So going in to play the Awakened I expected a detective adventure with lots of sleuthing and puzzle solving. I have read a few of Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels, although it has been a good few years since I did. The two become closer over the events of the game, more like the duo we all know.Īs I have said I hadn’t played any of the previous Sherlock games but of course I was familiar with the characters and aware of the world famous detective. Indeed during the game we often get the opportunity to play as Watson, generally when his medical knowledge is called into action. The Awakened takes place early in Sherlock’s career and at the point in time we meet them, Sherlock and Watson are only housemates, yet to form the bond they are famous for.
I was aware of them but like all of us, with more games to play than time, I had never got round to trying any of them.
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Not only had I not played the original game, I had never played any of the series prior to starting The Awakened for this review.
It was also the first game to feature supernatural plot elements as it delves into the Cthulhu Mythos.
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The Awakened is a remake of a 2007 PC game which was the third game in Frogwares’ series and the first to feature a proper full 3D game world. When the war in Ukraine started early last year the studio took the decision to pivot to a project “more compact in scope with an existing foundation” (to quote the PR materials).
I wasn’t aware of the background of the game but apparently the team had originally intended to work on another open world title which would have had a significant development time commitment. Sherlock Holmes The Awakened is the latest in a long running series of games based on the famous detective by Ukranian developer Frogwares. With similar comic book-like looks and definitely a similar feel, this game isn’t going to change your mind if you didn’t enjoy the original game, but if you did then this’ll offer familiar thrills – something akin to a direct to video sequel of an action movie, and there’s definitely a market for those as well.Platforms: PC (Steam, Epic, GOG), PS4, PS5, XB1 / XBX + S and Switch You can even go online now, but without friends who own the same game we didn’t try out that mode – which is new and wasn’t a part of the first RICO. If it connects with you, you’ll have a blast, especially when playing in short bursts. You can also just go in guns blazing, but friendly fire is a real risk – especially in rooms where there are hostages.Ī decent amount of weapon variety helps to keep things fresh for a while, but ultimately RICO London is a lot of ‘rinse and repeat’ action and it’s a good thing that the main gameplay element is such a thrilling one. Here, in split screen, you take turns in kicking in doors and going in to provide cover fire, and because clearing a room only takes a few moments it’s a rollercoaster of adrenaline where you can freely experiment with team tactics. RICO London is an accessible game to get into, and this also makes it a really fun local co-op game. Grabbing some additional ammo is likely going to be your biggest concern during these moments, because as long as you have bullets in your gun and are pretty decent at RICO London’s main gameplay loop, the game prefers to give you a satisfying action sequence over a challenge that needs a bunch of retries to get past it. Guns, ammo, medkits and other perks can be picked up or bought at checkpoints that are conveniently located in staircases between floors – something that makes little sense outside of a game content, but we’ll take it. If you have good aim, you’ll get a points multiplier for that as well. That cinematic influence also carries over to the gameplay, which starts a slo-mo effect when you enter a room (by kicking in the door, of course) and gives you just a few seconds to clear the room, dodging bullets and delivering swift justice.
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In other words – typical action movie stuff. You’re leading an assault on an apartment building, moving up to the lead bad guys at the top by clearing room after room of their henchman. Here, you play as a London police officer in a storyline that takes place roughly twenty years ago, but can be summed up in just a single sentence. It’s been two and half years since we reviewed RICO, but we still fondly remember its gameplay equivalent of that typical action movie scene where someone kicks open a door and shouts “move! move! move! bogey! move! clear!” You get the picture, and RICO London is roughly the same formula but in a new setting.
Ground Shatter’s RICO London is the follow-up to 2019’s RICO, and after an earlier launch on PC the game is now available for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 as well.
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