Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper
Sherlock Holmes is back with an investigation in this adventure game. The famous detective chases against the most threatening serial killer England has ever known - Jack the Ripper.
Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper is an adventure developed by Frogwares, released 24 May 2009 on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 11.1 hrs to finish.
What Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper is
Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper is an adventure game developed by Frogwares and released in 2009. It was published by Focus Entertainment. It is available on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
It’s 1888, London, in the Whitechapel area, and a series of grisly crimes in the heart of the East End leave a gory trail of mutilated female bodies. The police struggle to pick up the scent as the bodies pile up and paranoia sweeps the city. Sherlock Holmes immerses himself in the dark, sordid alleyways of Whitechapel in order to follow the trail of the one that the press calls Jack the Ripper. During a terrifying investigation, Holmes will attempt to lift the veil of mystery that shrouds the motives and the face behind that horrific nickname.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are drama, fantasy, historical and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Sherlock Holmes series
Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper is the 19th of 55 entries we hold in the Sherlock Holmes series. The next entry was The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes 2 in 2010. Its critic score of 66 is 2 points below the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened at 82.
How it was received
Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. That places it above 27% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 70, across 51 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 11.1 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Celeron 2Ghz or AthlonXp 1900+, 512MB of RAM and 128MB Graphics Card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB.
What it launched against
Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper launched on 24 May 2009, within three weeks of Minecraft, Infamous, The Sims 3 and Plants vs. Zombies. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Minecraft, Infamous, The Sims 3, Plants vs. Zombies.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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