crossover fiction
Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin
By Frogwares, released 1 Jan 2007
- Microsoft Windows
- adventure video game
What it is
Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin is a Frogwares adventure game built around a challenge to Sherlock Holmes and Scotland Yard. Set in nineteenth-century London, it follows the young French burglar Arsène Lupin as he confronts the famous detective. The adventure presents a recreated London with landmarks including Buckingham Palace, the British Museum, the National Gallery, and the Tower of London. Players can interact with more than 40 characters, and the roles of Holmes and his friend Doctor Watson alternate during the investigation. The game also involves combining more than 100 objects and finding clues and documents. Frogwares developed and published it. The broader genre listing describes it as crossover fiction and an adventure video game; Steam lists Adventure and RPG. It supports single-player and Family Sharing. The Steam version is listed for Windows, with an Aug. 7, 2008 release date, while the game’s broader platform listing names Microsoft Windows.
What players like, and what they don't
- More than 40 characters to meet
- Play as Holmes and Watson
- Over 100 objects to combine
- London landmarks recreated
- Windows is the only listed platform
- Single-player is the listed play mode
Who it suits
Suited to players interested in a single-player detective adventure set in nineteenth-century London. Its investigation draws on character interactions, objects, clues, and documents.
This Frogwares adventure frames the Holmes-Lupin rivalry as an investigation across nineteenth-century London. Its listed play centers on exploration, character encounters, and combining objects to pursue clues.
