Remember how L.A. Noire tried to do a great many things including procedurally investigating crime scenes, and the idea of plucking a few key witnesses out the crowd for an in-depth grilling back at the station? Do you also remember how completely laughable interrogation mechanics saw your character then sporadically jump from conversing gently to yelling down someone's throat every five minutes? Well, longtime Sherlock developer Frogwares saw this travesty and thanks to enough miles travelled and knowledge of how to construct some bafflingly brilliant crime scenes, finally put together a detective experience that will define the genre for years to come. Taking influence from the newer BBC show that sees Sherlock systematically analyse a person with an audience-only view of what he's thinking, it translates into game perfectly. You also have access to his mind-map, assembling any number of thoughts into deductions, leading to a handful of different endings for each case depending on who's on the receiving end of your accusatory finger. With each case being a good few hours work, no hand-holding outside of a very reliable diary of conversations, clues and items - along with a more-British-than-tea-n'-crumpets old school setting, this is the quintessential experience for not only fans of Sherlock, but the vastly underused detective genre too.
