About This GameInspector Smythe from Scotland Yard has informed Watson and me of the murder of General Armstead, a Tontine ticket holder. Of course, I was aware of the Tontine – a lottery that was set up to aid the veterans of the Battle of Waterloo. Something about this case intrigues me. Perhaps it ís that there are only five surviving ticket holders here in London? Perhaps it ís that the General was about to publish a scintillating addendum to his infamous book on treasure.Zojoi teamed up with famed board game company Sleuth Times to reproduce the award-winning Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective video mysteries for Windows and Mac. This original titles was considered the pioneer products for emerging optical technologies and took advantage of the medium with full-motion video (FMV), intriguing storylines and fun game play. The restored retro game feature recaptured video, high-resolution graphics and strong storytelling and design. Direct the famous Baker Street detectives through the fog-filled streets of London, and solve mysteries in a faithful adaptation of the board game that features:
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Disappointing and frustrating menu system interrupts the flow of the game. You are given a ridiculous number of locations\/people (a whole alphabet of them) to visit before you could possibly conceive a reason to visit any\/many of them. All you seem to be able to do is "visit" locations and generate a video of the characters at that location. I cant see a way of searching locations (even the crime scene) or asking characters questions. There are no hints about what to do next, so the only course of action seems to be to visit location after location from the long list and see more video conversations. The so called "Clues" in the notebook section of the menu seem to just be a statement of facts you've already witnessed so what is the point of them?! Even for the price, I am dissappointed. It's like a visual novel but without any sort of pathway trhough it or real interactivity.. Playing this little full motion video game is just like taking a history lesson, one about the era of early multimedia efforts that at the time, early 90's, was the next big deal. It was, but not too much for videogames, since this kind of stuff was suffering from replay value and that was it demise. Interesting, also, these games were released, late 90's, for regular DVD players. Kinaman vs Gray Elephant [Xforce]
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