$9.99Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis
Arsène Lupin has challenged Sherlock Holmes to stop his London crime spree, and you have to do it. You search palaces, museums and galleries for clues, trade barbs with a thief who loves leaving riddles, and try to stay one step ahead. A proper old-school detective duel for puzzle fans.
Is Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis worth it?
Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis is worth it if…
- you like slow, careful detective work and hard puzzles
- you want a Holmes-versus-Lupin battle of wits
- you enjoy poking around museums and historic London
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A thief who writes to tell you so
Lupin is young, French, famous, and rude enough to announce his plans to Scotland Yard and Holmes himself. You follow his trail through 19th-century London, from Buckingham Palace to the British Museum, the National Gallery and the Tower of London, with a private audience with the Queen along the way.
You question more than 40 characters and sift hundreds of clues and documents. The puzzles are hard and often wordy, and Lupin loves a poem that only half explains itself. Keep a notebook handy.
Searching London piece by piece
This is real-time 3D detective work. You walk the rooms and galleries yourself in first-person, look over objects, pick up more than 100 of them, and combine what you find until it makes sense.
You take turns as Holmes and his friend Doctor Watson, which mostly means two pairs of eyes on the same mess of evidence. There is a built-in hint system that tracks what you have searched, and you will want it when a clue refuses to click.
What should you know before playing?
Who do you play as?
You switch between Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson during the investigation. Holmes leads the deduction, Watson helps gather evidence and talk to people, so you see the same case from both sides of the partnership.
How hard are the puzzles?
Hard. Expect coded letters, wordplay, maths, and object puzzles where the wording matters exactly. The game includes hints and a guide that show what you have already searched and what to do next, which keeps the tougher stretches moving.
What does London look like here?
Faithfully rebuilt landmarks rather than grey streets. You spend most of your time inside grand interiors — palace rooms, museum halls, gallery walls — recreated to feel splendid and full of things to examine.
