Thursday, July 24, 2008
I have started to write a book.
It's available on this site for whoever wants to read it. By now only the prologue is written, so you'll have to wait for the other chapters. They will appear too this year. (:D)
Monday, July 21, 2008
Upcoming SH game
After the success with Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin (aka Nemesis), Frogwares are preparing another SH game! Sherlock Holmes versus Jack The Ripper!
Jeez, this is so weird! First they made Sherlock Holmes the main character of a horror story in The Awakened, then they made him face an enemy as smart as himself - Arsene Lupin - and now this! He must face Jack The Ripper! I sure hope the game will be a lot better then the other two, where... well, let's just say I couldn't make any difference between the cutscenes and gameplay (both sucked, obviously). I generally like First Person games, but this one made me reconsider. They could at least make Dr. Watson move properly. I mean, he teleports! You don't believe me?! Watch the video.
Dr. Watson teleporting
Sherlock Holmes vs Jack The Ripper Screenshots
And don't be fooled by the title, "The Awakened", it happens in "Nemesis" too!
The story is the games' only forte... in a negative way! In "The Awakened", I only read about the villain in documents. If I hadn't read those papers, I wouldn't have known who is he! And in "Nemesis"... well, this game had a better ending, the villain's real plans not beeing mentioned until the very final. I sure hope Sherlock Holmes versus Jack The Ripper has a better story than the other games.
The best story in Frogwares' Sherlock Holmes series was in "Secret of the Silver Earring". At least there you didn't know who you were after until the final cutscene. And YES, it was actually a CUTSCENE!
OK, one more thing and I'm done.
My advice for Frogwares:
1. Stop putting Sherlock Holmes in the same game with known villains from his era. The only one who could make people buying the game would be professor Moriarty!
2. A bit more outfits for Sherlock Holmes (like the classic coat and holmes hat instead of the regular suit and hat) would be great.
3. More faces for characters. I'm getting sick of seeing the same characters everywhere!
4. This is not crucial for the game to be a success, but... think about making the Sherlock Holmes games 3rd person. And fix the teleporting characters problem! It's annoying and people make fun of it!
That's all, folks!
The Pirate Reviewer
Jeez, this is so weird! First they made Sherlock Holmes the main character of a horror story in The Awakened, then they made him face an enemy as smart as himself - Arsene Lupin - and now this! He must face Jack The Ripper! I sure hope the game will be a lot better then the other two, where... well, let's just say I couldn't make any difference between the cutscenes and gameplay (both sucked, obviously). I generally like First Person games, but this one made me reconsider. They could at least make Dr. Watson move properly. I mean, he teleports! You don't believe me?! Watch the video.
Dr. Watson teleporting
Sherlock Holmes vs Jack The Ripper Screenshots
And don't be fooled by the title, "The Awakened", it happens in "Nemesis" too!
The story is the games' only forte... in a negative way! In "The Awakened", I only read about the villain in documents. If I hadn't read those papers, I wouldn't have known who is he! And in "Nemesis"... well, this game had a better ending, the villain's real plans not beeing mentioned until the very final. I sure hope Sherlock Holmes versus Jack The Ripper has a better story than the other games.
The best story in Frogwares' Sherlock Holmes series was in "Secret of the Silver Earring". At least there you didn't know who you were after until the final cutscene. And YES, it was actually a CUTSCENE!
OK, one more thing and I'm done.
My advice for Frogwares:
1. Stop putting Sherlock Holmes in the same game with known villains from his era. The only one who could make people buying the game would be professor Moriarty!
2. A bit more outfits for Sherlock Holmes (like the classic coat and holmes hat instead of the regular suit and hat) would be great.
3. More faces for characters. I'm getting sick of seeing the same characters everywhere!
4. This is not crucial for the game to be a success, but... think about making the Sherlock Holmes games 3rd person. And fix the teleporting characters problem! It's annoying and people make fun of it!
That's all, folks!
The Pirate Reviewer
Friday, July 18, 2008
My blog
I thought for a lot of time if it is a good ideea to open a blog of my own... I mean, there ARE a lot of assholes on the internet who only visit blogs to swear in the comments if they don't like what the writer said in his article, right?! Believe me, if anything like that happens on my blog, I will make it private, ok?! Until my next post, Sayonara!!!
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