When I first started playing this game I found the basic mechanics of understanding how the casebook and clues work as being a bit odd and confusing. I have made notes as usual with all my guides and decided to create this very simple and basic tips guide to note when playing the game for the first time. Nothing too major but at the same time super important to information when starting out. Casebook: The Casebook acts as a substitute for Holmes's equipment. It consists of the following tabs: Tasks, Map, Evidence, Documents, Dialogues, Chronicles, Trophies, Echoes and Character Portraits. Each time when something new appears in a given tab, the icon of it will appear on the screen and an exclamation mark can be seen next to the tab. It is good to view them, most importantly the Tasks tab, Documents and Evidence, as they make it easier to draw conclusions and decide what the next step should be. Evidence: Some of the Evidence have a special icon that informs the player what can be done with them - ask someone about it, analyze it, look for further details in the archives or some other actions. Magnifying Glass Icon: When a given object has been examined completely, the icon turns green. If it's white, it means that the item can be further investigated. Sometimes, an information appears that the object will be of use in the nearest future. Close-Ups: After examining a given object in the close-up mode, normal view should be enabled automatically. If it doesn't happen, it means that some element that should've been investigated was overlooked. Steering & Manipulating Objects Assigning hotkeys can be done by pressing F1 (PC) or both analog sticks simultaneously (consoles). An important change is that you no longer have to "drag out" the items from your equipment. When you have an item that can be used on some object or place, the action will appear on the screen automatically. Puzzles & Mini-Games: Escaping the close-up mode when solving a puzzle serves as a reset button - it sets the default state. It is useful when you feel like you're in a dead-end and need to start over or use a solution from the game guide. You can also skip those mini-events with no consequences to the gameplay, besides not obtaining the Achievement for completing them. Holmes's Talent & Imagination: New skills that allow Sherlock to see things that a normal person would overlook. Use them each time when the proper icon appears on the screen. Travelling: Sherlock very often moves from one location to another, which you select on the Map in your Casebook. During these travels, you can view the Casebook and the Deduction Space, so you can make connections between Clues or draw Conclusions, name the culprit, view the Evidence and Documents as you wait. Deduction Space: It is good to make the connections immediately, not waiting until you stack a lot of Clues and it will be difficult to make head or tail of it. Every time when Sherlock draws a new conclusion, the deduction icon appears. Alternative Endings: Some Conclusions obtained in the Deduction Space rule out one another. This means that you can go the wrong path and name the wrong culprit in result. If it is important to you to find the right criminal, you can check if your investigation was successful before you make the final decision. You can also check if you've collected all the necessary Evidence. Moral Choices: Each case has only one correct solution, but the choice whether to condemn or absolve the culprit is left to the player to make. Attention! Being consistent in making these decisions will earn you an Achievement. Color Markings: All the Evidence are marked in red, Documents - in blue, QTE answers - green and puzzle solutions or important information are bolded.
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There are a total of six cases in this playthrough. These are the following cases & their final deductions.
