32comments. Follow Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments. The burden of power is supposedly a crushing one, but you'd never guess it from Frogwares' latest take on Sherlock Holmes. The great Frogwaress Sherlock Holmes games have been on an upwards trajectory for so long, Some are so-bad-it’s-good (playing as Holmes’s dog in Testament) while others are plain bad 2020 2021 Chapter One. #1. GaZoZ Aug 10, 2021 @ 5:53am. I think you can play them in any order, i havent noticed anything from the previous games dialogue wise or hint wise up to jack The Ripper which is the furthest i have personally played from all the old ones. Holmesis back. Ten years after his supposed death in the torrid waters of the Reichenbach Falls, Conan Doyle bowed to demands to revive the character and so the master sleuth returns, to the astonishment of Dr Watson and delight of his readers. It is like the old days again, the magic unchanged and undimmed. TheTestament of Sherlock Holmes is not the best games in the series (in my book that title would be forever assigned to Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis ), but it’s still a wonderful adventure game Racism rape, misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia are on full display here. Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One has a good sense of gray morality while balancing it on sensitive issues. Anyone can be a criminal here and it’s up to you to decide their fates once you solve a case. After a case is done, you’ll be left to decide the ending. Its a must-have game for Sherlock Holmes fans and just about everyone else. If you’re looking for a Sherlock Holmes board game to get to play with friends or family, I’d say this is the one you should check out first. Update in 2023: All links now point to the newest version of the game. The newest edition fixes some of the minor TheTestament Of Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes has always run a thin Asfar as games go, famed detective Sherlock Holmes has never looked or played better than he does in Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments. The latest in developer Frogwares’ adventure series Thecriticism people have where they complain that Holmes is handsome in a prequel game is so strange since this is the same fandom that embraced the BBC's Sherlock and the RDJ films. But who knows why people pick these small things to complain about. I am of the opinion that new and different interpretations of Holmes are good. Cgi5k7.