Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis
Imagine you are Sherlock Holmes trying to catch a thief in late 19th century London. Arsene Lupin is a young French burglar who comes to town with one goal - defy Scotland Yard and Sherlock Holmes. He will steal five objects of great value in five days from famous sites around London. Throughout the game, you will meet more than 40 typical characters from the Victorian era who you can interact with, while uncovering hundreds of clues and objects, which you will need to use, and combine to complete your investigation. The handy game history reminds you at any time of the number of documents found, statements taken or events surrounding the story. Famous sites such as the British Museum, the National Gallery and even Buckingham Palace are faithfully reproduced down to the finest detail. Take a closer look at hundreds of works of art, objects, sculptures and paintings while listening to personal commentaries from Sherlock Holmes about the work.
Also known as Sherlock Holmes vs. Arsene LupinSystem Requirements Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista Processor - Pentium III 1.3 GHz or higher Memory - 512 MB RAM Graphics card - 64 MB DirectX 9 compatible Sound card - DirectX 9 compatible DVD-ROM - DVD 4x speed Hard disk space - 3 GB
Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis Accessories
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Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis Reviews
Lupin in particular just wasn't out-rraaaag-eously Frannnch as I wanted him to be. They just need to shake the 'math is fun' and 'script is fun' aspect. But the graphics are hardly crisp and the human characters a bit blocky. I also think Holmes needs another breath of fresh air and this company has the right idea.
I've been to the Tower of London and it was amusing to see it in the game modeled with great attention to the layout of the place. I think a better design would have been several cases with various ways of observing, questioning, and a few puzzles can lead Holmes to victory. The game has potential but is far too scripted. Instead, like the Awakened, you are more or less watching a movie with so-so graphics, a half decent plot, and a predeliction for math. The whole plot is well done and the end is wrapped up quite nicely by Holmes explaining it in classic Holmesian fashion. Searching for items and figuring out how they go together was enjoyable enough and gave you an excuse to roam.
I wanted to love this game and I more or less enjoyed the prior adventure, Sherlock Holmes the Awakened. Like so many other reviewers I resorted to the online walkthrough whenever I confronted a puzzle that stumped me for too long. Yes, but I'd not pay more than $20.00 for it. This particular adventure pits Holmes against a French master-thief, Arsene Lupin, who plans to regain the honor of his country by stealing a variety of English treasures. It has potential but doesn't deliver and instead you end up stuck doing math or getting motion sick because the game doesn't have the bobbing feature we all learned to love post-Castle Wolfenstien 3D and Doom. Why this game hasn't figured it out is beyond me.
The voice-actors for Holmes and Watson are well done and the game captures the 'feeling' of Holmes quite well. There came a point where I KNEW where Lupin was, but of course I couldn't do anything about it.
The graphics are much as they were for the prior game but what is interesting is the detail given to the actual historic sights. Gameplay is downright frustrating.
Other voice-actors tend to be stilted and at times remind me of people who don't speak English as their primary language. So why buy.
Adding, subtracting, multiplying, disguised in lengthy letters and clues is the game's idea of fun. Is the game worth buying.
The puzzles on the other hand were designed for those interested in math.
Negatives: some puzzles were frankly too hard for anyone without too much free time, a walkthrough will be necessary to complete the game. I thought this was a fun game, with a well written story and mostly well though puzzles. Please use someone else next time. Overall I enjoyed this game as much (and maybe even more than) as SH: Awakened. Still waiting for a 5 star adventure game to come out yet.
Also some of the acting was horrific: Lestrade was horrible and I suspect the same geezer also acted for Lupin. SH Nemesis deserves four stars. Perhaps you should play both. This was really a labor of love by the developers, play it and you will likely agree.
This was wonderfully different from the previous release, "Awakened," which was very dark and gruesome in parts. It is definitely challenging in parts, but the curiosity of what will happen next keeps you moving along. This game is very long and in-depth, and provides quite a bit of gameplay. The latest installment in the Sherlock Holmes software mysteries does not fail to disappoint. The puzzles are clever, and you're never left wondering what to do next. I highly recommend this to any Sherlock Holmes fan.
I got about half way through. I really enjoyed it up until this one point. It was a burden.
I will read all the reviews of the next Sherlock Holmes before I buy another one. I had to keep figuring out the same kind of thing over and over again. I have these games for my enjoyment.not for tedious tasks that drag on and on and on and on.
I never finished it. This game became SO bad that I did not finish it. The fun was totally drained out of the game at this point.
Sheer luck, rather than Sherlock is required in many scenerios. Some of the puzzles are quite obscure in their reasoning.
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