CASE #1 - THE FATE OF BLACK PETER: The victim, Peter Carey, was a former whaler and sealer in the waters off Scandinavia who made a small fortune in that business. He took his money and retired to a house called Woodman's Lee, near Forest Row in Sussex until he was found dead the previous day. Lestrade asks Holmes to meet him at Woodman's Lee, though he first has to stop by Scotland Yard to be briefed about the robbery of a powder store by a group called the "Merry Men". Upon arriving at Woodman's Lee, Holmes meets with Carey's wife, Judith, and questions her. Mrs. Carey tells Holmes that the night of the murder her husband was drunk and locked himself in a small cabin in the garden, as he often did. The next morning she found him dead. On investigating the cabin Holmes finds scratches around the lock that indicate an attempted break-in; Lestrade informs him they were not there the previous day. Inside the cabin Holmes finds the body of Peter Carey pinned to the wall by a harpoon. There is also tobacco pouch bearing the initials P.C. and two glasses set out for drinking, although Mrs. Carey said her husband rarely had visitors: nevertheless, the way Mr. Carey was dressed also indicates he had been expecting company. On a shelf a small disturbance in the dust indicates that a small box has been taken: Holmes also finds a notebook with the initials J.H.N embossed on the front, which is filled with numerous abbreviations followed strings of numbers. Holmes announces to Lestrade that it would be best to wait outside the cabin at night, as it was likely the suspect would attempt to enter the cabin again. Holmes is proved correct when their ambush catches John Hopley Neligan, whom Lestrade takes back with him to Scotland Yard. On interrogating Neligan the following day Holmes discovers Neligan is the son of the disgraced banker Joshua Neligan, who disappeared with a box of valuable securities following the bankruptcy of his firm. Neligan claims that his father only wanted to buy time in order to recoup the money to pay his creditors, and so set sail in a boat for Scandinavia, but was never heard from again. After some of the missing securities began resurfacing in London, Neligan tracked them to their source in Peter Carey; he therefor suspects Carey may have found his father and murdered him. Neligan is, however, a slight young man, and Holmes, experimenting with a harpoon on a dead pig, discovers it would either take exceptional strength and training or else extraordinary good luck to pin a man to the wall with such a weapon. At this point Holmes may determine that Neligan is the murderer, and may decide to either condemn him or absolve him. Either way Neligan will be sent to prison, though if Holmes decides to absolve him he will argue that Neligan killed Carey in self-defense. Neligan will either way continue to proclaim his innocence. Holmes, interested in knowing what exactly happened on board the Sea Unicorn in 1883, sends Wiggins to find what remains of its crew in London. Lestrade, however, summons Holmes to Scotland Yard, as a new suspect has been found: Liam Hurtley, a suspicious man who was found hovering around Woodman's Lee. Hurtley refuses to talk, but Holmes quickly deduces he was the gardener, although Mrs. Carey denies employing him. Holmes soon discovers this is because Mrs. Carey suspects he in fact murdered her husband, as they had been romantically involved, which is proven by a box of love letters hidden in the shed. At last Wiggins later returns with a list of possible suspects. The best lead is Patrick Cairns, a harpoonist who sailed with Captain Carey but who has been out of work for some time. Holmes learns that Cairns he was the only witness to what happened to Joshua Neligan, who was indeed picked up by the Sea Unicorn but who was thrown overboard during the night on Carey's orders; the captain then stole the securities for himself. Holmes determines that Cairns was at the scene of the crime when he realizes the tobacco pouch found at the cabin belonged to Cairns, not Carey. Final Correct Conclusion - Cairns Is Guilty Required Conclusions: ⭐ Stolen Valuable Papers ⭐ Looking For Papers ⭐ Neligan's Innocence ⭐ Harmless Flirting ⭐ Unexplained Presence ⭐ Hurtley's Innocence ⭐ Feat Of Strength ⭐ Pouch Proves Guilt ⭐ After Pointing Out The Culprit, you can either let him go or send him to jail CASE #2 - RIDDLE ON THE RAILS: Holmes and Watson are visited by Mycroft, who asks Holmes to look into the Merry Men case. Holmes refuses to do so, as he is going on vacation with Watson to Staffordshire. One week later Holmes and Watson have finished their vacation and are waiting at Evesham Station for their train back to London. Both men are confounded when after seeing the approaching headlight and hearing the train whistle, however, the train never reaches the station. The