Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

Interactive Sherlock Holmes. Does a great job of telling you a fun story while wanting to solve the Mystery while also keeping you engaged with several mini games and fun dialogue. If you want an action packed Sherlock Holmes, this isn't that but if you like the Detective side of things you will enjoy this. (plus it goes on sale a lot) 8/10

Surprisingly good game, well beyond the expectations. Good graphics, good Victorian atmosphere, various but tedious minigames. Good core gameplay with deductions and choices. Cons: Limited exploring and some janky bugs. Repetitive NPC's dialogues. Solid 8.

I thoroughly enjoyed this game. If you are the sort of player who likes to explore every inch of the map before moving the plot along this game is definitely for you. The puzzles are varied and fresh (except for lock picking) and I really liked that the game includes as skip puzzle mechanic if you just can't work it out. I had to use it a couple of times because the old code seized up (the icebucket puzzles just completely glitched out).

One major problem I experienced were the graphic artifacts as some of the objects were blinking weirdly, but it was still bearable. The game's got a nice atmosphere and one can get really into the cases being solved. You can really deep dive into these. The difficulty is average, sometimes you need to think a little bit, but nothing out of the ordinary. It's no a state-of-the-art production, but still a very solid title if you are into solving puzzles and deduction :)

A smart and engaging detective game where your choices actually affect the outcome of each case. Solving crimes as Sherlock is both challenging and satisfying, and the variety of cases keeps things fresh. The atmosphere is great, and the game really makes you feel like a brilliant investigator. Highly recommended for fans of mystery and logic-based gameplay.

I really loved this game. Even if it's pretty old as game, still worth it to play. The stories fully reflect the Victorian age located in a cosmopolitan city like London. Those are all based in a cultural and social context and make you understand how dark this city is. I also found Sherlock really interesting as game character. He isn't only a consulting detective, but a real clever man. His knowledge and confidence make everything more interesting. As for the system part of the game, i find it very functional and intuitive. I didn't appreciate a puzzle, too long and boring to complete but worth to continue.

Literally only giving it a negative review because of the arm wrestling and bridge crossing bullshit. Get fucked

I experienced a few crashes in the first two cases, but even then I was eager to push through them and get back on the case because of how deeply this game had it's hooks in me. Atmosphere and intrigue are well balanced along with the game mechanics that actually made me feel as if I was doing the deductive reasoning based investigation of the titular Mr Holmes. I really enjoyed how game provided good reference material for your clues while not being too hand-holdy and even allowing you to make the incorrect conclusion (honestly made getting to correct suspect even more satisfying.) Puzzles were fun and didn't overstay each welcome- I actually appreciate the opportunity to skip for the story while rewarding the player with an achievement if you stick with it. Even in 2025 the quick time events and moral choice system that were more of the times of the 2010s kind of had a think-on-you-feet feeling combined with enabling your own take on the famous detective. If you don't mind restarting the game a few times after a crash, it's a satisfying detective game to chew through. And thankfully it saves your progress frequently.

Cozy, risk-averse and completely brain-dead “investigation” game with so much hand-holding that it frequently makes you feel dumb instead. The gameplay mostly boils down to your typical detective busywork - asking questions, perusing clues and crime scenes and completing really clumsy mini-games, most of which you can mercifully skip. Since the game is extremely linear and always tells you what to do next, all of it feels on-rails and not particularly engaging. On top of that, there’s no penalty to forming incorrect deductions in your little mind palace, so you can just freely mash disparate pieces of intel together until you get it right. It might scratch your Sherlock Holmes itch because of its evocative vistas and familiar characters, but as a detective game, this sadly ain’t it.

I heard good things about this game, but I don't think it's for me. For the first major deduction, you observe some clues, but then rather than some information that you can then connect the dots on, the casebook just has written a Sherlock-level deduction, and then your job as the player is to repeat what was written in the casebook during the dialog. So you don't actually work out the puzzle, the game does it for you. It's not quite what I was expecting.

Like the game, Sherlock Holmes is a British classic. However I cannot recommend this game. The Ukrainian people are being kidnapped off the streets by foreign mercenaries, and sent to kill other Ukrainians by the NATO occupation government and a dictator whose term has run out. If the Europeans bothered to poll the Ukrainian citizens outside the environs of Kiev (yes KIEV not Kyeeeyvy - a word no one uses), they would find out that the majority of people in Ukraine do not support this war. This game likely funds the kidnapping and murder of Ukrainians, so I can't recommend. Foolishness.

Absolutely underrated game, the deduction system is top notch and you can even make the wrong choice if you're not paying attention

Solving cases makes you feel like an actual detective exhausting all your leads and making a well thought out conclusion.

10/10 detective

The best in the franchise.

good game

made me pick up a Fyodor Dostoevsky book

8/10

i like it

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