I started Frogware's Sherlock Holmes series in chronological order of the games. Currently, this is my favorite Sherlock Holmes game. I have always been a fan of H.P. Lovecraft in addition to Sherlock Holmes. The only way to make it even better is to include H. G. Wells to the mix, but I digress. This game set the standard of how the rest of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure Games are presented and produced. The story walks a fine line between the two worlds of H.P. Lovecraft and Sherlock Holmes and surprisingly the resolution is satisfy for both worlds. The adventure felt like Sherlock Holmes was on the case while the Lovecraftian themes never felt like a gimic. When I finished I sat back and pondered if the Lovecraftian themes were real or not; which is how Lovecraft should make the reader, or in this case the player, feel.

This is also the fist Sherlock Holmes game where I took extensive notes with a pen and paper. I am not saying that the game presents a bad summary of the clues or even that you need to take physical notes, but I found that it was more enjoyable when I did. I never felt, atleast to my memory, that the game was unfair with its puzzles or logic.

Furthermore, refrences will appear from this game to the next game in the series, Sherlock Holmes - Nemisis. So to fulfill that experiance you should probably play this one.

In summary: This game does a fantastic job combining H.P Lovecraft and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's worlds. This is a rare game which uses Lovecraft correctly, which will please any Lovecraft fans. Buy this game if you are a fan of either litature. I also suggest this game to individuals who would like to try Frogware's Sherlock Holmes Adventure series but are not sure which game to start with. This game is a great Point and Click game with a strong atmosphere. I at this time of writing palyed this game for 9 hours, and after writing this review I want to replay this game from the beginning.

BEST mystery game by far.
1. Great plot
2. long mystery
3. very intriguing storyline
4. very sad once its over
5. No other sherlock holmes game comes close to being this much fun.
BUY NOW
would pay 60.00 for this game easily.

If you're a fan of Lovecraft and a fan of Doyle's Holms, than this is the game for you. Just don't expect a masterwork.

Adventure-wise, the game is not that engaging. The puzzles are either obvious and straightforward, or a devil to solve. But on the rare occasions when the balance is struck, the game really flows nicely. In all other cases, there is quite a comprehensive in-game hint system/walkthrough, that only very rarely doesn't provide adequate answer.

But the reason I love this game is the mashup with Cthulhu mythos. While the delivery is a bit ham-handed and does not depict properly the creeping madness and true horror of Lovecraft, visual elements at the least finally bring to life some of the horrific scenes of the Mythos. There are so few games which have actually allowed us to take a walk through this setting, that it is worth playing Sherlock Holms: The Awakened just for this aspect.

I've been enjoying the modern reimaginings of Sherlock on CBS (Elementary) and the even better BBC series. So, when the Sherlock collection went on sale on Steam, I decided to give it a try. Of course, this game portrays the original Sherlock Holmes.

This is mostly typical point-and-click adventure fare and puzzles, with a little more than the usual pixel hunting due to the forensic nature of the story. For a game created in 2006 and then "remastered" in 2008, the production values are low, but the voice acting is pretty good. There are a few brain teasers thrown in, which can be difficult, but there is a built-in hint system. The game requires a little bit of deductive reasoning, but it falls short of making you feel like Sherlock. All too often, you gather all the evidence only to have Holmes pull it all together in a cut scene. The story is kinda slow, but it comes together nicely in the end. All in all, not a bad game, but not great either.

Its really a cool game exciting story about a pirate treasure, slave trade, drug traffic, mysterious murders and a psychatry with a crazy doctor and secret tunnels travel from london to new orleans to switzerland. you can play the game in first person.
its amazing

A good game, some of the puzzles are tough but the story content is rewarding. It's fun to play as Holmes in a Lovecraftian story,

The setup sounds great, Holmes & Watson inexplicably drawn into a world of fantasy horror... Except the follow-through is a boring and groan inducing embarrassment. It has little to do with either the works of Conan Doyle or Lovecraft and the tonally devoid hot mess that follows is evident of that. Looking at it simply as a game it's a frustrating series of clumsy and broken puzzle mechanics; if you've come for a narrative or engrossing world though then you're really in trouble. The plot attempts to string together kidnappings in England, an asylum in Switzerland, a swamp in New Orleans and finally a lighthouse in Scotland using some vague Cthulhu cult to no definable end. It's all so disjointed you realize about halfway through that none of the developers actually read any of Lovecraft's stories. Professor Sullivan has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo but nowhere in the narrative is Innsmouth (home to The Esoteric Order Of Dagon) or any of the creatures of Lovecraft's mythos. Cthulhu himself is never even mentioned by name! So what you're left with is less a sect and more a social club that stuff dead people full of squid and call it a herald of the apocalypse. It's also really, really ♥♥♥♥ing stupid. It doesn't work as a mystery, it doesn't work as fantasy horror, and it just plain doesn't work as a game.

