Sherlock Holmes Chapter One Review

Reviewed by Tristan Ogilvie on Xbox Series X. Also available on PlayStation and PC.

"Sherlock Holmes Chapter One presents an interesting set of mysteries to solve, but its open-world setting doesn't really elevate its familiar investigation gameplay to a substantial enough degree, and its combat sections are uniformly dull and repetitive. There are certainly bursts of satisfaction to be earned when you get on a roll with an inquiry, but too often the vague case criteria can cause your sleuthing to stall and force you to fall back on guesswork, while the annoyingly unhelpful advice from Jon only makes these moments feel all the more frustrating. Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is a decent detective game set in an open-world that's a bit too elementary."

'When Sherlock Holmes is not poking holes in witnesses' testimonies, he is blasting holes in bad guys' chestimonies'. We have a winner.

[wes]

Why no mention of the fact that players who want to do only the detective stuff in the game have the option to turn off combat in the game's options?

[IbramGaunt]

Can't help thinking that all the money spent on that massive, beautiful but completely pointless open world could've been far better spent on just making Crimes & Punishments again but longer

[jrwhite]

We ain’t gonna act like u didn’t just say“chestimonies”

[DOOPEE]

We meme that IGN game reviewers are bad, but this guy... this guy's alright

[indefinableification]

gotta say there's a lot more easter eggs than i'd have expected, "jon has wares if you have coin" in the dress shop between knights rd and trinity way, pranking her is also fun. In fact without the convos with jon, this would have got a 4

[nicolaspatto]

My biggest problem occurred on the second case
You don't clearly get who the murderer was, and it's up to you who goes to jail

[nardo]

you had me at "john is an imaginary friend." That's hilarious. They probably just deleted the character and realized that it would still work without him. That's so sherlock.

[bashcrash]

I’m sorry but WHY does he have an imaginary friend?

[Queess]

This review isn't far from truth, but seems like you guys have analyzed everything in the game except the case solving and narrative, that, well, are the main part of the experience. A 7 is a much more true vote

[kauansantos]

The first 10 seconds of this video helped me to decide if would buy this game or not. Thanks IGN!

[derpderpderpPSN]

Look, this is a budget game. The game and the season pass is the same as a regular game. If you enjoyed Crimes & Punishments and Devil’s Daughter, then you’ll like this.

[kloakovalimonada]

Authors of this and the latest TV series don't understand that AC Doyle's canon is NOT all Holmes all the time. Majority of time the books and stories do not feature him at all. The real heroes of the original works are the grotesque stories.

[Windbadger]

Like Sherlock, I'd also ask "Are you talking?" if the lip-syncing was that bad.

[johaniffsofiz]

LA Noire was ages ago and even other old games like Fallout 4 have better lip sync. This is a huge no no for games in 2020s.

[daniellew.]

Knowing I'm not the only person wanted side activity in this type of games, my heart melt 🥺

[imonlyhumanafterallspinningguy]

the intro looks and sounds like a ubisoft game

[blaster]

Jesus the lip sync is AWFUL in the game!

[LaCokaNostra]

Me: whats you playing?
Mexican friend: Sherlock Holmes, Holmes

[TheBrownLamb]

It’s worth noting the framerate on next gen consoles is dismal. Surprised this wasn’t mentioned in the review. There’s a lot of technical issues