Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)

$9.99

Release Date:: Aug 6, 2009
Metacritic:: 72
Developer:: Frogwares
Publisher:: Frogwares
Platforms:: Windows

About This Game

Sherlock Holmes The Awakened Remake

About the Game

The Sherlock Holmes series returns with this updated version of The Awakened, which brings a whole new dimension to the original title developed by Frogwares. Keeping with the traditional gameplay style of the original adventure games, The Awakened has been totally rethought, offering players a new third-person view while keeping the original first-person view available also.

The game puts the player into an investigation of the myth of Cthulhu - as imagined by author H.P. Lovecraft. Sherlock Holmes, assisted by the loyal Doctor Watson, investigates strange disappearances which seem related to the activity of a secret sect. The adventure begins in London, in the renowned Baker Street, taking us to investigate a disturbing psychiatric hospital near Bale, Switzerland, on to Louisiana and finally to Scotland.

Key Features

2 points-of-view available at all times: new gameplay in 3rd person, giving a new dimension to the original game, or classic first- person point-of-view.
An original confrontation between the universe of Sherlock Holmes and the myth of Cthulhu - a fight between the rational and the supernatural.
Rich graphics, biting dialogue, disturbing characters and an excellent sound track create incredible turn of the century atmospheres.
Play as the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal friend Doctor Watson.
A new help system that shows the interactions available (objects and actions).
Interact with more than 60 characters in 5 disturbing universes.
Use and combine more than 50 objects, and discover hundreds of clues and documents to carry out the investigation to its final outcome.

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User Reviews

Mixed

5 user reviews

60%

Positive

User #130407 english

12 hrs at review

Recommended

I've been playing Frogwares' Sherlock Holmes games in order of release, and after The Silver Earring (2004) I was pleased to see that The Awakened (2006) had made significant changes to the formula, once again. (The version on Steam is the 2008 remaster.) https://store.steampowered.com/app/11150/ Rather than being focused on the tedium of investigation, The Awakened allows Holmes and Watson to go on a proper adventure. It's so much better to not have any quizzes at the end of each day! However, this is a game from the Dark Age of Adventure Gaming, so it has many, many problems. Though the step up in production values is appreciated, the presentation is plagued with jank and severe budgetary constraints. Cutscenes look horrible, with incompetent direction and bizarre camera movements. The game presents things in awkward ways, often leaving me flabbergasted and disoriented. The environments are fully rendered in 3D, so a first-person mode with free movement has been added. ...