Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy

La verdad que intenté por meses jugarlo, pero al entrar se quedaba la pantalla en negro,sonaba la rana de frogware y para que me cargue el menú sin mentir estuve de 15 a 22 mins esperando, también que cuando se diganaba a aparecer no andaba el cursor, al principio creí que era el mouse, hasta que probé 3, incluido el de la netbook, y no,muy mal optimizado,muy mal para PC, intenté de todas maneras tratar de solucionar el problema, y na, dejá, háganse un favor y eliminen de su cuenta ésta porqueria.

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Played this game way back in the day and only once, which is telling, lol. I love the Frogwares Holmes series but this one is definitely an early attempt (it is the very first one), and it shows. It is just feels jank AF and poorly implemented. The voice acting is TERRIBLE, like most adventure games at the time had some pretty hit or miss VA, but this one is just beyond the pail, with Holmes sounding super nasally and whiny. However, despite the dated appearance and heavily-pixelated backgrounds, I think the setting is very interesting--a secluded English mansion, full of ancient Egyptian artifacts, on the outskirts of London with an apparent mummy running around loose and the occupants of the house mysteriously vanished. The mystery starts off rather intriguing but ultimately is a bit of a letdown, but not horrendously so. The music is boring and repetitive and very "90s mystical synth," which feels out of place. Actually a lot of this game feels both very outdated and ahead of its time for 2003. The game feels very much like a 90s game similar to Myst but you've got almost-360-degree camera movement (which is VERY jank on today's hardware). And the setting, ambience, and gameplay feels very much like the escape room genre of games very popular in the last few years (which I think are also heavily influenced by some of the same 90s adventure games). Also, this game IS still playable on Windows 11 but you should follow one of the Steam guides and you must use the program DxWnd in order to get the game to run properly and mitigate some of the jank. Also, you will likely need a guide as a fair amount of the puzzles are not designed well or just designed to be frustrating, like a lot of adventure games from the 90s were as well. Overall, despite all the issues, I do find some charm in this game, mostly for its setting and ambience. It does still feel, maybe not quite Holmes-ian, but still of the period. The follow-up game, "Secret of the Silver Earring," is much more classic Holmes in my mind and actually begins the series to actually feel like piecing together and solving mysteries rather than just escape room puzzles. So I will recommend this game but only to die-hard adventure game fans, especially vintage ones, or those who really like the setting and are interested in playing all of the Frogwares Holmes games.