Publisher / developer Frogwares will release its new license-based game in 2021 Sherlock Holmes. Planned for Xbox One and Series X | S, Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One, will put us in the shoes of the famous British detective at the beginning of his career. A new trailer has been released to explain certain elements of the gameplay.
At the age of 21, full of enthusiasm and ideas, you have to solve crimes on the island of Cordoba in the Mediterranean. An open world that gives you complete freedom and consists of five different areas. Each one offers you their main missions and quests, but also secondary ones.
The old town : a population composed mainly of the descendants of the Ottoman civilization. With Turkish architecture.
The Scaladio district : an area controlled by the British Empire. Very European, with its cathedrals and its banks.
Grand Sarai : a district for the rich. Consisting of luxury tourist complexes and villas as far as the eye can see.
Miners end : the poorest area on the island, with abandoned factories and slums.
Silverton : a popular district consisting of intact factories, others closed.
In order to gain the trust of your interlocutors, you need to equip yourself with appropriate clothing. These costumes can be purchased from vendors or earned by completing quests. Several customization items will also be available. Several people will be able to help you with your research, but their answers will depend heavily on your presentation. Credibility will be the order of the day, either asking a police officer disguised as a thug for information won’t do you any good! But in the same situation, if you disguise yourself as an aristocrat, it becomes a speaker … A concentration meter allows you to anticipate the reaction based on three points:
- Ethnicity and occupation
- The dynamics and their reaction to your disguise.
- A peculiarity of his personality
The developers want to give us complete and fun elements. With different properties for all residents of the island whose secrets you need to unravel!
