the sinking city review

The Sinking City Review | The empty city full of decent mysteries

By Game Revolution

Back in 2007 developer Frogwares released one of its Sherlock Holmes detective games, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened. It was an original story that had the famed detective explore H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. While none of the other Holmes adventures the developer made revisited this promising crossover, clearly Frogwares didn’t want to let the Old Ones lie, so now we have THE SINKING CITY to…

  • Detective work is straightforward but involving.
  • Oakmont is a grim but compelling setting.
  • Mostly engaging story.
  • Awful combat with dumb enemies and imprecise aiming.
  • An empty open world full of nothing to do.
  • Grows repetitive after a while.

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