When I first heard that Frogwares would be soft rebooting their Sherlock Holmes series, I was genuinely excited. While certainly not perfect, there was always a lot of potential in the investigative ...

An origin story is an interesting concept for a Sherlock Holmes game. There are so many iconic adventures of the fictional detective at the top of his game, masterfully unraveling tales such as the ...

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is an odd duck, with one foot in its point-and-click adventure game roots and the other in action-oriented open-world modernity. At its best, it’s a fun detective simulator ...

In case the suffix didn’t give it away, Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One showcases the younger years of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, rather than his origins. Think of Batman: Year One and you’re on ...

Before he was the world’s greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes was a brilliant rebel itching to prove himself. When an old wound compels him back to the Mediterranean shore where his mother died, it ...

Anyhow, as the title implies, Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One whisks us back to the origins of the Pride of Baker Street, depicting an intellectually brilliant, if still maturing and occasionally ...

Frogwares has been in the Sherlock video game biz for quite a while. The developers have created a number of classic capers for the world’s greatest detective to crack, sometimes with the hilarious ...

Veteran reporter and editor with over ten years of experience. Probably reading comic books. One interesting aspect of Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is that the game will allow the player's choices to ...

In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s ...

Margarida Bastos is a native Portuguese writer with an avid interest in gaming, anime, theatre, books, film and TV. Essentially, everything that has to do with the multifaceted nature and fascinating ...

As Sherlock has always been a man of brains rather than brawn, the combat is built in a way to reflect this. Don’t expect Sherlock to be able to take a pounding. He’s a glass cannon in these ...

In it, you see Sherlock putting on disguises, doing a bit of deduction, accusing someone of murder, and almost getting smashed to bits by an elephant. Sherlock Holmes Chapter One finds you playing as ...