Filled with bugs that waste your time.

nice

This game is sort of a mixed bag. I did like a lot of the mechanics then again, some other parts felt a bit off. Whilst its an overall positive from me, bear in mind that it is not everyone's cup of tea.

First of all, A+ for the visuals & graphical fidelity. This is a gorgeous game. The shadows & lightings look really nice on EPIC quality without making your GPU sound like a jet engine. Although the game is locked to 60FPS, I really wouldn't complain about that in a story driven game. The open-world is a welcoming addition & complements the gameplay. Since you can roam the map at your own pace & learn the map, it helps a lot with identifying the key points of interest. Using the mind palace to link all the clues and coming to a conclusion over what actually happened is a real treat. Most of the time you will always end up with a question; should you punish them or let them go with a slap on their wrist.

My main issue was with the combat. The shooting mechanic felt a bit off, like there was some sort of 'mouse acceleration' working in the background. Then the take-down melee quick-time is just MEH. If they implemented a fighting mechanic like 'Sleeping Dogs' then this game would have been a banger since Sherlock was canonically good at mixed martial arts (sorry to be a Sherlock nerd). I also felt that if a complete newbie in detective genre played this game, they would have a hard time understanding what to do from the get-go. There's hardly any visual cue (like a marker on the map or a pointer at a door) on what to perform after you have selected an objective. I get that it might have been a deliberate choice to promote open world exploration but still.

Overall, Good game but could have been better.