Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 6 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

0
Average:

1
Bad:

4

Pros:

Interesting, if not exactly innovative, catandmouse plot, Famous locales bring Victorian London to life, Mostly commonsense puzzles based on artwork and historical artifacts give the game a tremendously Holmesian atmosphere.

Cons:

Frustrating puzzles with lots of repetitive busywork, Linear design forces you to proceed through puzzles exactly as the designers intended.

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Last revision on January 31, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Interesting, if not exactly innovative, catandmouse plot, Famous locales bring Victorian London to life, Mostly commonsense puzzles based on artwork and historical artifacts give the game a tremendously Holmesian atmosphere

Reviewers Didn't Like

Frustrating puzzles with lots of repetitive busywork, Linear design forces you to proceed through puzzles exactly as the designers intended

Expert reviews and ratings

When it comes to creating an investigative adventure computer game, where better to start than with the doyen of detectives, that redoubtable resident of 221B Baker Street, known as Sherlock Holmes. Taking this premise, and adding in Arsène Lupin a...

By GadgetSpeak on July 23, 2008

Sherlock Holmes is, in many ways, the perfect character for a point-and-click adventure game. Clue-hunting, crime solving and general sleuthing all work very well within the style of the genre. Less familiar is the character of Arsène Lupin, a...

By V3.co.uk on June 06, 2008

Superhero crossovers always disappoint fans, managing to alter each series’ winning formula enough to create a watered-down mess. In this sad tradition, we now have The Adventure Company’s latest point-and-click adventure game, Sherlock...

By Games Radar on May 22, 2008

Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis is a solid adventure game with some truly challenging puzzles. While there are some gameplay problems here and there, the game should appeal to hardcore fans of Sherlock...

By GameZone on May 15, 2008

Obtuse puzzles make Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis a case thats about as hard to crack as "The Red-Headed League."...

By GameSpot on May 12, 2008

Paying homage to the literary works of great authors via creation of quality adventure games is clearly Frogwares' calling. Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis, the developer's fourth installment in the series of original titles based-on the famous...

By Cheat Code Central on April 14, 2008

The animation is basic and the acting is terrible but the puzzles are so creatively ingenious and fiendishly challenging that you can forgive Nemesis most of its shortcomings while you exercise your little grey cells. Ascaron - Sherlock Holmes:...

By IT Reviews on June 30, 2008