Sherlock Holmes The Awakened Reviews

"Sherlock Holmes meets H.P. Lovecraft" sounds like something only the Dr. Mengele of redditors could conceive of, but don't let that fool you. This is a decent horror game and a marked improvement over Sherlock Chapter One. Being a remake of an old game, it's more of a point-and-click adventure than the newer games that let you draw your own conclusions. But that doesn't stop it from being entertaining. I'm looking forward to where the series goes next

This new version of Sherlock Holmes introduced in Chapter One stole my heart. Although I don't seem to connect with the Lovecraft aspect too much. I think it works great with this version of Sherlock and his Backstory.

If you are smart, you'll have a blast. If you try to brute force the game, you'll be bored after 5 minutes. Great games, hope there will be more to come with the Mind Palace technology!

The graphics aren't as good as Chapter One, but the voice acting and writing is. Enjoyable game mechanics, but the difficulty has reduced a bit. I preferred the Cordova gameplay. Still, a quality game.

really nice game, semi linear, mistery and cthulhu myths, much better than chapter one, i hated that game, empty city and boring story but devs learn and make this great game, next is sinking city and sinking city 2.

For $10, it is probably worth it. The graphics are ok, voice acting good, good story but super linear. I have the graphics maxed out and it is nothing special. The facial movements are pretty bad.

This instalment is fantastic! I really loved this title. It took all of the great things from the past Sherlock games and refined them into really great mechanics. I do wish that the game was longer, or had more side quests to do that lasted a long time because I honestly couldn't get enough. Out of all of the Sherlock games, I do think this is the easiest to complete for trophies, all of them are very straight forward. I also love how there are two game modes where you can do entire immersion and thug it out yourself as if you were really him. My favourite aspect of this game was the spooky parts, the atmosphere was great, each location was super thought out and executed and really fed in to the creepy ambience throughout the game. My only gripe I have is the ending. It felt a bit lack lustre to me, I wish we got a bit more of a payout after all the work we put in. But nevertheless, I still really loved this one, it's fantastic! Definitely give it a shot!

I wish there was a third option when reviewing games. This entry into a mysterious Cthulhu mythos adventure was... Okay at best. The clue/investigation mechanics were initially clumsy, unexplained, and hard to decipher. After a while those mechanics just became annoying to have to do because of how brainless it became. Eventually I just turned my brain off, brute forced my way through the clues and investigations, and got through a story that seemed to lack substance and interest. I pretty much knew what was going to happen as it happened, so there wasn't much suspense... And I think the fact that the game features Sherlock Holmes and Watson actually hurt the games delivery. I expected harder puzzles, a more intricate mystery, and the Cthulhu mythos didn't pair well with Sherlock as a protagonist. All in all... you probably don't need to play this one.

As much as I love the crime and punishment style Sherlock games, this just doesn't live up to the standards set by prior games in the series. This and Chapter One have been major steps down. The dark levels are built like mazes, the bulk of the gameplay is spent just trying to figure out where to go. The story isn't terrible, just far too linear and restrictive. You'll find yourself thinking ten steps ahead of SHERLOCK HOLMES, but the awful confronting mechanic and and mind palace hold you back at every step. The constant hand holding really is the major issue - [spoiler]Do I really need to mentally envision a guy putting footprints on the wall when there is a green glowing shoe 2 steps away? [/spoiler] Come on Frogware, we know you can do better than this.

It was felt during the entire game that this game was plauged by develompent crisis. If the developers had more time and not a war going on in their country, The game would have been a 8 or a 9 easy. But even then, they where still able to release a good game. Hats off. 7 out of 10. If you liked the first game (Chapter one) and is a Holmes fan, you will not be disappointed.