Begin your investigation across the aforementioned major platforms spanning 6 unique cases in many different locations around 19th century London, taking advantage of his skills, with your wits. Get a 30 second dose of the intrigue and atmosphere in Sherlock Holmes Crimes & Punishments in a new trailer below.
In Crimes & Punishments you take to the streets as Victorian detective Sherlock Holmes, as you investigate alongside Scotland Yard some of the most heinous and complex crimes imaginable. In a gameplay experience designed to showcase some of Holmes' most famous skills, the investigative mechanics in Crimes & Punishments lend themselves to the cunning and skill of the player; in Sherlock Holmes Crimes & Punishments, it's his skills, your wits.
Crimes & Punishments marks the most important stage in the Sherlock Holmes series. The decision by Frogwares studios to switch from the in-house engine to the Epic Unreal Engine 3 enables a much richer, more immersive and detailed rendering of both the environments and characters.
But the change of game engine has not only improved the graphics; new investigation techniques have been developed and the game can now offer 14 game mechanics. From the opening of each of the six investigations up to the arrest of the culprits and the moral dilemmas faced by the players, the new game mechanics convey the feeling of BEING Sherlock Holmes. Players will therefore be able to exploit the incredible gifts and talents for which he is renowned, such as his ability to guess the details of an individual's life simply by observing them, or to imagine and reconstruct a past event by studying the key features of a crime scene.
