Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis

 PC
Metascore
71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
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  1. GameZone
    73
    Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis is a solid adventure game with some truly challenging puzzles. While there are some gameplay problems here and there, the game should appeal to hardcore fans of Sherlock Holmes.
  2. Game Over Online
    73
    So if you're a patient player who doesn't mind kicking around puzzles for long stretches of time, you might have some fun partnering up with Sherlock Holmes during this adventure.
  3. GamingExcellence
    71
    At the end of the day, Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis is impressive in its own right, but doesn’t set any groundbreaking standards.
  5. Jolt Online Gaming UK
    70
    This is by no means a stellar adventure game, being too strict and occasionally lacking atmosphere, but it does some justice to the license and has enough unique elements to make it at least stand out from the rest, if not tower above them as it probably ought to.
  6. IGN
    70
    Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis is a solid adventure title if you like pixel hunting in a 3D environment while solving riddles and the occasional obscure puzzle.
  7. AceGamez
    70
    Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis is certainly a great addition for the currently somewhat parched adventure game genre, one that'll entertain both fans of the books and players who love to stretch their minds, keeping them busy for a while.
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  8. Eurogamer
    70
    Nemesis too is not without its rough patches, but still represents a return to form of sorts, another solid Sherlock adventure that showcases better understanding of character, narrative, structure and pace than most of its genre peers.
  9. PC Zone UK
    66
    An occasionally frustrating and overpriced brain-fondle. [Aug 2008, p.72]
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  10. PC Format
    63
    A bit like listening to Radio 3. [Aug 2008, p.107]
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  11. GameSpot
    60
    Obtuse puzzles make Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis a case that's about as hard to crack as "The Red-Headed League."
  12. Play (Poland)
    60
    The confrontation between the greatest Victorian detective and French gentleman burglar who never met each other on the cards of the novels provides hours of mind exercise and also frustration - search for the relevant details turns into a painfully irritating hunt for a changing cursor and unfortunately everything hinges on it. [June 2008]
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  13. PC Gamer
    53
    Both Holmes and Lupin deserve better than this middling. [Aug 2008, p.71]
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  14. PC Gamer UK
    51
    Plodding, morose, half-decent puzzles. [Aug 2008, p.86]
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#78 Best PC Game of 2008
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#81 Most Discussed PC Game of 2008
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#93 Most Shared PC Game of 2008

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User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 32 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 32
  3. Negative: 4 out of 32
  1. GolovA
    May 24, 2013
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. I love Sherlock Holmes, read the original stories, saw several movie takes, etc. The game is ok for its value and references to the original Sir Arthur Conan Doy's story. However, as an adventure game it lacks dynamics. In Nemesis prepare to walk through different museums all game long. That's pretty much it, and all puzzles are based on it. I did not finish the game because i found it too repetitive and a little boring. By comparison, i enjoyed "Sherlock Holmes the Awakened" much more, and would recommend that title of the series instead.… Full Review »
  2. ALBERELVIS
    Jul 9, 2021
    7
    We start where we left it, and with the introduction from the previous chapter, our favorite detective is forced to face a new challenge. InWe start where we left it, and with the introduction from the previous chapter, our favorite detective is forced to face a new challenge. In this episode, Holmes faces a game proposed by Arsène Lupin itself! And very soon the theme absorbs that playful dynamic of puzzles with a heavy real implication, and opposed in the first games of the franchise, was for some reason, solving a puzzle would open magically a door using the power of Bluetooth. For me, the theme only takes interest at the very end, where the intentions of the famous thief are clear since until then it just feels a bit of a pointless cat and mouse game.

    The music, as always, perfect, and the variability of the environments is very charismatic, but sometimes it turns a bit generic in the most aristocratic setups. The characters are a bit bold, and with exception of the 3 stars that carry the weight of the action, none of them will remain as charismatic with exception of the librarian.

    There are only 2 elements more that I would like to mention and are related to the puzzles.
    The addition, as in the previous videogame, of the spacebar as a finder of clues solves the “pixel hunting” that the first games suffered, and do not compromise the difficulty of the puzzles since map is always full of things to distract your eyes. But here comes for me, the best element of the game, and this is the genuine difficulty of the puzzles.

    I think that with this chapter the developers achieved that perfect valance in terms of the puzzles and their difficulty. Letting aside, the natural feeling that all share, we are going to go from pure inside game logic association to pure logic combinatory exercises. Even sometimes you are going to deal with culture mazes where your knowledge about British History is going to take a protagonist role, as is in the case of the museum. Sometimes the puzzles can come tedious since, in order to avoid try and error strategies, you are going to see yourself forced to go back and forward to the same place to collect different pieces of the same puzzle or opening the same file/ letter with the clues to follow the correct order a bit too much (we are talking, as for example, in the case of the medals, more than 15 moves checked individually)… Maybe a bit more difficult in oppose to repetition would have been better suited and could have turned the game a bit more engaging but is definitely one of these aspects that have proved to be a pro vs a flaw.

    Lastly, just to say that the humor expressed at the very end of the game is just perfect, was off of what we would be expected in games of the genera and for me a great detail for the most “senior players”.

    “The danger is imminent, instigated by a man of Machiavellian, twisted tendencies, who is deprived of all sense of morals and scruples. Furthermore, he is French!!!”

    -Sherlock Holmes    … Full Review »
  3. bergcamp101
    Aug 7, 2020
    7
    The game is good, but not as good to be on the top. The most controversial thing here is, you don't actually investigate crimes, you justThe game is good, but not as good to be on the top. The most controversial thing here is, you don't actually investigate crimes, you just follow The Riddler (in this world he's called Arsene Lupin) and solve his puzzles, so it doesn't make you feel like a detective, actually.… Full Review »
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