Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter Now Available
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The Game is Afoot! Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter is now available on PlayStation®4, Xbox One and PC.
Check out the official website here.
Check out the launch trailer here. Check the screenshots here.
Lesquin (France), June 10th, 2016 – Bigben Interactive, the video game publisher and distributor, and the studio Frogwares, are today celebrating the release of Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter on PlayStation®4, Xbox One and PC. Watch the launch trailer of the game now!
In the role of the most famous detective of all time, players must demonstrate an unparalleled sense of deduction while investigating a series of disappearances in the heart of Whitechapel, a living statue, a gang of thieves and a mysterious Mayan treasure. Confronted by these mysteries, each more disconcerting than the last, and by the threat looming over 221B Baker Street, will Sherlock Holmes be able to keep Katelyn, his adoptive daughter, safe from the dangers that surround her?
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter is a unique adventure game that blends exploration, investigation and action for a breath-taking and fantastic playing experience. You play as the master detective himself, plunged against his will into a fantastic adventure brimming with intense action sequences for an interactive experience that is more immersive than ever. Roam the streets of Victorian London in search of clues and suspects, and untangle the threads of multiple intrigues until you reach the incredible final revelation.
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter is now available on PlayStation®4, Xbox One and PC.
Happy Gaming! Ana
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Re: Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter Now Available
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I am a massive Sherlock fan !! But not a massive Steam fan So I could have a looooong wait to get this game from an alternative source Nonetheless, thank you VERY much for the news, BrownEyedTigre
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Re: Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter Now Available
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Mad,
I just checked Amazon and, unless I'm mistaken, they're selling the game on a DVD, not a download, from the United Kingdom - for less than Steam.
I already placed my order.
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Re: Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter Now Available
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Mad,
I just checked Amazon and, unless I'm mistaken, they're selling the game on a DVD, not a download, from the United Kingdom - for less than Steam.
I already placed my order.
Robert I just took a look at that page and it would appear that it is going to require a Steam connection - above the box, it says "Steam powered." It looks like you will still have to go through Steam in order to activate the game.
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Re: Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter Now Available
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You're right, I missed that.
Oh well, let's just hope for the best; I still want to get the game. We'll see what happens.
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Re: Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter Now Available
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Thanks, Ana, it looks terrific. I'm going to hold off on purchasing for now, as it's an expensive Steam game, and in addition, I think my graphics card may complain. Wishlisted for now. I definitely plan on getting it at some point.
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Re: Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter Now Available
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I have no plans to do so yet. I might later on. I'm sure the web or steam will be filled with hints and solutions. Have fun and enjoy the game. Oh you are MaGtRo! I didn't know that! I bow down to thee in awe, your walkthroughs are thee BEST that is out there! Maybe you will have one out by the time I play this game, I think it's a little too demanding for my computer right now.
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Mad,
I just checked Amazon and, unless I'm mistaken, they're selling the game on a DVD, not a download, from the United Kingdom - for less than Steam.
I already placed my order.
Robert Oh, I always try and check to see if a "Non-Steam" release is available, Robert, so saw the offer at Amazon. But I did notice the "Steam" requirement
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Re: Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter Now Available
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I love Sherlock Holmes, but this game is way too expensive for a Steam download. I think I'll wait awhile to see what happens. Maybe it will become available at GOG one day for a lot less money, who knows?
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Playing it now...love it...thanks for the heads up!
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Re: Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter Now Available
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You have to watch out for modern so-called DVD versions. Sometimes all you get is a totally empty DVD with a Steam code. Heck !! I've not heard of that before !! How ridiculous
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You have to watch out for modern so-called DVD versions. Sometimes all you get is a totally empty DVD with a Steam code. Heck !! I've not heard of that before !! How ridiculous I bought a game from Amazon that was just a code. I kept trying to pry the packaging open to get to the CD. Really ticked me off!
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There is a great video walkthrough on YouTube if anyone needs it. Sherlock Holmes Walkthrough
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Re: Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter Now Available
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After communicating with a couple of people and doing research on Steam I decided to cancel my order for the Sherlock Holmes game. Luckily I canceled in time and wont be charged for it.
I had ordered the game on Amazon and had to send an email to the sender, so it wasn't a typical cancellation.
I was wondering why games like this one are being released as "Steam Powered" and not the typical way games were released - even though I could make a guess and think it might be related to cost and profit margin.
I'm not even sure how the Steam system works but the one common thread I've seen, more than once, is that quite a few people are not very happy with support.
I've been away from most adventure games lately - mostly using Big Fish - but I really want to get back to these type of games but hesitate if the games are going to be released through the "steam" process.
I guess I long for the old days of walking into a brick and mortar store and seeing row after row of adventure games, ala Myst, etc.
I just hope the new Syberia game will not be released using Steam.
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I just hope the new Syberia game will not be released using Steam. It will certainly be released on Steam. What we don't know yet is whether the PC version will be released some other way. The PC version may be a Steam exclusive for a few months -- or years. It's only recently that Sherlock Holmes Testament became available at GOG, and Testament was first released on Steam 4 years ago (2012).
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So, I guess if I want to buy the Sherlock Holmes game in the near future I have no choice but to use the Steam path.
Where can I find the PC requirements for this game?
