Katelyn is a normal part of Sherlock’s life and so her opinions and needs come into play even if Holmes is busy solving a case. The chain reaction puzzle is outstanding but that’s the only part that is truly challenging about it, the rest being more of the same.īut what makes Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter different from its predecessor is that the major story arc of the game, the relationship between father and daughter and the influence the mysterious Alice has on them, is not just something that happens in cutscenes between cases but a family drama interwoven with the investigations. Having said so, I wish the final investigation had been much more complex. I applaud that about Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter. These red herrings are amazing and during one of the cases, if not for the compelling evidence on another suspect, I would have been convinced that a clumsy character was the real culprit. The cases are pretty damn good, with lots of different clues to find and quite a few deductions to make, in some cases with multiple suspects where they all have enough motives and abilities to commit the crime. Much like the previous title in the series, Crimes & Punishments, Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter is a case-focused game, where you solve one mystery after another, some original and at least one pulled directly from the source material, which I would mind were it not for the fact that you can choose a different-if not wrong-deduction and make a moral choice, making the result a bit different for all character involved. I mean, look at Watson, he’s astoundingly different to the other games, looking like a dandy. It might be just his look under the new graphical engine but it feels inconsistent with the earlier releases in Frogware’s long-running series. The Testament of Sherlock Holmes was, at the time, the last game in the series and showed a much older Sherlock, yet it was shocking for me to see that in Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter, he looks incredibly younger, perhaps the youngest he’s ever been in the series. It takes place years later when Sherlock’s adopted daughter, Katelyn, is in her early teens and deals with her sudden return home and the relationship between father and daughter and the influence of Sherlock Holmes’ new neighbour, Alice. Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter is the sequel to my favourite game in Frogware’s Sherlock Holmes Adventures series, The Testament of Sherlock Holmes. Source: Review Copy provided by Publisher Now, something is about to throw his life into chaos and he’ll have to face the truth of The Devil’s Daughter. It’s been a few years since Sherlock Holmes finally vanquished his foe, Moriarty and claimed a prize like no other: a daughter.
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