An origin story is an interesting concept for a Sherlock Holmes game. There are so many iconic adventures of the fictional detective at the top of his game, masterfully unraveling tales such as the ...

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is an odd duck, with one foot in its point-and-click adventure game roots and the other in action-oriented open-world modernity. At its best, it’s a fun detective simulator ...

In case the suffix didn’t give it away, Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One showcases the younger years of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, rather than his origins. Think of Batman: Year One and you’re on ...

When I first heard that Frogwares would be soft rebooting their Sherlock Holmes series, I was genuinely excited. While certainly not perfect, there was always a lot of potential in the investigative ...

Before he was the world’s greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes was a brilliant rebel itching to prove himself. When an old wound compels him back to the Mediterranean shore where his mother died, it ...

Anyhow, as the title implies, Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One whisks us back to the origins of the Pride of Baker Street, depicting an intellectually brilliant, if still maturing and occasionally ...

Frogwares has been in the Sherlock video game biz for quite a while. The developers have created a number of classic capers for the world’s greatest detective to crack, sometimes with the hilarious ...

In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s ...

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is taking the eponymous detective back to his roots, as developer Frogwares explores events experienced by a young version of the character that made Sherlock the man most ...

Margarida Bastos is a native Portuguese writer with an avid interest in gaming, anime, theatre, books, film and TV. Essentially, everything that has to do with the multifaceted nature and fascinating ...

As Sherlock has always been a man of brains rather than brawn, the combat is built in a way to reflect this. Don’t expect Sherlock to be able to take a pounding. He’s a glass cannon in these ...

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is Frogwares’ most ambitious detective game to date. This time around it features a young Holmes in his early twenties as he explores the fictional island of Cordona and ...