Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Recognized as one of the best licenses in gaming and lauded by the press, Sherlock Holmes is back with an investigation that is sure to be the most horrifying of the series. The famous detective stands against the most dangerous serial killer England has ever known - Jack the Ripper.
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper is a adventure, rpg and detective game
developed and published by Frogwares.
Released on December 23rd 2009 is available only on Windows
in 10 languages: English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Spanish - Spain.
It has received 1,192 reviews of which 964 were positive and 228 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Eneba.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP/Vista
- Processor: Celeron 2Ghz or AthlonXp 1900+
- Memory: 512MB
- Graphics: 128MB Graphics Card
- DirectX®: DirectX 9
- Hard Drive:3GB of free space
- Sound: DirectX 9 compatible
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Played this game for that one *specific* murder. I remember seeing the actual crime scene photo for the first time and it still gives me chills. Devs captured it very well. This game is far more accurate than any other Jack the Ripper films I've ever seen. ㅤ Watson, are you there? Where are we, Watson? What lies behind it is not the mortal realm. Could you take me home, Watson?
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Frogwares took a different approach with their fifth Sherlock Holmes adventure game. I don't know if it was budget cuts that caused this game to be about running back and forth in a limited number of areas. Or, maybe the developers just had a desire to tell a more grounded story than the tense thriller of "Nemesis" or "Awakened's" grand adventure. Though the formula for "vs. Jack the Ripper" is mostly the same, this Holmes adventure is so much busy work! Making a full game out of just a few areas means a lot of contrived objectives and layers of obstacles in the way of every goal. I got annoyed with some of the forced objectives or puzzles. Holmes didn't already know how to navigate his local bookstore? The pet store has no cat food? C'mon, man! Other than running back and forth, most of the game is listening to dialogues. The monotony is broken by puzzles, some of which are interesting. All of them are easy; some to the point of being braindead. This is a huge change from previous games' often brain-meltingly challenging puzzles. Most puzzles give immediate feedback if you've done something correctly, which massively eases finding the complete solution. The puzzles are so easy, they didn't even include the stepwise hint system from previous games! Just as well, I didn't need help for any of the puzzles, [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1197345387]except one that doesn't work properly at a widescreen resolution. The absolutely perfect voice actors for Holmes and Watson return. It's possibly for the last time, since I see Frogwares changed the formula again in 2012's "Testament" to present a more gruff and gritty version of Sherlock Holmes. Watson brings some much needed humanity to this case of mutilated prostitutes, which Holmes pursues with his usual unfeeling drive towards the truth. Awkward cutscenes return, so enjoy those, if you can! The presentation is otherwise pretty clean with high(er) resolution textures that make up for the very simple geometry. There are visual glitches, such as doors that appear closed but I could walk through. The ending was hard to stomach, but obviously we can't have the identity of Jack the Ripper become widely known. Holmes gives a ridiculous explanation for not turning in the killer to the police, but at least he tried to assure us that justice will be served through other means. Sure, whatever. I think this game is just fine. It held my attention, but roaming around the same dank London maps wore on me. The graphic mutilations and demented characters were the only things that stood out. A tepid recommendation.
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I absolutely loved this game. I decided to try another of Frogwares' point-and-click games after playing Dracula: Origin because I really liked that one. Well this one is even better. The gameplay is a bit weird in that it can be first or third person, and there are a few bugs (if you can't figure out how to get out of a room, you might want to just try walking through the door, which only appears closed due to a visual bug) but the story and puzzles (most of them) are magnificent. This game gives a fun new twist to the Jack the Ripper story that everyone knows, and does it really well. In addition, I really liked this version of Sherlock Holmes (much more than the one in Frogwares' newest game Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened) and greatly enjoyed the bits of humor that the character provides throughout the story. Finally, I don't usually say things like this but I really appreciated the maturity of the story. The real case of Jack the Ripper is full of gruesome and serious details and I think this game handled it very well.
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I'm playing Frogwares games in release order and this is the first game I can wholeheartedly recommend. - Atmospheric, grim, gritty, exactly what is expected from Jack the Ripper story - Puzzles mostly make sense and are just difficult enough, I've opened the guide only out of laziness - Many features that make you feel like you truly do detective work Also, interactable zones highlight is the best thing that happened to Point&Click genre since ever, but unfortunately, the button is not listed in controls. It's Space, use it, and good luck, detective.
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If you're looking for a decent entry point to the Frogware Sherlock franchise, start here Unlike the previous games in the serie, this one doesn't have a too outdated engine (although the framerate is choppy even on modern cards), and doesn't force you into tedious pixel hunting puzzles, or a really random literary crossover that doesn't work. Of course that doesn't mean the game is perfect. It has all the jank you can expect from a semi casual 3D detective game from 2009. Some of the puzzles don't make sense or are only solvable with a walkthrough. Although I must say I did manage to solve most of them by myself, which is a good thing. There are a few annoyances like for example a certain door that will only be open after you've gone through a dialog with an unrelated character. But thankfully, this sort of problem only happened once at the begining of the game. There is also an ellipse puzzle that is broken on widescreen monitors, so you'll have to use the guide available here on Steam to know how to solve it. Another problem is that the game doesn't display your current objective anywhere and you can feel lost, especially after you've loaded a save. Globally though, the QoL aspect is rather satisfying, the option to use the space bar at any time to see the interactable objects saves the day, and the game was rather comfy to play. The story is the best aspect, they made a torough serious work on the Ripper story, most of the documents presented are real documents from that era. It will leave a bit of a sour taste at the end of the game. The story leads you through several intertwined leads with just the right amount of complexity. I found it had a better story than most of the movies about Sherlock or the Ripper that I've seen so far. The devs have chosen one of the theories about Jack as their one, and they were brave enough to notice the "coïncidences". Lots of "coincidences" living in that borough. The puzzles are varied across the game which doesn't fall into a gameplay routine. The game sometimes makes you feell ike you're being led by the hand, but this is a good thing for the immersion. The most annoying aspect of the game was the voice actor for Sherlock, who reads his lines like he doesn't care, in a very robotic way, and seems to be recovering frop throat cancer. It was really hard to listen. (follow my curator page [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33882793/]GenXPlayers for more retro and indie reviews)
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Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
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Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper received 964 positive votes out of a total of 1,192 achieving a rating of 7.72.
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Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper was developed and published by Frogwares.
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper is not playable on MacOS.
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper is not playable on Linux.
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper is a single-player game.
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper does not currently offer any DLC.
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper does not support Steam Remote Play.
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