Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis is a solid adventure title if you like pixel hunting in a 3D environment while solving riddles and the occasional obscure puzzle. Having the game in 3D allows the player to feel like they're in the world, however it impedes the gameplay when items are difficult to find. The story isn't particularly engaging or original; it's your standard cat-and-mouse affair, but the focus here is the puzzles.
For hardcore adventure fans there is a good challenge here to keep you busy for hours. However newcomers or people looking for a light and easy adventure may be disappointed because of all the backtracking and scanning that is needed.
Presentation - 7.0
Graphics - 7.0
Sound - 7.5
Gameplay - 7.0
Lasting Appeal - 6.5
Overall -
From Xfire: "While you always play video games in the shoes of playable main characters, the world and the story are both heavily influenced by the 'sometimes funny, sometimes scary, while other times straight up wacky' NPCs."
OX writes: When we play horror games, we know what we signed up for. The rest of the time, we can be caught with our guard down by genre-defying scares, as in these games so unexpectedly terrifying we can never trust again so thanks for that, games.
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