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Article #335476Re: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Rose Tattoo
From: Rohan Parkes
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 08:57
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 08:57
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In article <idWdnXIVlK0azxncRVn-qw@rogers.com>, invalid@nospams.com says... > "Rohan Parkes" <rparkes@email.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.1bee0d5d2cc5e5499896d3@news.labyrinth.net.au... > Yes, it is. The part of Virgil, which was the boy you mention, was poorly > done considering that Holmes and Watson and others were so good (In my view > at least). Queen Victoria was not well done either, and I did mention that > above. But on the whole, I found it to be one of the best games I've ever > played. > > > However, there was one puzzling feature about the game - it was based on > > a central misconception - Mycroft Holmes was not a government minister, > > as the game's developers seemed to think. The game begins with Sherlock's brother Mycroft getting injured in an explosion at his club. In the stories, Mycroft worked for the British government in a covert capacity as a sort of human computer. He wasn't a politician, however. -- Rohan Parkes Melbourne Australia
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