Recently, I have been playing The Testament of Sherlock Holmes. The game was released in 2010, developed by Frogwares and published by Focus Home Interactive. What caught my attention for this game was the fact that the main character was Sherlock Holmes. I have loved just about everything Sherlock since I read "A Study in Scarlet" a long time ago. So when I saw there was a video game that had gotten good reviews, I thought this would be something that I would enjoy. And I could not have been more right.
In this game, you are Sherlock Holmes and you are trying to solve a brutal murder of a bishop. You also play John Watson and suspicion starts to rise that perhaps your detective flatmate and friend is not everything you once believed him to be. As the mysteries unfold, the questions continue to mount.
I don't want to talk too much about the story (because SPOILERS!) so I will focus more on the actual game play. I found at the beginning of the game, I was not the greatest at seeing the whole picture of what was going on. I would find all the clues and successfully put about half the story together. The rest of the time, I was in left field somewhere. While the game does a good job explaining what all the clues mean, I really wanted to be able to do it on my own. I got better as the game went on, but I don't think I ever figured out 100% of the story before the game told me.
The puzzles that had to be solved ranged in difficulty and type. Some were not that hard, some took some time, and others were just flat out enraging. (Never looking at another chess game the same way again). I will not lie, there might have been 2 or 3 puzzles where I hit skip and continued on with the game. But for the most part, I solved them myself and felt very accomplished about doing it.
The Deduction Board was very unique. I liked how it made you put the pieces together to create the larger picture. I felt like I was sleuthing too, trying to figure out what all the clues where leading to. And they didn't make it easy either. I felt like I was really working for those answers. And most of the time the answers just lead to more questions.
In conclusion, I really liked this game and recommend it to anyone who likes a mystery game or a good puzzle game. I am very excited about the next installment to this series, Crimes and Punishments. I also plan on playing through the previous Sherlock games by this company, that is just how much I liked this one.
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