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| From: Dreamcatcher Interactive
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $12.27
You Save: $7.72 (39%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 1945
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows Xp
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 58975
Model: PCO-58975-AC
UPC: 625904589750
EAN: 0625904589750
ASIN: B0016O7RG4
Release Date: April 14, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Quirky, funny, a blast! July 5, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis is a real challenge for clever gamers, but it is very hard, and I resorted to using a walkthrough (MaGtRo) because without it, I would not have gotten through the thing. If you miss one clue or item you're supposed to pick up, you're stymied. I was unable to pick up two items in the armory and it took me two hours of back tracking to figure out why: I had missed picking up an obscure picture of a family called Mac Adams in a previous location. Be forewarned, but not deterred!
Victorian London is marvelous from our comfortable armchairs even though the reality under the thick fogs was anything but romantic. Jack the Ripper was a dilettante compared to a modern serial killer such as Ted Bundy, but the Ripper is romantic in a chill, creepy way and the scream of one poor victim down there under the 1890's fog vibrates along the years -we hear it, we shudder, we are titillated. Victorian England- the perfect game milieu.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are the perfect Victorians as we see them, gentlemen: no swearing or vulgarisms. And the cat and mouse antagonism of Holmes and the arch-thief Arsene Lupin in this game is a highly intellectual rivalry. Lupin the Frenchman strives to bring England (and Sherlock Holmes) to their knees by stealing the five most important objects to England, without which she can't endure. You are treated to a merry romp through the National Gallery, the Tower of London, the British Museum, and of all places, Buckingham Palace. Actually, you may learn a lot about paintings, even what the ravens in the Tower eat (but I imagine we're getting our leg pulled a bit on that). The locations are splendidly done and you feel very much a part of them, you are there.
The voice acting is very good throughout, but in contrast to the backdrops, the human characters are rather jerky, rigid and not as expertly done as, say, the characters in any Nancy Drew game. Don't be deterred, please. Holmes and Watson are OK.
Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis is made in heaven for you if you love London, especially Victorian London and if you love Holmes and Watson. Many hours of enjoyment await you and the game is a great escape. The plot may be totally unrealistic and sometimes it gets downright silly, but that matters not one whit. What matters is, you're back in Victorian London, peering through the fog, hearing the clop-clop of horses' feet, helping Holmes save the British Empire.
 Sherlock Holmes Nemesis July 3, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just loved this game. The graphics were very good and the puzzles were interesting. Loved the story line and the way it was set up.
Good story line with June 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game offers a good story line with plenty of interaction with the game characters. The game puzzles are in some instances very hard (Be advised have a walkthrough handy). My particular game was in some areas difficult to control mouse movement and camera movement (Herky-jerky). With patience I was able to get through the difficulties. Because of the mouse/camera problems I will rate the game a B-.
Great Scenery and Good Mystery June 28, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was really impressed with the wonderful grafics. The inside of the museum with all the pictures was awesome. Good game.
 Complete Letdown June 9, 2008
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Out of the gate, for those of you who loved the first part of this adventure "Sherlock Holmes: Awakened" - this second chapter is `nothing' like the first. In `Awakened' the storyline and mood was very dark (something that I look for in a point and click game), this second/sequel is nowhere near dark and though it's really fun to bump into some of the old characters from the first game and stroll through familiar area's, "Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis" just didn't have the flair that the first game did. I stopped playing half way through (even with a walkthrough) and started playing "Darkness Within".
1) The scripting & dialog were very good, the voice acting was well done
2) Graphics performed well and the environment had zero glitches
3) Overall performance of the game to include installation was solid
4) Storyline was good but was too cat & mouse with the villain; not enough horror. Was expecting a darker theme due to the first chapter of the 2 part series, nixed a star for this.
5) Clues, hints, and adaptability to continue game play was harsh (for sure requires a walkthrough; nixed this star due to many clues being too obscure.
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