Unskippable: Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper

[Graham_LRR]

Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper

Just keep asking yourself, "Does this seem remotely like a game I want in my house?" (The answer is no).

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[bdcjacko]

omg...that looks awful as a game.

 

[Aptspire]

what dreadful Londonian accents!
also some sh***y graphics for a 360 :/
...
awwww, I was hoping for Portal 2's intro

 

[FogBird]

That looks awful as anything.

 

[Ekonk]

With all the awesome that Sherlock Holmes provides they make this.

It's just sad.

 

[KefkaCultist]

wow that game looks terrible. I'm pretty sure that this game's Holmes couldn't deduct his way out of a paper bag.

 

[maninahat]

I remember playing the demo of the previous game "holmes vs Lupin", in which you must take on Arsine Lupin. Any enthusiasm for the game immediately dissapated when I worked out the missing thief was hiding in a rather obvious looking, giant, man-sized box by the front door. No matter what I pressed, Holmes would just remark "hmm, what an unusually large box...I wonder what's in it?"

There is a problem with your game if the greatest detective in the world cannot spot something I could that solves the entire mystery five minutes in.

 

[MatParker116]

The Star was actually an 1880s paper which sensationalised the whitechapel killings,

 

[subtlefuge]

I'm thinking this should be the next Unskippable Let's Play.

If you or one of the goons don't do it, I'll never know if they find Whitechapel.

 

[Entamrik]

Based on the best selling novel; 'Sherlock Holmes vs his smoking habit'

 

[maninahat]

The Star was actually an 1880s paper which sensationalised the whitechapel killings,

Still wrote to a far higher standard back then though. If only newspapers lacked photos.

 

[loodmoney]

God that is painful to watch. If anyone has played this game, tell me: do Sherlock Holmes and Jack The Ripper face off by talking very slowly at one another? With the camera taking the perspective of Holmes, then Jack, then Watson, then Bertrand the Camera Guy, then random passerby no. 7, then....because I think they would have to go all out with the tedium for the finale.

Also, Holmes passing up a fresh crime scene for the official police and coroner reports? Please.

 

[Mydnyght]

What the shit did I just watch? Holmes needs Watson to get a map of London?!

Points for referencing Harold and Kumar during the credits, by the way.

 

[hipster666]

It's incredible to me that someone actually spent money developing this game? It's like a point and click adventure I would have play about 15 years ago! Poor show all round except for the LLR guys, of course. Good find boys!

 

[mjc0961]

That's not even a game I want within a 5 mile radius of my house. What the hell were they thinking?

 

[K4RN4GE911]

awwww, I was hoping for Portal 2's intro

Well, your in for a disappointment, cause Paul and Graham only make fun of BAD cutscenes. Last I checked, Portal 2 is awesome in all regards, including cutscenes.

OT: Who is the developer of this game?! It looks terrible.

 

[manythings]

With all the awesome that Sherlock Holmes provides they make this.

It's just sad.

Does anyone own the rights currently? IF not it's a cheap option.

God that is painful to watch. If anyone has played this game, tell me: do Sherlock Holmes and Jack The Ripper face off by talking very slowly at one another? With the camera taking the perspective of Holmes, then Jack, then Watson, then Bertrand the Camera Guy, then random passerby no. 7, then....because I think they would have to go all out with the tedium for the finale.

Also, Holmes passing up a fresh crime scene for the official police and coroner reports? Please.

More importantly wouldn't they have gone to him first? I can't see the paper being the way Holmes finds out.

OT: The news here is middling to somewhat gloomy with intermittent showers of poorly recieved attempts at humour.

 

[samsonguy920]

I think I'd rather watch Murder by Decree [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079592/]. Frankly it is one of the best Holmes movies out there. With Jack the Ripper.
This game seriously looks like coaster material.
I am kind of surprised you guys picked it out, as it seemed painful for you to even riff on. Like it might have been better to just put out of its misery. At three in the morning.

 

[Yopaz]

That was... just plain bad... great comments made though. I loved the one regarding the camera man being a dick.