Sherlock Holmes VS Jack the Ripper - Now on BigFish

Sherlock Holmes VS Jack the Ripper - Now on BigFish - 09/12/12 02:54 PM

Today's game for Club Members , tomorrow's game for all.

You can download Sherlock Holmes VS Jack the Ripper here.

You can access MaG's walkthrough here.

Quote:

Unmask the mysterious identity of England’s most violent and notorious killer in Sherlock Holmes VS Jack the Ripper! The year is 1888 in the Whitechapel district of London’s East End and a sinister series of crimes have taken place. The bodies of several women have been found and the police have been unable to find any leads. Sherlock Holmes, England’s greatest detective sets out to find clues in the dark and gloomy streets of Whitechapel, following a macabre trail to shed light on the true identity hiding behind the terrifying nickname!

Solve one of England’s greatest mysteries
Discover the darker side of London
Play as either Holmes or Dr. Watson
Interact with over 30 characters

As always, please remember to come back and tell us what you think.

Happy Gaming,
Ana

Posted By: Jenny100

Re: Sherlock Holmes VS Jack the Ripper - Now on BigFish - 09/12/12 03:01 PM

I just noticed this game available at Big Fish myself. I'm surprised it isn't sold at a "Collector's Edition" price because it's a lot longer than most casual "adventure lite" games and worth a lot more than $6.99.

Posted By: SharonB

Re: Sherlock Holmes VS Jack the Ripper - Now on BigFish - 09/12/12 04:03 PM

This game is also being sold on Amazon for $7.91 for the DVD version. Shipping is free for Prime members. I was thinking this is a really good-looking game and downloading the demo when it ocurred to me to check my game inventory.

I already have it!

It's in my to be played stash (from 2009

).

Thanks Jenny. If you hadn't mentioned it was a large-file game I might not have looked.

Thanks for telling us about the game, Ana. It looks like I'm going to have to move it up in the playlist.

Posted By: traveler

Re: Sherlock Holmes VS Jack the Ripper - Now on BigFish - 09/12/12 04:43 PM

I'm surprised there is a demo. BigFish doesn't usually have demos for their large file games, do they? Can't remember for sure but I don't think they do.

I wonder if this game has undergone any changes to be sold by BigFish.

Gil.

Posted By: menahune

Re: Sherlock Holmes VS Jack the Ripper - Now on BigFish - 09/12/12 05:37 PM

Has anyone been able to install the new Sherlock Holmes game? I tried twice with no success

Message says DLL missing - another odd thing, it tells me to "restart computer after installing"

hhmmmm - curiouser and curiouser

Janice

Posted By: kjos

Re: Sherlock Holmes VS Jack the Ripper - Now on BigFish - 09/12/12 05:45 PM

Janice,Mine downloaded just fine. Haven't played it yet.
Richard

Posted By: Marian

Re: Sherlock Holmes VS Jack the Ripper - Now on BigFish - 09/12/12 06:00 PM

Janice, I noticed on the Big Fish forums that some folks had to restart their computer after installing the game. Not sure why, but it might have to do with the PhysX drivers that the game requires.

Posted By: menahune

Re: Sherlock Holmes VS Jack the Ripper - Now on BigFish - 09/12/12 11:43 PM

I restarted and still failed to start

I've given up on this one - in the BF forums there are dozens of problems listed in the tech thread. Also, looked at the walkthru and realize I've played this one a long time ago

Meanwhile, I resurrected from my account an old Sherlock Holmes that is quite good

The Lost Cases of 221B Baker Street. It's so long since I played that I've forgotten, so it's like a new game, and I'm liking it a lot - good puzzles and some HO scenes with an option to turn on the magnifying glass

Janice

Posted By: Jenny100

Re: Sherlock Holmes VS Jack the Ripper - Now on BigFish - 09/13/12 12:47 AM

Do you have the DirectX version the game needs?
Does it tell you the name of the dll file you're missing?

The Big Fish version works fine on my computer, but I haven't played far into it. The game starts up a lot faster without that TAGES/Solidshield DRM that's on the disc version.

Posted By: SharonB

Re: Sherlock Holmes VS Jack the Ripper - Now on BigFish - 09/13/12 03:52 AM

Yikes! I wasn't aware of DRM on the disk version!

I hope I don't have any problems with it.

Posted By: Jenny100

Re: Sherlock Holmes VS Jack the Ripper - Now on BigFish - 09/13/12 04:01 AM

It will probably work OK, but take extra time to start. TAGES makes my DVD drives go crazy revving up and slowing down until they satisfy the "check."