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Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is smart, full of mind and richly imagined

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most durable characters in popular culture, but anyone who has lent the slightest attention to the representation of the famous detective in entertainment and the media may have noticed that each version of Holmes is unique. In fact, apart from Arthur Conan Doyle's original books, Holmes and John Watson characters seem to be extremely malleable and easily assume some of the trendy attributes of the day. Sometimes they are bad boys, or nerds, or some kind of Victorian hipsters. Is Holmes a brain or does it have something that is like super powers? Regardless of the details, there seems to be common features shared between each version of Sherlock Holmes, including the character of the next adventure game, Sherlock Holmes Chapter One. It is often driven or austere, unable to bear the fools and bored by the daily circumstances that do not fully engage its intellect. He is from a supernatural observer. It can be charming if necessary and it is attracted...