The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Experience Victorian England with a full cast of video-captured characters.
• Use the point and click lab table to examine evidence with seven different experiments.
• Question suspects with fully digitized dialogue throughout the game.
• Visit over 50 beautifully rendered 3-D locations.
• Clever puzzles and games will challenge your wits as you search for clues throughout London and the countryside.

Product Details

• ASIN: B0007YSOCK
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,223 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Windows 95. Rated Teen - 13+ and up. In this original mystery adventure, you assume the role of the legendary Sherlock Holmes. The case at hand is as baffling as it is perilous. You'll need all of the master detective's prodigious sleuthing skills to solve it. A spectacular explosion initiates a tortuous investigation into a tangled web of theft, treason and murder. Immersed in the vivid atmosphere of Victorian England, you'll be asked to unravel several heinous crimes, protect the national security, defend the government from public ridicule, and preserve the honor of the nation's most famous family. It's all in a day's work for the world's most famous detective.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great game, indepth story, hours of great detective work!, June 23, 2005

By 

D. Hardy "mcfly_59" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo (CD-ROM)

This sequel to Serrated Scalpel is definitely worth your time! Whether you're a hardcore Sherlock Holmes fan, a mystery lover, or a Victorian-era enthusiast, this is the game for you.

The story is very deep, but very engaging (you really must take notes to keep the facts straight). The atmosphere of this game is entrancing, making sure you'll find yourself immersed in the Victorian London. The dialog is witty witty and the characters are quirky. Best of all, the characters, plot, and locations are well within the realm of the original Sherlock Holmes stories. Hardcore fans won't find themselves rolling their eyes at all.

There are only two drawbacks to this game:

1. If you get stuck, it is very time-consuming to visit all of your locations to be sure you didn't miss anything.

2. The routine Sherlock and Watson go through every time you enter and exit 223B becomes tiresome after the first few times.

Overall, this game is totally worth paying for. If you can find a copy for under $50, buy it! If not, you'll have to decide what your willing to pay for one of the best Sherlock computer games ever created.

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST Sherlock Holmes game by far!, January 12, 2012

By 

Jei (Athens, Greece) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo (CD-ROM)

First of all let me state that I have played almost all Sherlock Holmes games except Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper and the puzzle games that are made for mobile phones. With that being said the Case of the Rose Tattoo is by far the best of them all, followed closely by it's predecessor, the Case of the Serrated Scalpel.

The Case of the Rose Tattoo is a very complex case which begins with an explosion at the infamous Diogenes Club and the subsequent injury of Mycroft Holmes. A very distressed Sherlock initially wallows in his own sorrow but then decides to take matters into his own hands since Lestrade once again proves inadequate. After discovering that the explosion was caused by an incendiary device he begins to untangle a complex web which will lead to a confrontation with many powerful adversaries...

Despite the complexity of the plot, the main deductions are done by Sherlock himself as the game progresses. The characters and the plot are very well designed. In fact I have never seen a better plot in a mystery game or Sherlock Holmes movie. What is also amazing is the vast amount of information present inside the game about Victorian England. The game designers really paid attention to historical accuracy and it shows.

Two words of caution:

1) Before playing this game I recommend playing (or seeing a YouTube walkthrough of) the Case of the Serrated Scalpel. It is just as good as this one and, since it preceeds the Case of the Rose Tatoo, some things will not make sense to you if you don't play it.

2) There IS the occasional pixel hunting in the game as well as some frustrating interconnection where you sometimes have to "look" at a certain item to "unlock" a dialogue option and proceed. All this can make the game frustrating sometimes but overall a mystery game is first and foremost dependent on the plot. And that's why I'm giving this game five stars.

The game is afoot!