I haven't played a game with this many puzzles in it since Pandora's Box. On a side note, you can save your game anywhere, in any of the six save game slots. However, every stinking time I started to get lonely in Mummy, some dastardly character came along and made me live to regret it. However, one thing becomes certain: Sherlock is not alone in the mansion.
He also seems to have become inveigled by some rather unsavory characters belonging to an ancient cult, but you will encounter more about him as the story deepens and the puzzle difficulty ramps up toward game's end.Īs the dozens of puzzles and escalating story cohesively and collectively progress, the lines between right and wrong begin to blur. It appears that Lord Montcalfe, quite the Egyptian artifact collector, was getting paranoid and perhaps a tad senile before his disappearance. Although starting out simply enough and mostly resulting in key collecting to get into other of the mansion's 35 explorable rooms, even the beginning puzzles tie in with the back story and the written clues left about. As the opening cutscenes finish off, Sherlock alights from his horse and carriage, commenting about the ease of keeping this family matter private as Watson is away on vacation.įrom the moment you first enter Lord Montcalfe's mansion, basic puzzles abound. Elisabeth, unconvinced by this announcement since Lord Montcalfe's remains have yet to be recovered, writes to Sherlock and implores him to search her father's mansion for proof that he still lives. She is also quite perturbed by local police, who have recently pronounced her missing father dead via self-immolation. It appears that Elisabeth Montcalfe, daughter of famed and wealthy archeologist Lord Montcalfe, is soon to marry Sherlock's cousin. The characters and story are inspired by the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The manual contains a walkthrough for the initial five minutes of gameplay, including the solution to the first hidden-door puzzle. The point-and-click interface, designed for easy gameplay, utilizes a "smart" cursor that changes to indicate when specific actions (examine, pick up, use inventory item, and so forth) are possible within "hotspot" areas discovered during exploration. Artifacts, sabotage, robbery, murder interaction with NPCs in an atmosphere dripping with suspense - the game's afoot! Riddles and puzzles await players in a turn-of-the-century Victorian mansion located in England, as they search for a missing archaeologist and his Egyptian mummy. presents a Sherlock Holmes mystery, in its first title published by The Adventure Company.
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