Games of Mystery, your source for mystery-themed electronic and board games, parties for kids and adults, and mystery getaway vacations, is pleased to provide an update on a Sherlock Holmes mystery adventure game that is scheduled for release later this year.
Frogwares Studio and Focus Home Interactive announced yesterday that the upcoming Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper, to be released on DVD for the PC, has been delayed until May 2009. They did, however, release a short video (which can be played below or on the SherlockHolmes-TheGame.com website) that takes players back to Whitechapel district of 1888 London.
Dark streets, oppressive atmosphere, constant poverty, alcoholics, beggars and prostitutes, it’s a frightening immersion for gamers, the hunting ground for one of the most atrocious serial killers in history: Jack the Ripper.
Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper allows you to play as the greatest detective of all in the London. A series of particularly horrible murders creates a real psychosis throughout the country. Atrociously mutilated prostitutes' bodies are found by the police without them being able to find a serious lead. Sherlock Holmes starts looking for clues in the dark and sinister alleys of Whitechapel in order to follow the macabre trail of the one the press now calls Jack the Ripper. During an adventure full of twists, Sherlock Holmes will try to bring out the true identity and the motives of the one who hides behind this scary alias.
According to the pre-release information from the developers, Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper will offer players two different 3D view modes, a third person view in the pure adventure game point-and-click style and a first person view. The player will be able to play in one or the other modes or even combine them for greater immersion in this terrifying adventure. In another new option, the player will also be able to use an original system for piecing together crimes in order to test hypotheses as the investigation progresses to find the terrifying serial killer’s bloody trail.
Watch a preview video below (in English with French subtitles):
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