of them. And some of the problems are simply absurd. The makers also have a bizarre idea of Victorian England and what life was like around Queen Victoria - apparently her maids of honour were allowed to dress like streetwalkers and behave like them too. The idea of Holmes up against Arsene Lupin is splendid, but this is poorly realised. The character graphics are also quite clumsy, and much of the voice acting poor (though their Holmes and Watson are good). These are things which really could have been improved. On the other hand the locations are fairly well realised, for instance the Tower of London is nicely done and so is the British Museum. And some of the problems can actually be solved by thought rather than luck or random trying of inventory objects. And the inventory system is user friendly, and the maps inside the locations make getting around much quicker. But it could have been amazing and comes out simply - okay.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
I have been a fan of Sherlock Holmes games for years... I played all of them bar this one and decided to buy it while waiting for the Testament of Sherlock Holmes. I loved the fact I got to explore London and learn more about the Tower of London. I found the most task boring, to say the least. The story wasn't compelling enough to have me running from one room to the other numerous amount of times ( British Museum!!!!!). All in all, I think this is the worst game of the series and it definitely lacks dialogue with other characters. The voice of Arsene Lupin is so quiet I could not hear it from the music.
Anyway, if you have never played a Sherlock Holmes game, do not buy this one as you will be disappointed - the other ones are so much better.
Anyway, if you have never played a Sherlock Holmes game, do not buy this one as you will be disappointed - the other ones are so much better.
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This is not a review of the game (which is why I've given the star rating as medium). This game did not want to play on my XP system, and would crash after a very quick glimpse of the splash screen showing Holmes & Watson. My solution was this:
After installing the game,use Windows XP's ADD & REMOVE tool to uninstall ANY version of "PhysX" (and that includes the version that was installed with the game, called AGEIA PhysX).
RESTART your PC, and optionally,use NORTON to clean up your registry after the PhysX uninstalls.
Now explore the game disc, and in the SETUP folder you will find the disc's version of AGEIA PhysX. Install this version. RESTART your PC.
The game should now run fine. If it still does not, then change your desktop resolution to 1024 x 768, then go to the game folder in Program Files, double-click the icon for SETUP, and change the Resolution here to the same: 1024 x 768.
It should work fine. Hope this helps you get this game up and running (by the way, this is a 1st person game and has no 3rd person option).
After installing the game,use Windows XP's ADD & REMOVE tool to uninstall ANY version of "PhysX" (and that includes the version that was installed with the game, called AGEIA PhysX).
RESTART your PC, and optionally,use NORTON to clean up your registry after the PhysX uninstalls.
Now explore the game disc, and in the SETUP folder you will find the disc's version of AGEIA PhysX. Install this version. RESTART your PC.
The game should now run fine. If it still does not, then change your desktop resolution to 1024 x 768, then go to the game folder in Program Files, double-click the icon for SETUP, and change the Resolution here to the same: 1024 x 768.
It should work fine. Hope this helps you get this game up and running (by the way, this is a 1st person game and has no 3rd person option).
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