Para quem é fã de point-and-click e, principalmente, do personagem, esse game é obrigatório. O que eu mais gostei é que nesse pelo menos há legendas nas cutscenes, o que facilita o entendimento de quem tem um pouco de dificuldade em entender inglês. Se já jogou outros games da série e gostou, então provavelmente irá gostar desse também.

O jogo revitaliza os anteriores trazendo novas mecânicas e a perspectiva em primeira pessoa, pena que a maioria não funciona tão bem. O jogo é feito pra ser jogado em primeira pessoa o que o torna bem mais dinâmico, porém faltam algumas funcionalidades como saber com quais npc's você pode falar e ele conseguir passar por cima de itens pequenos (tipo um pombo) sem travar. Os botões pra se movimentar as vezes param de funcionar e você também não consegue interagir e se mexer ao mesmo tempo.

A história do jogo é interessante e tem como base os mitos Lovecraftianos o que dá um tom mais maduro e "macabro" pro jogo ao contrário dos anteriores. A progressão da investigação, entretanto, é estranha. As vezes você tem a ideia certa, os itens certos, mas não consegue fazer o que precisa porque faltou uma ação besta lá atrás. As perguntas que o Sherlock faz pro Watson (nesse caso você) são ridículas. Tem respostas que só fazem sentido na cabeça do Sherlock mesmo.

De qualquer forma, esse jogo é um avanço tremendo com relação aos anteriores, se fosse um pouco mais polido eu recomendava. Espero que os próximos consertem os erros desse.

Esse jogo em particular tem uma pegada mais sinistra, tem algumas imagens e principalmente sons que são um pouco perturbadores, recomendo certa cautela se você for sensível a esse tipo de coisa. Mas a narrativa é única e te prende, a jogabilidade é incrivel e tem a sessão com dicas que o próprio jogo oferece, o que ajuda bastante. Recomendo, só tome cuidado se você joga de madrugada, os sustos ficam maiores!

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most well known detectives. So many movies, TV shows and games are based on the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and his trusted companion Dr. Watson. But will Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened will be a game Sherlock Holmes fans Want to play ?

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is a bit of a departure from the more kid friendly games and what I mean by that is that the previous Sherlock Holmes games were pretty tame compared to this or even the later games in the series.

Story wise this is an interesting title. Sherlock Holmes has to solve a supernatural case which involves the legendary Cthulhu created by H.P. Lovecraft. Some illegal immigrants go missing and soon wind up dead in crime scenes that look like ritualistic sacrifices and it's up to you to solve the mystery.

As I stated before this is a departure from the more teen friendly games. This game has this unsettling mood. The atmosphere in every location feels great even though the graphics don't look that good.

Locations range from Asylums, to swamps in New Orleans and abandoned light houses and you can explore everything at your own pace and there is a lot of stuff to find.

Now originally this game only had the first person mode, but the remastered edition has an added third person point and click mode that helps out in some locations which have bad textures (I'll get to that in a moment)

Graphics look outdated. Some of the items you need to pick up blend in with the environment. Some of the lip syncing is just hilarious when the character models look like dead people. Some of the environments looks empty, but that's only for a second.

Now I want to cover the most important aspect of a Sherlock Holmes game and that's the puzzles. After playing Sherlock Holmes Mystery of the Silver Earring I was put off with the illogical puzzles. This time I was surprised with how smart the puzzles actually were. Now there was some hard puzzles and some of them are kind of stupid, but mostly really smart and well thought out puzzles.

Voice acting ranges from well done to incredibly horrible. Some of the voice acting is just incredibly funny. When they talk about serious situations all I did was smile at the voice acting.

If you do plan on playing the game I do recommend saving quite frequently and backing up your save file, cause there is a bug where you can lose your save file. Apart from that there's not many other bugs.

The game took me 8 hours to finish and apart from the one run of the game you will do, there's not much replay value as nothing really changes.

In the end I have to say I loved my time with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened and I might say it's the best Sherlock Holmes game I've played to date. The interesting story and puzzles are great in this game, because I felt they were the biggest flaw in The Mystery of the Silver Earring. If you like Adventure games, Sherlock Holmes and you like the work of H.P. Lovecraft you will love this game.

Final Rating:
8/10 - Worth to consider buying it.

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Gostei muito do jogo! A história foi ótima e atiçou ainda mais a curiosidade de finalizar com o terror envolvido no desfecho. Jogabilidade muito boa e as mistérios/puzzles foram divertidos de resolver. Comparado com os outros que joguei da série, esse teve mais dicas que auxiliaram quando o negócio não vai pra frente! haha o que é muito bom para não desanimar. Recomendo!

