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Test your detective skills with The Testament of Sherlock Holmes screens

by Jessica Conditt on Oct 9th 2011 2:30PM

One of these statements isn't true:

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes features a new graphic engine
Holmes dies in the game
Watson questions Holmes' sanity, adding an extra layer of chummy drama
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes was developed specifically for consoles, but is also a PC title
We aren't wearing any underwear
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes will be released in early 2012

Did you find the lie? Yes? Go ahead and pat yourself on the back, buddy, because you've been duped. There was no lie -- your first mistake was blindly believing what we told you. And we sprayed an oil-activated chemical on your back, right where your greasy little hand just patted it. You should begin to feel an intense burning in three, two, one, now. Study the screenshots below and maybe you'll have a better chance of not suffering third-degree burns next time:

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes (10/6/11)

Source: VerticalWire

Tags: focus-home-interactive, frogwares, microsoft, pc, playstation, ps3, the-testament-of-sherlock-holmes, xbox

Reader Comments (33)

"Holmes dies in the game"

Goddammit, Joystiq.

@TheChezDispenser

Oh, please, you had no intention of buying this game.

@copa

I friggin' love Sherlock Holmes, are you kidding me?

@TheChezDispenser

Yeah, I'm not sure why that needed to be included in this article.

There are a lot of too cute-cute promo campaigns where the publisher announces, "Shepard dies at the start of Mass Effect 2!". Or "[A key character] dies near the start of Arkham City!". And these reveals are usually misleading to throw the player off the trail, not spoilers.

But I'm not aware that "Holmes dies" has been part of the official press campaign for this game. It was disclosed to Justin, but that seemed to be an awkward, sloppy, demo, not part of a calculated PR strategy.

@TheChezDispenser
tes·ta·ment
noun
1 : an act by which a person determines the disposition of his or her property after death

@Amstrad Not the only definition of testament or even the likely most obvious one that comes to mind.

Still anyone who knows anything about Holmes knows him dying or "dying" is always around the corner.

SPOILER-
I still remember Justin McElroy talking about this game on the Giantbomb's Bombcast. The guy showing the demo during E3 I believe says Sherlock Holmes dies 10 hours in. Quite hilarious Bombcast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHvQG-1Oyhc

@INTRO

That was probably the funniest podcast moments I have ever listened to.

@INTRO

Hilarious! Now where's a link to the entire bombcast!?

"We aren't wearing any underwear"

Right!? RIGHT!?

@nerdydesi1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q7Cy3qSwKI

@nerdydesi1
Much like Ratchet & Clank, the Joystiq staff is "Going Commando"

"The Testament of Sherlock Holmes was developed specifically for consoles, but is also a PC title."

I don't like this^. Why can't you focus on all three platforms equally instead of giving one or two platforms preferential treatment?

@xiLeShadow For the same reason that you probably don't buy every single game release. Resources are finite.

@xiLeShadow I agree with you my PC gaming friend, but the industry is stacked against the PC. Hell, we should be lucky we even GET a PC port these days. : (

No creepy Watson references? i am disappoint

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13YlEPwOfmk

@Grey Devil

As soon as I saw the title and the picture (Watson just standing there), I was hoping for a creepy Watson reference.

Is the Holmes dying thing officially 'out there' or is everyone getting that info from the Bombcast?

Hah, and your first mistake was to assume I had arms to which hands could be fixed to in order to pat my back. Seeing this title, I immediately had my arms removed and sent to one of your coworkers locations.
The second mistake that coworker will make will be to put on that tampered bottle of cologne/perfume for that big date of theirs.
And the third will be opening the mysterious package they received afterwords...

I believe that is what we call in Baseball, a strike.

*flashes back to Sega CD* AHHHHHH!!!! OH GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!!

A bit of fresh air from all the deathmatch shooters ,

Then I was right thinking "One of these statements isn't true:" wasn't true.

Been looking forward to this since playing the last one. I'm willing to bet that Holmes "dying" will be some temporary element to move the story along as a part of a plan of his to draw out a suspect or whatnot. That or he really dies. I also remember first hearing it on the Bombcast and felt that no developer would be that stupid to tell that information to people if it was a huge spoiler.

the false statement was that there was a false statement. Way to throw a paradox in there in case GlaDOS was spying on you guys.

God damn it, spoilers! What are they going to do with Sherlock Holmes 7, then?

Watson: I saw we bust in their and find the god damn evidence old chap.

Holmes: Jolly good Watson

Holmes dies? Wait what?

Holmes dies anyway. Doyle brought him back only because his readers didn't want to read his other stuff and demanded that he write more Holmes stories.

it better be a fake death like in the books.
otherwise i'm out... prolly wasn't going to get this as most Sherlock Holmes games have been crap since the epic study in scarlet 2D game.
i'll wait and see.

Your hands and the soles of your feet are actually the only two spots which don't have sebaceous glands on your body, so your oil activated chemical is useless against back patting (assuming it's done with the hands).

Med school, ftw.

Meh, I'll just go for all achievements in LA Noire next time I want my fill of detective gaming again. I think my appetite was for the most part sated for the foreseeable future, however.

Please just let this not be the snooze-fest that the Sega CD pack-in game was. I don't even know how I managed to pass the first case since I was falling in and out of consciousness while playing.

WTF, Holmes never died...in any story...sigh. oh well probably wasnt going to buy/play this anyways.

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Posted: Oct 9th 2011 2:35PM TheChezDispenser said

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