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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments

"Crimes & Punishments lets you become the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes! Solve six high-profile, gripping and varied cases: murders, disappearances, spectacular thefts and sensational cases will sometimes take you to the realms of the fantastic in this stunning game of investigation in the fine tradition of the Conan Doyle novels."

Frogwares·Focus Entertainment·Maximum Games· September 29, 2014· Main Game
74
Critic Score
14 reviews
77
User Score
195 ratings

Crimes & Punishments lets you become the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes! Solve six high-profile, gripping and varied cases: murders, disappearances, spectacular thefts and sensational cases will sometimes take you to the realms of the fantastic in this stunning game of investigation in the fine tradition of the Conan Doyle novels. Crimes & Punishments offers you a large degree of freedom to make moral choices that go beyond merely seeing that justice is done: your decisions have a real influence on the game both in terms of your character’s reputation and the consequences that arise in a realistic and sometimes unexpected way. Will you listen to your moral sense, or will you impartially enforce justice?

Released 29 September 2014 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One by Frogwares, published by Focus Entertainment and Maximum Games. Rated D by CERO, 12 by ClassInd. Currently $2.99 on Steam, 90% below list. About 13.5 hours to beat, 15.5 hours for everything.

Story

In the London of 1894 and 1895, master detective Sherlock Holmes takes on six baffling cases spanning murder, theft, and mysterious disappearances, from an ill-tempered whaling captain found impaled in his cabin to an entire train that vanishes without a trace. Alongside Dr. Watson, Holmes scours crime scenes, examines witnesses, performs autopsies, and pieces clues together into chains of deduction to name the guilty. But each solution carries a moral weight: once he identifies a culprit, Holmes, and the player, must decide whether to condemn them to justice or grant them mercy.

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PlayStation 3
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Sep 29, 2014
PlayStation 4
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Sep 29, 2014
Xbox 360
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WW
Sep 29, 2014
Xbox One
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AU
Sep 30, 2014
Nintendo Switch
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WW
Feb 3, 2022
Xbox One
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NA
Sep 30, 2014
PC (Microsoft Windows)
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WW
Sep 29, 2014
Xbox One
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WW
Sep 29, 2014
PlayStation 4
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NA
Sep 30, 2014
PlayStation 3
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NA
Sep 30, 2014
PlayStation 3
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EU
Oct 3, 2014
PlayStation 4
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EU
Oct 3, 2014
Critic Score
74 /100
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 professional reviews
Aggregated from professional game critics and publications.
User Score
77 /100
Generally Favorable
Based on 195 ratings
Aggregated from player ratings across platforms worldwide.
Score Comparison
Critics
74
Users
77
Score Guide
90–100
Universal Acclaim
75–89
Generally Favorable
Users
50–74
Mixed or Average
Critics
20–49
Generally Unfavorable
0–19
Overwhelming Dislike