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I was Sherlock Holmes!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 16
Date: October 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'm a girl, I just finish the game and I recommend it really! It's so great to play a story so breathtaking: sets, characters, music, voices and plot (oh man what a story!) are perfect. I don't understand how some could have the feeling of poverty because all is so structured, logic, profound, surprising and fun!
Let me develop my point of view:
- each detail has a reason to exist because it has its importance for the investigation
- the atmosphere of the manor, the forest, the theatre or the cemetery for example suits exactly to the situation thanks to the gorgeous graphics, sounds and musics
- every character has someone to reproach for something and you have a lot of suspects so it's a real investigation
- the puzzles are various and funny; yes, you have to save like in every good adventure games! It's not so easy, but the interest is always keeping.
- The cinematic are gorgeous (I loved the dominos one and the Chinese pursuit) and the outcome (20 fine min!) is so inspired!
- Step by step, thanks to the quiz, I guessed the suspects to eliminate; I loved also the documents and the dialogs so attractive.

Well I felt like in a real Sherlock Holmes story with mystery and new developments. I hope there will be other adventure games like that: not "only" beautiful, but intelligent: brilliant.

the best Sherlock Holmes game ever.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: October 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game is the best Sherlock Holmes game ever. the story is fantastic, complex and purely in ACD style. the graphics are wonderful and I felt like I was in England at the end of the 19th century. the music is superb. the dialogs are perfect, funny and ironic just like in the books.
the gameplay is the best I have seen for a long time, you really feel like being Sherlock Hommes, it might be too intellectual for some players, but for one who got brains you won't be disapointed.

Totally Enjoyable

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: December 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I enjoyed this beautiful game. The graphics are a delight, the story mysterious until Sherlock's final explanation. Do not be dismayed by having to avoid a watchman and dog in one part and the timed puzzle later on. I used a walkthrough to help with these sequences and after a few tries, succeeded with a lot less frustration than I expected. All games have some flaws that you would like to improve on. But this game is just so beautiful with appropriate music and lots of characters and locations. I thoroughly enjoyed and will probably play again some day.

One of the best ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Wow! Just finished Silver Earring, and it was fantastic! It's a great mystery like the Nancy Drew games, beautiful scenes reminiscent of Syberia (gotta be the same design crew). Wonderful, complex story, great acting, beautiful music. The game play is not too hard...Sherlock gives you hints if you need to look around more or move on to the next place...but the puzzles (only about 3 or 4 of 'em) are quite difficult. I had to use the walkthrough for them, but the rest of the time it was easy enough to figure out what to do next. There's also a quiz section at the end of each level, where you have to answer the questions correctly to go to the next level. Nice long gameplay time, too, and many places to explore. One of the best ever! More, please, you talented Ubi Soft people!

Amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: December 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have always loved Sherlock Holmes games and have played them on crappy days. I got Silver Earring -- and I couldn't stop playing it. Some parts are very challenging but it is all rewarding in the end.

The graphics are absolutely amazing and the dialogue is also just awesome. I reccomend this game to anybody who enjoys a challenge and most of all, Loves Sherlock Holmes and Watson.

Very nice story, up there with Serrated Scalpel

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: October 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a great improvement over Frogwares' first Sherlock Holmes game, its about time game developers started outsourcing specialied creative elements to the people who know them best. In this case the story actually came from a Sherlock Holmes fanfiction writer, regarded as one of the best fan written stories ever written that was adapted for the game.

A word of warning though, early previews/reviews mention a free movie with the game, this bonus is UK only. I was a bit disappointed after picking up the game, but nonetheless I'll try not to reiterate points that you can find in other reviews online and just say that this is a very solid game, no tedious or annoying elements.

With this and Law and Order Justice is Served, this looks like a resurgence for adventure games, and hopefully a move away from the many myst clones that the market has become saturated with.

As Usual a Good Sherlock Adventure

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm a fan of Sherlock, so I have nothing but good to say about this and all other Sherlock games.

A great game if mysteries interest you!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The world of Sherlock Holmes pulls you in as you uncover clue after clue in this fascinating and ever-unfolding adventure game!

Secret of the Silver Earring was a truly enjoyable game. The graphics were amazing (looking VERY realistic at times!) and the storyline was intriguing. The puzzles were cleverly done and fun to figure out. But I have to say, my favorite aspects of the game were being able to "examine evidence," and having all your notes with you throughout the game, so you can go back and reference them. There were many features to this game such as playing as Watson, dressing in disguise, and taking little quizzes that I also enjoyed and that set the game apart from the rest.

The reason I gave it four stars instead of 5 was the gameplay is a bit difficult at times. For example, when you're navigating Holmes around an area where you're trying to not be detected by a guard and a dog, I found it quite complicated. Although I wouldn't let this stop you from buying the game.

Overall, I recommend Secret of the Silver Earring if you like mystery/adventure games that take patience and time. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Interesting story and gameplay, but had some issues

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is one of those games where you spend most of your time either walking around talking to people about a million things, or staring at the screen trying to figure out what little blemish you missed on the floor that needs to be examined in order to continue. Overall, I thought it was well executed for this type of game. However, the most annoying aspect of it was the character movement--it was very clumsy and sluggish, and there were times I wished for a "warp" feature to speed things up. If you like hunt and search games with an excellent story and lots of conversations to pay attention to, then this is for you.

The perfect original Holmes story.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are minmimum (lips movements of the characters), but it is still a worth-while game. The author did a good job writing this fan-fiction story. The background graphics are rich in detail. You can walk up to any certain clue, which can show can interset to Holmes' ivestigation to the crime. When the credits role, you can here the most wonderful music from the most greatest artist in classical music. Makes you think it is a PBS program.

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