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is one of the best adventure games I have played recently. Playing it requires a wide variety of skills and background knowledge from chemistry to basic math formulas, and anything in between. The environmental puzzles are usually logical but lack consistency with other puzzles, which can cause confusion. However, if you get stuck there is a really handy help tool that gradually gives small hints to progress. The environments look fantastic, and there is a great variety as well. All environments feel very different, dark opressive crypts, cramped london streets and many other locations all feel fleshed out and believable. The pacing is often great, lots of puzzle solving, questioning, exploring all feel great. I even learned a few things along the way.

Good story for Lovecraft fans and Sherlock Holmes fans alike. The puzzles aren't too hard but a few suffer from "adventure game logic" as I like to call it. Overall a good purchase.

Probably my favorite of the Sherlock Holmes games. Great story and environment. Some puzzles will grind you down, but overall a dark and entertaining game. It is certainly the most haunting and grim of them, which sets a good environment.

Homes vs. Cthulhu
What more can a man ask for?

If that was not enough, there are cameos of a young Hercule Parrot and the Inspector Jacques Clouseau.

This game is awful on so many levels. It's not only quite racist and historically inaccurate, but it just craps all over Sherlock Holmes canon. Holmes does not dispense dating advice to booksellers or defeat evil cults using blood spells and chanting. That is, in fact, the antithesis of Sherlock Holmes.

Avoid.

"HOLMES!"
*Falls over and has a heart attack*

My god Watson! You're more threatening than the bleedin' murderer!

I have this game on disk - why do I have it again then? Because I got the Sherlock Holmes Bundle and well, it's cheaper than getting them all seperatly and, well I haven't been playing steam much anyway.

This game is fun and I mean FUUUUUUN not Counter Strike oh you're a zombie and you've infected me in one hit hahehaheha fun... I mean Watson kicking the zombie in the head and screaming your name fun! Now put on your Sherlock Holme hat and start puffing your Sherlock Holme Pipe Sherlock Zombie, you've got a crime to solve! Stop chewing on your Sherlock Holme Magnifying glass!

Whilst it does seem dated graphics wise, the game delivers such a experience I was mesmerised with glee, this was THE Sherlock Holmes not Inspector Gadget in the mystery of the mummy... don't ask! It's AWESOME, If you like Sherlock Holmes, puzzles and action platformers buy it ^_^

5/10 - Somewhat broken

Graphics and resolution updating was well done for this collection. However, on 8.1 (64) the game often freezes and hiccups. In one area, when Holmes and Watson are on their way to the continent from the docks of London, the application crashed with an error message of "tools.dialog cannot be executed". Seems like missing assets, etc... After a reload, it won't get past that point.

All Holmes games are fun, but crashing will kill any title. Knowing that it may be my configuration I'll leave it with a 5/10.

sherlock holmes takes on cthulhu and nobody wins

Very fun puzzle/adventure game, while a little buggy and flawed technically. I'd recommend to a Sherlock fan.

A fine introduction of weird fiction. If you enjoyed this, read _Shadows over Baker Street_.

have an interesting game story (some about occult; cthulhu maybe). using mouse and/or keyboard to move and interact in the game. as for the graphic, the latest game ( the testament of sherlock holmes is the latest i played) is better.

sherlock holmes written by hp lovecraft instead of ac doyle?

If you are a Sherlock Holmes junky like me, go ahead and buy it for giggles. Otherwise this game was heavy on gore and game mechanics, not so much with story. Watson is mostly stupid in this game, unlike the originals, and follows you around and gets in your way. It is nice to vent your frustrations on him, but they could have done without him entirely. It's not really a whodunit game where you are shocked at the end, like the original stories, it's more like "oh there is a guy who is the perpetrator, lets solve more annoying puzzles and search for rediculously small hints." The puzzles themselves didn't really make you think hard, it just kinda made you feel stupid. XD The difficulty of this game was moderate to hard, but it comes with a hint system that was built in, which is a pro. The voice acting for Sherlock is nice as well, along with his lovely top hat he wears on occation... But overall the game just sucks. Don't waste the money, and more importantly, the time on it.