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Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper

Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripperis anadventure gameforMicrosoft WindowsandXbox 360,developed by Ukrainian studioFrogwaresand distributed byFocus Home Interactive.[7]It is the fifth game in theSherlock Holmesseriesof adventure games developed by Frogwares. The game takes place in the London district ofWhitechapelin 1888, the historical site of theJack the Rippermurders.

Sherlock Holmes Versus
Jack the Ripper
European cover art
Developer(s)Frogwares
Spiders(X360)
Publisher(s)Frogwares
Focus Home Interactive[7]
SeriesSherlock Holmes
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows,Xbox 360
ReleaseWindows
Xbox 360
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Following the remastered version ofSherlock Holmes: The AwakenedandSherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin,Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripperoffered the ability to play in a third-person perspective in addition to the first-person perspective. The French version of the game was released on 30 April 2009, while the English version was released on 24 May.

Story

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The game is set in the lateVictorianperiod, a time at which theBritish Empirewas at its peak. As the premier world power, the United Kingdom was a model of wealth, yetWhitechapelwas the capital's most squalid neighbourhood. Within its boundaries lived some of the country's poorest inhabitants including alcoholics, beggars, prostitutes, as well as a large community ofJewishimmigrants fleeingEastern Europe's ever growing antisemitism. In this terrible hole of misery, tens of thousands of people lived crammed within a maze of narrow, dank and dirty streets. In those streets, between 3 April 1888 and 13 February 1891,a series of horrifically violent murders occur.It is within this sinister and faithfully rendered setting, that Holmes must investigate, track and apprehendJack the Ripper,thereby solving one of the greatest mysteries in criminal history.

Gameplay

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Third-person gameplay as Sherlock Holmes

The player can play from a first- or third-person perspective as Holmes or Watson. Holmes and Watson arrive to inspect each crime scene after the murder takes place, giving the player a close-up look at Jack's work.

Each crime scene allows the player to reconstruct what happened, taking the pieces of evidence and linking them together until forming a conclusion. For instance, when examining the body ofAnnie Chapman,the player discovers pertinent clues such as blood on a fence, bruises under the right side of the jawbone, and a bloated tongue, which allows the player to deduce that the victim was killed while lying down after being choked with a left hand. These deductions are chosen from pulldown lists.

The player is also required to solve mysteries at Holmes' famous221B Baker Streetflat, a process which involves combing through dialogue and documents to establish murder times, before developing detailed theories about why the murders are being committed. The player pieces together torn-up notes, assembles objects, and takes on sliding-block challenges.

Characters

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Doctor John Watson and Sherlock Holmes
  • Sherlock Holmes:Famous consulting detective who lives in 221b Baker Street with his loyal friend Dr. John Watson. Holmes' methods are unique and he must put all of his exceptional powers of deduction in this case.
  • Doctor John H. Watson:A doctor and Holmes' best friend. He will do whatever is possible in order to help his friend catch Jack the Ripper.
  • Jack the Ripper:The serial killer who strikes at the sinister district of Whitechapel. He kills prostitutes with no mercy and mocks the police, and is regarded both as a madman and a genius.
  • InspectorFrederick Abberline:A police inspector who refuses Holmes' help. He believes he can easily solve the case.
  • Baker Street Irregulars:A gang of poor children who help Holmes and Watson in their difficult case.
  • Francis Tumblety:An American doctor who happens to be in London at the time of the murders, known to dislike women in general.
  • Walter Sickert:A painter who frequents the local brothel where the Ripper's victims were known to have worked.
  • Jacob Levy:A butcher with a poor reputation due to past misdeeds.

Reception

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The game received mixed to positive reviews from critics.[18]GameSpot negatively commented on the way the player gathers clues in the game, as they must first run errands for the police.[19]

See also

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References

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  7. ^abLegally, Focus Home Interactive was not a publisher but alicensee(distribution intermediary)"It needs to be clear it wasn't a" developer and publisher "situation"Archived26 September 2022 at theWayback Machine(Waël Amr), Planète Aventure, 22 February 2020.
  8. ^"The Adventure Company to Publish Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper for Windows » Village Gamer".Retrieved15 January2024.
  9. ^Contributor, GamesIndustry International (18 January 2010)."Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper".GamesIndustry.biz.Retrieved15 January2024.{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)
  10. ^"Aggregate score".GameRankings.Archivedfrom the original on 9 December 2019.Retrieved22 August2008.
  11. ^"Aggregate score".Metacritic.Archivedfrom the original on 2 December 2020.Retrieved1 September2011.
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  15. ^"Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper review, Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper Review, PC Reviews".GameZone.Archived fromthe originalon 1 August 2010.Retrieved17 May2011.
  16. ^"Xbox review".IGN.Archived fromthe originalon 16 June 2009.Retrieved22 August2008.
  17. ^Boxer, Steve (12 May 2011)."Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper – review".Guardian.Archivedfrom the original on 4 November 2015.Retrieved3 July2011.
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  19. ^"Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper".GameSpot.1 March 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 30 November 2011.Retrieved29 December2010.
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