Bem, é um jogo antigo. A interação com o ambiente não é perfeita, então o andamento do jogo pode travar exatamente por isso. as vezes você tem a ideia certa do que fazer, mas o jogo impede até que você esteja em um ponto muito específico para interagir, deixando as coisas confusas as vezes. Mas tirando isso o HD remaster tá bonito, boas vozes dos atores, boa história.
É um jogo de investigação, quase que click and point. Pode ser difícil para aqueles que não tenham bom manejo do inglês.

Um bom jogo, porem ultrapassado e com ligeiros bugs.

Jogo chato e desinteressante. É de se esperar que um adventure que combine Sherlock Holmes e temas lovecraftianos tenha um mínimo de mistério e inteligência, mas essas coisas passam longe daqui. Trama fraca e constrangedora. Não recomendo.

eu não desejo pro pior FILHO DA ♥♥♥♥ do mundo a tortura que é jogar algum sherlock holmes da frogwares. a mecânica de movimentação de jogo é capaz de te causar um avc aos 22 anos, sem falar os INCONTÁVEIS diálogos desnecessários. um recado muito importante pra game devs: SE EU QUISESSE LER, EU PEGAVA A ♥♥♥♥♥ DE UM LIVRO

BottomLine at the Top: The third entry in Frogware games' Sherlock Holmes series has some good aspects that Arthur Conan Doyle fans will appreciate but would otherwise be a weak 3D point and click game that lacks substance. Decent story, mediocre graphics, and a very unfulfilling ending. Recommended only to fans of the later Sherlock Holmes titles that are looking for something to satiate their urge for more of these kinds of games.


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Pros
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-Story does feel very Sherlock Holmes-y, there are a few points where the mystery starts to feel really intriguing. (Later entries in the series pulls this off better but I get the feeling this is the first one where Frogware started perfecting it). The overall Holmes/Cthulhu mythos mash up piqued my interest as a big fan of both genres. (Note: Those expecting a supernatural thriller should keep in mind that the solution in Doyle's stories was never ghosts. This game stays true to that mantra which fans of Sherlock Holmes will appreciate but fans of Lovecraft might find lacking. It is, first and foremost, a Holmes game.)
-Some good quality of life features: Double click run, map allows for fast travel, lots of save slots, object highlight function.
-Get to play as both Watson and Holmes.
-Detailed and tiered in game hint system (which ends up being crucial)
-Loads fast on modern systems.


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Meh.
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-Issues with getting the game to run properly the first time. Had to reinstall Nvidia’s old PhysX engine drivers to get it to work. Once that’s all set it runs well even on a moderately powered machine.
-Main menu design screams "low budget 2000's indie studio title".
-This remastered version allows you to play in 3rd person instead of the default 1st person. It ends up feeling tedious to use the 3rd person version so I stuck to 1st for the most part.


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Cons
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-Graphics seem dated even for the era in which this game was released. Environments feel stale (streets feel bared and sterile) and lifeless. A notable exception is the water physics, which look surprisingly good for a 12-year-old game. Textures quality varies from poor to acceptable.
-The lack of in game dialogue interaction with Watson was a huge miss in my opinion. It really would have brought a sense of immersion to the world to ask him his opinions more often like in the Stories/movies/tv shows. As well as offering a more natural way of bringing hints in game without having to revert to the menu-based hint system. During actual game play his primary response is "What do you make of this Holmes?". They could have at least recorded like 3 or 4 default responses but it's just this one over, and over, and OVER AGAIN. His only other response is "we must act quickly Holmes" which made me say out loud "No S*** Sherlock how ‘bout some insightful commentary there Watson?!?" on more than one occasion.
-The reuse of prerecorded responses by Holmes is also irritating and feels like a cheap cop out to save on having to write dialogue or pay the voice actors more.
-More than a few puzzle designs are stupid.
-Cutscenes character animations are laughably "stiff" and just plain poor. Lack of music during some of them just makes it even more awkward.
-Ending is incredibly anti-climactic and the final puzzle was just godawful. We are left being told that we stopped a great evil but reflecting on the whole story it just feels like it built up to nothing.


At 7.5 hours game play for the regular $10 asking price it's not a terrible value but due to the so-so quality of the overall game I only recommend you pick this one up on sale. I originally played the last two entries in the Frogware series "Crimes and Punishments" and "The Devil's Daughter" first. They are both excellent games that I highly recommend any mystery adventure fan play. This title seems to be the first that incorporates mechanics that would later be refined by the time "Crimes and Punishments" and "The Devil's Daughter" were released. If you are a fan of either of those, I would say give this one a shot but keep your expectations low.

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