Passage of game "Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments": Holmes's abilities

It is difficult to imagine a game in which the main character would be Sherlock Holmes, but which would not be related to the genre of the quest. Naturally, one could go along the path of a famous film in which the character was rethought and brilliantly played by Robert Downey, Jr., however in most cases computer projects still adhere to the classical line. Did not deviate from her and the latest novelty - "Sherlock Holmes: Crime and Punishment." In this game, you have to play the role of Sherlock, but you will have the opportunity to switch between the two characters, respectively, you can go and as Watson. What's so unusual for a gamer in this game, which appeared on sale just recently - just last fall? First of all it is worth noting that the passage of the game "Sherlock Holmes: Crime and Punishment" will consist of several cases, which will be linked together by a single storyline. More details on how you will solve them will be written in this article.

Six cases of Holmes

In most computer games that touched on the themes of the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, you were invited to become a participant in one great adventure, gradually solving various riddles. Almost always it was a linear and monotonous passage of the game. "Sherlock Holmes: Crime and Punishment" is a project that is ready to offer the user something more than just a quest that differs from hundreds of other similar ones only in that such a well-known character is involved. This game consists of six cases.

"The Case of Black Peter" will tell about the murder of the former sailor. Here you will have to develop three versions, each of which will lead you to various suspects - Hartley, Neligan and Cairns. Who of them is guilty - choose you. The second thing - "The mystery of the vanished train" - will be much more unusual. Here you will have to investigate the disappearance of the train with the Chileans. There are also several endings here - the Mexicans drowned the Chilean train or immured it in concrete; Perhaps the Chileans simply stole the prototype; Robinson framed them, and he turned out to be a fraud. The third case - "Bloody Bath" - will not provide you with a large number of suspects, but will give you freedom in choosing the motive and weapon of murder. The killer is Pitkin, but he could prevent capture, be in a state of paranoia, or simply revenge, and the weapon of murder could be both a silver and an ice knife.

In the case of "Murder on Abby Grange" you can blame the gang for committing a crime, write off everything for domestic violence or get to the truth and accuse Croaker. But in the case of "Drama in Kew Gardens" there are different versions of the one who killed Dunn - these could be members of the Divine Syndicate, Albert, White, and Hamish (the correct version). However, you can also ascribe to Albert or White assistance to Hamish and also accuse them. Well, the last thing - "Walk in the moonlight" - first you will offer the wrong options - double murder or robbery, but then you find the truth - it was Foley's revenge. As you can see, the passage of the game "Sherlock Holmes: Crime and Punishment" is quite non-linear and definitely unordinary.

Imagination

So, in this game your character is not just a hero with the textures of a famous detective. This is really Sherlock Holmes, who is gifted with unimaginable mental abilities, which is reflected in the game in the form of three skills available to your character. The first of these is the imagination that is triggered by the F key. You will notice that passing the game "Sherlock Holmes: Crime and Punishment" using this chip will not only be easier, but also much more interesting. How does this ability work? If you find a place that causes you certain doubts, for example, it seems to you that there is something missing in the general picture, you can always apply imagination. And if something really is not there, then Holmes' imagination will draw this object on the screen schematically. This is a very convenient ability that will not only help you out and give you an advantage over criminals. As you can see, the game "Sherlock Holmes: Crime and Punishment" is already seriously different from other projects. But, as it was said before, there are only three abilities, and only one was described.

Talent

A talented person is talented in everything ... This says specifically about your hero in the game "Sherlock Holmes: Crime and Punishment." And in the literal sense. The second skill is called "Talent" and is called up using the T button. In this case, it works a little easier - finds clues in the simplest places. Where an ordinary person sees a footprint from the boot, Holmes will detect both the size of the foot, and the type of walking, and the prescription of the track. In general, talent will allow you to find new clues, which then can be used by the genius Sherlock Holmes. The game will offer you and the most interesting ability, which has always been a hallmark of Holmes.

Deduction

If you press button B, the game will pause, and you will see a new window on your screen that will contain already discovered evidence that Sherlock Holmes can work with. The game here in some way resembles a famous entertainment called "Alchemy" - you need to choose two clues and combine them to get a certain result - motive, effect, place, time and other important information. Combining this with evidence and deductive data, you can gradually come to the answer to the main question of each case: "Who is the killer?" Agree, this approach looks at least unordinary and profitably highlights this project against the background of other games about Sherlock Holmes.

Other features of the passage

As you know, no free game will offer you such opportunities. "Sherlock Holmes: Crime and Punishment" is a project that will cost you twenty dollars at the moment, but will allow you to completely immerse yourself in the dark and mysterious world of crime. In addition to the above methods, to unravel the six cases you will be helped and other features - the ability to switch between characters, change the form of the first and third person, highlighting the elements with which you can interact, and much more.