Sherlock Holmes Chapter One Reviews
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is an exciting game. In a possible sequel, Frogwares has to fix a few things to make it amazing!
Review in Greek | Read full review
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is a solid entry into the franchise with well written characters and strong investigatory gameplay. Some distracting visual issues and poor combat sully the experience.
I've struggled to properly rate Sherlock Holmes Chapter One. On the one hand, it does some great things in terms of the cases and the provided tools to solve those cases. I enjoyed that it never gave me an answer, and I had to arrive at my own conclusions given the evidence I'd found. On the other hand, the game is in a rough technical state with frequent frame rate issues on the PS5, basic animations that feel robotic, an empty open world, and voice acting that can pull you out of the experience at times. Fans of Sherlock Holmes or adventure games can check out Chapter One, simply for everything that it does right.
Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One is just the ideal detective game. The story has a meaning and even though the story feels a little bit extravagant due to its original way of narration you can’t simply leave the story untold. Characters including Sherlock and Jon are well-written and even though some character acts strangely or you just don’t like them, there is always some reason behind the behavior. The open-world is the game’s general pride, but it mostly feels empty despite having something to offer. On the other hand, the absence of map and navigation gives a gentle touch to its detective gameplay. Luckily, everything bad is suppressed by everything great the game has to offer. Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One is an example of how detective titles should be done.
Review in Czech | Read full review
It's not bad. Open world and improved action are both double-edged swords of this game. However, each case is still interesting and the process of investigating has been much more excellently upgraded than ever. And being able to meet young Sherlock Holmes is a great power that can overcome all the shortcomings of the game.
Review in Korean | Read full review
Frogwares goes back to the early days of Sherlock Holmes as a detective with a very safe and simple prequel focused on freedom for the player.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Thanks to its great storyline and intriguing cases, Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One is another great investigative title based on the popular character.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Overall, Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is a fantastic detective game that is unique from other games in the series. The focus is on the origins story of Sherlock Holmes which has not been done in video game format. While the game doesn’t hold players hands, it provides a great deal of information to help to progress the story. It even allows for players to skip over combat if it is a feature that they aren’t interested in. Due to the level of care taken in the title, I absolutely adore Sherlock Holmes Chapter One. In my opinion it is one of the best detective games next to games like The Return of Obra Dinn. I absolutely love this title and can’t wait to see what comes out in the future!
The mystery-solving core mechanics of the Sherlock Holmes Chapter are interesting and challenging, but the rest of the game just feels superfluous.
The 1st chapter of Sherlock Holmes seems broken and lost, and fails to fully satisfy even the hardcore fans of the character.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is an enjoyable romp and pleasant change of approach compared to more restrictive offerings of the past. Open-world works well here but could do with some additional oomph to make it feel more interesting. Sleuths will enjoy the varied investigations here and if you desire an even greater challenge, then we suggest setting the game to it’s more cryptic highest difficulty for a first play through.
Chapter One is Sherlock's biggest and best adventure yet. It's a welcome change from other current games and a very diverse detective adventure. There are are few technical hiccups here and there however.
Review in German | Read full review
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is a decent adventure game that lets you play as the great detective. The trouble is, it wants to be more than that. It wants to be an action-adventure game with an open world. It wants Sherlock to be a fun and interesting player character, but the game makes him drag around a buddy who’s even less helpful than Watson.
A work that combines its fascinating story with fun mechanisms and turns the gamer into Sherlock Holmes for hours.
Review in Persian | Read full review
The detective returns to his childhood island home to solve an elegant series of cases in this lively open-world story
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One has excellent core gameplay, which is unfortunately brought down a bit by avoidable design issues and questionable technical state of the game.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
We are facing a great work of Frogwares with Sherlock Holmes in his perhaps less explored variant: that of his youth. Maybe the character at times you do not like it, or you find it unfriendly, but I think there you can also see the hand of the writers who portray a stage of more insolence in the human being and from which the great detective is not exempt either.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Which is to say, colourful and challenging writing exists within the confines of this archaic setting, so you might hear antiquated dialogue or come across situations that make you uncomfortable.
Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One is a very good action adventure game. The main plot may not be the longest, but the whole thing is connected in a specific, addictive adventure of the most famous detective in the world.
Review in Polish | Read full review
Although there are still some problems with Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One as an innovative work, there is not much to blame for in terms of big play and storylines.
Review in Chinese | Read full review