Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Persian Carpet

Aww, I'm sad

Meh

Bad, a lot of clicking around until you find the next piece of barely visible evidence.

Нормальная игра!

The story was good and I liked the mini-games, but I thought the hidden objects were a little too well hidden sometimes. Then, I got almost to the end and I couldn't get out of the deduction board screen.

My rating: 5/10 (neutral). This game will appeal to a niche category of gamers. "Persian Carpet" offers a commendable variety of puzzles and that's the game's strongest feature. The overarching gameplay goes like this: the player has to find clues in scenes to unlock puzzles; solve those puzzles to reveal more clues; process those clues into evidence at 221 Baker Street to add to Holmes' deduction board; and match the evidence to gain access to the next scene. However, finding the connections between the evidence is the most ambiguous and frustrating part of the game. I never fully understood the logic of the deduction board, and throughout most of the game I randomly paired items until the game rewarded me with matches. Unfortunately, each visit to the deduction board requires a predetermined number of connections before Holmes can advance to the next level and continue the investigation. Equally frustrating is the 'pixel hunting' mechanic of finding clues in each scene. The player is shown silhouettes of objects to find. Some are easy to spot while others are nearly impossible to see. Some clues are revealed only through interactions with the scene, like rolling back a carpet, prying open a box or repairing an object. The story and its expanding list of suspects is confusing to follow; but ultimately Sherlock Holmes provides the solution after all the clues are found and matched. The mystery's reveal is adequate but not particularly rewarding after hours of tedious mouse clicking. A professional review of the game notes: "By the time I fingered the culprit at game’s end, all I really felt like I’d solved was the interface, not a mystery." "Persian Carpet" was included in a bundle of Frogwares Sherlock Holmes games I bought during a Steam sale. I thought from the screenshots that it was the earliest game in the collection; however, it is actually a mid-franchise branch off the main Sherlock Holmes series as a different kind of game designed for the casual market. It feels like Windows game from 1995 instead of 2008.

Unable to play the first round at the cementery, frozen

Найунылейший пиксельхантинг. К сожалению мой аутизм не позволил мне не допройти, очень жаль потраченного времени.

больше часа не выдержал)))