Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments

 Xbox One
User Score
6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 78 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 78
  3. Negative: 18 out of 78
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  1. stepneg
    Feb 7, 2017
    1
    Dreadfull "game", I don't know whats worse the tedious backtracking between the same few locations or dreadful mini "games" which break it up. The arm wrestling being the worst of these, if once wasn't bad enough you have to do it multiple times or you can't progress, why??? For all I know there was a third and fourth attempt but I uninstalled it after the first realising that I hadDreadfull "game", I don't know whats worse the tedious backtracking between the same few locations or dreadful mini "games" which break it up. The arm wrestling being the worst of these, if once wasn't bad enough you have to do it multiple times or you can't progress, why??? For all I know there was a third and fourth attempt but I uninstalled it after the first realising that I had already wasted a couple of hours of my life on this dross.… Expand
  2. B5HARP
    Mar 17, 2016
    3
    I am glad i didn't buy this game. Got it free with Games with Gold. It's absolutely horrible and not interesting in the least. Oft times scrambling to figure out what to do next. Lots of back and forth to locations via the carriage that is a ruse for a loading screen. I only solved the first case and have no interest to carry on with this nonsense.

Awards & Rankings

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#52 Best Xbox One Game of 2014
57
#57 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2014
24
#24 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2014

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Metascore
71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. GameGrin
    Mar 25, 2020
    65
    Worth a playthrough. The cases are fun and engaging, even if they don’t all pan out in the clearest endings. Could use more work to stand out though.
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  2. Pelit (Finland)
    May 13, 2015
    86
    Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments is among the best adventure games of 2014. The great detective is in fine form. [May 2015]
  3. games(TM)
    Dec 18, 2014
    70
    It finally feels like the studio has taken the first step to delivering something truly genre-defining. [Issue#155, p.128]
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