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The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes Reviews
Finally just gave up. The first level was the only one I did it in. I keep repeating the long sections and getting very frustrated. Maybe it's my age [.]. or bad eyes but I have a terrible time getting thru the levels in the allotted 25 minutes.
The second time through, a few of the items to be found changed, so I still had to "work". for it as it barely lasted two days for playing all the way through. So there are several ways to improve your overall scoring in the game.
///////////////////////////////////////////////. All but one of the mini-games are very easy for an adult. This game is fun, but I do regret paying [.]. In other words, the replay is still a lot of fun. Another reviewer recommended another series with more levels, and I think I'll try that next. I'd like to add to it, and I'm adding a positive note. Plus you are timed. Though it doesn't take that much time to get all the way through all 20 cases, there's enough change each try that replay is still fun.
I rated it a FIVE for fun and a FOUR overall - that is, what I would call average overall. The little puzzles within each turn stay the same each time, though.
That said, I do want to mention that you can challenge yourself in this game to better your time and overall score - so it is good for replay in that way. I first entered my review three days ago (below the line).
That's because the position of stuff to find does change each time, and I am not bettering my score by much each time. I've found the replay value of the game much more fun than I did three days ago.
I retried one of the 20 games, as I had gotten stuck finding one item the first time. It is a good game for just relaxing, though, because search-and-find games don't need computation powers, etc.
You get bonus points for this or that, and you get points deducted for this or that. The puzzles at the end of each case also change positions, etc., so that sometimes I do worse on them than I did the prior time.
Once you finish, Holmes explains the crime, and that is that. It's a fun little game to kill some time, but don't expect to wrack your brain over a case, but do expect some eye strain: trying to find those items can mean lots of time with your face inches from your computer screen squinting. Take 15-20, play a case, walk away. Imagine the back of a Highlights magazine, and there it is.
I've never been the type to play casual games, and this game is definitely that: a casual game. Within those activities, you might find a little puzzle, such as putting together some scraps of paper that were torn up to see what the note says, or putting broken gems back into a cats collar. I'm a big Sherlock Holmes fan, and I love video games. Once you finish these screens, you go back to Baker Street and play a game of sorting the suspects (sort of like the game Guess Who., you sort the characters according to characteristics like beards, glasses, etc) and then play a small game of memory to reveal the culprit.
No investment at all. Each case starts with a little introduction from the characters (voice acting is alright, not the best, could be worse), and from there you go to a location in London where a crime was committed. The next element is a "find these items in this scene," where you have to find everything listed on the side of the screen in the room you are looking at. The crime is solved by your 5th grade puzzle solving techniques, and that is that. Each crime scene consists of the same 2 elements: a "compare this scene with the one from the day before," where you find things in one half of the screen that are different from the same scene on the other half.
Hunt and peck, pixel hunt, find the four scraps of paper, or three lock-picking tools, etc. There is no problem solving, there is no note taking, there is no thought whatsoever.
The added wrinkle is solving the crime with clues you're given along the way. The puzzles are challenging too, even if you've done them before, and the items move from place to place in each room so no matter how many times you replay the game you still have to hunt for stuff. . Loaded easily, funcitioned smoothly, and after you play through to "solve" each mystery, you can go back over and over again for "best time and score.". What a fun game. Graphics are great, and the rooms are like those in Ravenhearst. All in all it was tons of fun
A good bit of it is of a hidden object variety (looking for "clues"), and a particularly effective magnifying feature is easily turned off and on if you need extra zoom. This one's a keeper in my book. As an adult, I thoroughly enjoyed this one. All speech seems to be open captioned for easy use by the hearing impaired or those who need or want their computer silent, and, in fact, the Holmes/Watson verbage can be skipped altogether if the player wishes. It's not such a hard game, such as one that you have to figure out and/or visit walkthroughs.
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