When I play this game I feel like I am missing pieces of the dialogue or something. It feels really disjointed and it breaks the immersion. For example: at one point you have to eavesdrop on the maids and you hear one line out loud, which just repeats until you activate the listening/eavesdrop mode. I expected to listen to their conversation then pick out the relevant info but instead there is no audible speech, just some, seemingly random, bits of information (3-4 words with little to no context) appear on the screen briefly and you have to decide in that moment if the info is relevant or not. This is timed and when you pick the "wrong" info it seems to take away some of the remaining time. If you run out of time you have to start all over. I basically had to randomly guess until I figured out which set of words were supposed to be relevant. Again, no context. It wasn't like a paragraph of text and you pick out the few relevant words, it was JUST the few "relevant" words floating on t...

An excellent game with an open map with various European am​biences on a fictional island. I love that it features Mycroft Holmes and much of Sherlock's family history. It is vague enough in places to have replay value and it has multiple endings. It does have some frustrating plot holes in a few places and some stability issues on lower end PCs. I just wish it had been a coop experience too.

The great thing about Frogwares' Sherlock games is sometimes they have genuinely interesting, well-written mysteries and sometimes they're extremely goofy eurojank. Sherlock Chapter One splits the difference mostly in favor of the former, as long as you're willing to accept a healthy dose of the latter. After Devil's Daughter they really had nowhere to go but up, and for the most part I think the main story cases are pretty solid. Secretly, some of the side and DLC cases are better, but you often need to hunt those ones out on your own. There's a pretty but mostly empty open world, an obnoxious disguise mechanic and baffling, unnecessary combat but even with this unnecessary cruft I'd recommend it.

Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One is a prequel to the Sherlock Holmes games, where you play as the iconic detective as a young adult, investigating the death of his mother accompanied by Jon (not Watson) his friend that... everybody seems to ignore. Instead of gloomy Victorian England, this game is set in Cordona, a beautiful Mediterranean island. And unlike the previous games, it's not a linear investigation game, but an open-world one. You must manually travel to the next investigation locations instead of being teleported there. There are some side quests as well, and even more if you buy the Deluxe Edition which contains many DLCs. I've played all the 3D Sherlock games, and in my opinion Chapter One is one of their best. Aside from the beautiful setting and easily understandable puzzles, the game also makes creative use of disguises. For example, you can't use your default outfit every time, because some investigations require you to ask bystanders and people won't answer depending on ...

Meh!

This chapter is more like an origin story, revealing the origins of Sherlock. The cases are intriguing and fun to solve, on the other hand, the open-world aspect IMHO did not add much if anything. The city is beautiful, but I simply had no reason to explore, and even after beating the main story and side quests, there were still places on the map that I had never seen. And lastly, the gunfight arenas or whatever it is, this just does not fit in the game. It adds nothing to the game and feels like a cheap shooter with slo-mo mechanics. Once you understand the deductions and other detective mechanics, it's way more fun and less of a random guess. [b]Playtime:[/b] 10+ hours [b]Achievements:[/b] Easy (but a lot of missable) [b]Overall:[/b] Worth a try

An excellent schizo sim, but a bad detective game. I'd had it when they sent me to the library across town to confirm that elephants, in fact, do exist. Play the Sherlock Holmes games from the 2010s instead, they're much better quality.

fiction of a fiction? none of these events are based on doyle's actual books, in a way you could think of this game as a.. fan-fiction? the older games where always somewhat based on the actual stories, while this one merely shows a ''what could've happened'' interpretation. but nonetheless the devs managed to create a wonderful, heart wrenching story. sherlock's antisocial tendencies were portrayed perfectly, and the connection/encounter with watson was beautifully connected. gameplay wise i enjoyed the open world mechanic, while the only point of criticism i see is that the cases weren't as 'exciting' as the ones we had before as well as the lack of possible deductions/conclusions, but then again, this takes place at the very start of his career so perhaps this was intended. overall, another engaging sherlock holmes game that i highly recommend to everyone who enjoys playing detective

GRAPHICS ARE SO BAD ALMOST TO ARK SURVIVAL ASCENDED BAD frogwares havent cared about their game since crime and punishment and any game that uses unreal engine will be trash because you cannot optimise it it is the worst system that ever came out that is what ruined these games. will be refunding this one aswell its insane to me how dated graphics on C&P and devils daughter are better than that of 2021.. thats whats unreal to me

Very much intended to be the origin story - the lead characters aren't quite what you might expect as they aren't a seasoned investigator/detective yet. Personally found to be intriguing story, enough twists and secrets so that you can't guess the answer too early but logical enough that the end isn't confusing. The minor or side quests and cases are also interesting in their own right. Open world is big enough to have distinctive areas and feel realistic, but not so large it takes forever to get around. They have filled with lots of NPC characters that make the locations feel alive.