two must give up on investigating that night due to the fog and dark. The following day they return to investigate the tracks, but find no traces of the train whatsoever. After investigating Station Master Everett, the two search the station office where they find a diagram detailing that the train included a special car, which Everett informs them was specially ordered and highly secure. The car was ordered by a Mr. Robinson, who a telegraph informs them is currently waiting at Bridlington Station. Holmes may ultimately conclude that Robinson is a swindler who wanted to collect insurance money on his prototype; that the Chilean Barcazas company stole the prototype; or that the Mexican Caracal company either sealed in or drowned the board of the Barcazas company in revenge. Final Correct Conclusion - Mexicans Drowned Chileans Required Conclusions: ⭐ Robinson Is A Victim ⭐ Mexicans Are Angry ⭐ Chileans Were Left ⭐ Passed Chesterfield ⭐ Railway To Quarry ⭐ Barges ⭐ Could Be Sunk ⭐ Sabotage ⭐ Missed Doncaster ⭐ "Vanished" Earlier CASE #3 - BLOOD BATH: Holmes and Watson are called to the Roman baths at Strand Lane by Lestrade. The bath's chief archaeologist, Sir Rodney Bentcliffe, has been murdered in the steam room. Since the room was locked from the outside, the three suspects are the three men in the room with him at the time: Sir Gregory Pitkin, the bath's owner; Tristram Garrow, a district councillor; and Percival Blinkhorn, Sir Rodney's assistant in the excavations. Holmes may ultimately conclude that Sir Gregory killed Sir Rodney to prevent his discovery leading to the nationalization of the baths; that Garrow killed him in a fit of paranoid obsession; or that Blinkhorn killed him when Sir Rodney attempted to steal credit for his discoveries. Each motive must then be paired with either a silver or an ice knife. Final Correct Conclusion - Blinkhorn (Ice Knife) Required Conclusions: ⭐ Unexplained Clue ⭐ Ice Weapon ⭐ Blinkhorn's Humiliation ⭐ Valuable Secret ⭐ Garrow's Weakness ⭐ Pitkin's Hopes CASE #4 - THE ABBEY GRANGE AFFAIR: On a rainy night in November 1894, Holmes awakens Watson abruptly, announcing that a letter has come from Lestrade regarding an unusual case. Sir Eustace Brackenstall of Abbey Grange has been murdered in an apparent robbery in his home. Upon arriving at Abbey Grange, Lestrade informs Holmes that the case has already been solved: based on statements from Brackenstall's wife, Lady Mary, and her maid, Theresa Wright, Lestrade has concluded that the culprit is the infamous Randall gang, a father and two sons, which have committed several other burglaries in the neighborhood. Holmes, however, is not convinced all is as it appears. Holmes may ultimately conclude that the Randall's are guilty; that Lady Brackenstall killed her husband accidentally in a domestic accident; or that Lady Brackenstall's friend Captain Jack Crocker killed him after he discovered the two together. Final Correct Conclusion - Captain Is The killer Required Conclusions: ⭐ Two People ⭐ Imitated Robbery ⭐ Randall's Blamed ⭐ Poker Blow ⭐ Sailor background ⭐ Domestic Violence ⭐ Acquainted with a sailor ⭐ Crocker's Involvement CASE #5 - THE KEW GARDENS DRAMA: Holmes and Watson visit Kew Gardens to investigate the theft of some rare plants from an exhibition. While there, they discover that the previous director of the gardens, Montague Dunne, has recently perished under mysterious circumstances. Holmes soon comes to realize that the two events are in fact closely and inseparably linked. If Holmes accuses Hamish of the murder, he will find that he has committed suicide: Holmes must then decide if Hamish acted alone, or if he was assisted by Albert or Miss White. Final Correct Conclusion - White Is An Accomplice Required Conclusions: ⭐ Hamish acted alone? ⭐ Albert is not involved ⭐ White had time ⭐ White's situation ⭐ Disagreement CASE #6 - A HALF MOON WALK: While preparing for the annual dinner of the Baker Street Irregulars, Holmes is interrupted by Wiggins, whose brother Leighton Chapman has been arrested for the murder of two men, Brian Vercotti and Kenneth Butler. Though Lestrade considers the evidence unassailable, Leighton maintains his innocence. On investigating, Holmes realizes that the case is far more complex than it initially appears, involving the theft of an ancient Greek treasure. After further investigation, the only option will be to conclude that the murder was committed by a member of Charles Foley's troupe, and that the latter organized the theft of the Mytilene treasure on behalf of the Merry Men, who plan to start a revolution in London. Final Correct Conclusion - Foley's Vengeance Required Conclusions: ⭐ Man in jacket ⭐ Circus acrobat ⭐ Simultaneous shots ⭐ Crossfire ⭐ Leighton's innocence ⭐ Burglary motive ⭐ Hidden art |
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