Throughout the game you’ll take control of both Sherlock and Dr. Then, in order to refresh my memory on what the original game was like, I went and watched a full playthrough from ‘LiliaTV’ on YouTube – this was when I realised just how much had changed in the new version, but was it all good? Let’s find out…Īs you discover new clues and evidence, your curiosity sends you to various places around the globe such as Switzerland and America. So, what did I think of the remake? I platinumed the game on the PS5 within the first two days of getting my copy, swiftly moving on to the included PS4 version and grabbing the platinum there as well. It’s hard not to admire their dedication and passion when you realise how much they’ve been through, yet they’re still trying to entertain us. They also had issues with both NACON and Focus Home, their previous publishers, a few years back, resulting in games being delisted and then re-listed as self-published titles and upgraded current-gen versions. Today, just over 16 years since the original release, Frogwares have fully remade the game following a successful Kickstarter, modernising the visuals, mechanics, and gameplay, whilst adding new content and references to their previous works – such as Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One and The Sinking City.įrogwares are a very resilient studio, not only did they continue working through COVID to bring us Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One, but they’ve also been working throughout the current Ukraine War to complete Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened, despite a number of the team fighting for their country and obviously prioritising many things over game development. It was the third Sherlock game from Frogwares and their first story to include fantastical Cthulhu Mythos. Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened was originally released on PC back in 2007, with a ‘remastered’ version launching a year later which introduced a first-person mode and a number of graphical and mechanical upgrades.
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