Thanks,
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Where can I find the PC requirements for this game? They are on the Steam page. http://store.steampowered.com/app/350640/Minimum: OS: Windows 7 64 Bit / Windows 8.1 64 Bit / Windows 10 64 Bit Processor: INTEL Core i3 3.6GHz / AMD FX Series 4.2GHz Quad-Core Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: 1024 MB 100% DirectX 11 compatible AMD Radeon HD 7790 / NVIDIA GeForce 460 GTX DirectX: Version 11
Recommended: OS: Windows 7 64 Bit / Windows 8.1 64 Bit / Windows 10 64 Bit Processor: INTEL Core i5 2100 3.1 GHZ / AMD A8-7600 3.1 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: 2048MB 100% DirectX 11 compatible ATI R9 270X / NVIDIA GeForce 760 GTX or higher DirectX: Version 11
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So, I guess if I want to buy the Sherlock Holmes game in the near future I have no choice but to use the Steam path.
Where can I find the PC requirements for this game?
Thanks,
Robert There's always a choice . Personally , I avoid Steam like the plague , unless I have no other option . I will wait until , hopefully , this and Crimes & Punishments come to GOG , or some other drm free avenue.
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There's always a choice . That is true. You can wait. You can decide not to buy or play the game at all. Or you can watch someone else play it on YouTube. Considering all the dexterity requirements for this particular Sherlock game, I'd much rather watch someone else play it on YouTube and let them wrestle with the "action" parts. You may be able to "skip" dexterity sequences, but if you do that you miss seeing what happened during the dexterity sequence. As the PCWorld reviewer pointed out, using skips makes an already short game even shorter. Metacritic scores are around 80%, but those reviews are from console reviewers. http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/sherlock-holmes-the-devils-daughterI have no doubt console gamers were the target audience -- probably considered to be where the money is. The game is currently $50 at Steam -- not an inexpensive game. Consider how much of the gameplay is something you'd enjoy and how much you'd have to "skip" before purchasing.
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" Consider how much of the gameplay is something you'd enjoy and how much you'd have to "skip" before purchasing." That's definitely what I'm doing, Jenny100. I was very disappointed to read about all the action parts. I'm not that good with "action" in Adventures
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If anyone's looking for a good YouTube playthrough to see if this is a game that you might like to play yourself, I'd recommend DanQ8000's; it's a lot of fun. SH: Devil's Daughter playthrough Edit: I just noticed that UruKat posted an alternative playthrough earlier in this thread. That one is without player commentary, whereas Dan's is with, so go with your preference. I know that some folks dislike commentary.
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Thanks for the links, UruKat and Rushes, and thanks for the review, Donald. Wow, I think I'm definitely going to go with Jenny's suggestion and just watch a YouTube playthrough. I may get it eventually when the price goes down drastically, but as of now, I think it's overpriced for such a short game loaded with action segments. I don't like action segments. TellTale's are fine, but that's about as much as I'd prefer to handle. Much as I'm enjoying it, even the new King's Quest takes them too far for my tastes sometimes, particularly at the end of the last episode. For now, I think I'm going to go with UruKat's link to just watch the story without commentary. Then, maybe I'll watch Rushes' link later as well, as it's always fun to see others' perspectives on games.
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Thanks, BrownEyedTigre. The trailer is interesting and makes me want to play the game. I look forward to playing it once I get a better graphic card to support it.
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Timo, I played with a gamepad long before keyboards and computers became a household thing. Never liked them, never felt comfortable with them. I also do not like keyboard controlled games. Having been a DarkSide game player for many years, I have to accept that fact that it will be controlled that way. On the other hand, I do not like my adventure games with anything but a mouse. I also don't like action in them. I play different things when I am in the mood, and when I want an adventure, I want to stroll through enjoying all it has to offer. I do not enjoy it when I have to have fast reflexes. If I want the stress of that, I will load a FPS and blow up some monsters or enemies. Ana
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Hi Ana, nice to hear your opinion. Hope to hear others too! I personally have nothing against mixing adventure and action, vice versa. Especially to gain wider audience (for 'adventure' games). Many new games have plenty of opportunities to adjust gamepad controls. For example this particular game has options to invert X- and Y-axis and adjust their sensitivity individually through in-game menu. Those will help many gamers to change the controls for their liking. Keyboard and mouse controls together are horrible! Always get sore fingers! Timo
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I have kids so I have access to all the consoles, controllers and latest gadgets. I have really given it my all to like it especially since they have asked me to play with them. I just can't.
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I agree with so many of the points BrownEyedTigre has made And too much merging of genres won't have a happy ending, in my opinion
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What I wish is that be open to new ideas and technology in games and do not pre-judge anything so easily without trying yourself. And keep in mind that what once was is not necessarily true today, both games and equipment develop by time.
For 50 dollars, I can buy 6 games like Leaves: The Journey and Tormentum that are absolutely brilliant and play exactly like I want them to. There is a lot I can do with that amount of money. I also did not pre-judge it, I just decided to pass on it.
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As always, it boils down to a personel preference. So some people will agree with you, TJL and some people won't. And I am one of the latter. Although rather sad at the prospect, I doubt I'll be buying any future Sherlock Holmes games from Frogware. Not only have they now become extemely expensive and and inclusive of difficult "can't skip" action sequences - but they have also become tied to Steam !! And Steam is another "No No" as far as I'm concerned
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I agree with all the comments against this game especially the price, requirements, action sequences and the fact that you can't play using just the Mouse. I really liked Jenny100’s quote: People should vote with their wallets And it's not so much the price itself, if too expensive, wait and the price will come down but it is Not only the price of the game one has to take into consideration, I have a 4 year old laptop which can still play almost every Adv. game out there and I am not ready to buy a New Laptop just for the sake of playing one game, and I know I am not the only one that would need to buy a New Laptop or *Upgrade their Desktop PCs to play this game. *IF that is, the old desktop is capable of being upgraded and then one must ADD the cost of the upgrade with the game "Wow, expensive game right?" and if not capable of an upgrade to play the game then you are in the same boat as Laptop owners, Buy a New PC just to play a game, a Short one at that.
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