Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)

The Sherlock Holmes series returns with this updated version of The Awakened, which brings a whole new dimension to the original title developed by Frogwares. The game puts the player into an investigation of the Cthulhu Mythos - as imagined by Father of modern horror, H.P. Lovecraft.

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) is a adventure, lovecraftian and detective game developed and published by Frogwares.
Released on August 06th 2009 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Polish and Russian.

It has received 765 reviews of which 559 were positive and 206 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.0 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) into these genres:

Adventure Lovecraftian Detective Point & Click Mystery Puzzle First-Person Investigation Horror Third Person Singleplayer

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP, XP64
Processor: 1.3 Ghz
Memory: 512 Mb
Graphics: 32 Mb

Reviews

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Jan. 2025

This game can be complicated if you don't know what you are doing. There will be very little hints you get through out the game, but the rest is where you must figure out yourself, OR search up for answers if you are stuck and can not progress. Rather than that, everything was alright. I liked the story but the graphics were not the best. Game did come out on 2008, so can't really complain... Hopefully it will have a remake one day. If you are Sherlock Holmes fan and don't mind the nerve racking game like me, then this is for you.

Nov. 2024

The original still fun. Some of the puzzles are quite challenging and hard to figure for a non-native.

Sept. 2024

Much better than the previous installments of the series. In fact, I would suggest starting with this one. +/- Controls are MUCH better than previous games but still clunky and obtuse. +/- Music is still very repetitive, but some new tracks for the darker parts of the game add some needed spice. + Sherlock is still a little annoying, but he no longer tries his best to be hated by the player. + The nature of this mystery really feels like a match for Holmes and Watson: an intelligent duo encountering the unknown and still coming out the victors.

Aug. 2024

A very nice palette cleanser after the previous Frogwares Sherlock games. The controls are much easier to handle, the inclusion of a first-person perspective really helps. The game also had (this is quite subjective but I’d still like to mention it) a much more interesting story with fun characters compared to the previous instalments. The puzzles were nice and I really like the inclusion of a sort of fast travel mechanic and a strategy guide to help you out. Massive improvement and (in my opinion) the first real game of this series.

March 2024

Definition of a mystery First of all, I'm probably not the best person to judge this game of the Sherlock Holmes saga, because for me, this game has a very high level of nostalgia. I perfectly remember to sneak into my mother’s laptop, put the CD in and being confused at the same time that I was fascinated… I never completed the game since I was horrified by the sequence of the human sacrifice in the port, and I could not bring myself to advance, but as an adult I did, and I can tell that beyond the emotions this game brings, there is a fantastic narrative and a very well balanced gameplay. The game starts off perfectly, calmly, and without unnecessary fuss, with class and elegance, some servant is gone, and almost as a courtesy Holmes makes a visit to the lord of the house, but what it was simple, it quickly turns dark, and it is precisely in this balance, this dynamic between fantasy and reality that it gives my 20-year-old self and my 10-year-old self the chills. The story is told in a very visual way, and unlike the predecessor games, there is no final moment of "revelation", which although it usually work very well in cinema, in video games I believe it is a disservice, as it generates in the player the feeling of disconnection from the character, as our character is able to draw conclusions without you as a player remotely deducting them, in this installment the mystery is logical, so you can also pull the threads, but without seeing the resolution of the case 2 or 3 hours before. As far as the puzzles are concerned, I have mixed feelings, and I found some of them to be very elementary, while on the other hand, some of them hid a logic quite absurd, as is the case of the numbering of the coordinates. In any case, I found them all satisfactory, unlike the first episode of the saga, the Mystery of the Mummy, where most of the puzzles involved completing images by moving squares. Speaking of previous episodes, I was a bit sad to see that the references to the previous games were so scarce, the very few I could find were one of the paintings in Baker Street, or some news in the newspapers, a real shame, but I will embrace any reference regardless to how small, as I feel it as a small reward for those who played the complete saga. The controls were smooth and agile, and with the remastered edition, in addition to a considerable improvement in the animations, the possibility of stress the objects of interest, it is a real luxury, since the countless hours trying to find the pixel that contains the minuscule clue are over. For me, its only weakness lies in the decline of the plot, especially after the asylum in Switzerland, as the trip to Louisiana feels a bit forced and disjointed with the rest of the events. (I found the chase to be a bit too long). Anyway, for me it is more than worthy game, meritorious of being played and without a doubt, it has a special place among the famous detective's installments.

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Frogwares

Publisher

Frogwares

Release 06 Aug 2009

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