DS #3675: Sherlock Holmes DS: The Mystery of the Mummy (Europe)

[hakujintanuki]

OH my god, are you guys actually serious?

A game's rating has nothing to do with the target audience.

A rating is a guideline for the content within, JUST LIKE MOVIES (which have been around for some time).

You all must be a part of the same crowd that doesn't buy Mario games because there's "no killing" in them.
Seriously, the rating is just a reference for how appropriate the content is, not ANY REGARD WHATSOEVER to difficultly or target audience.

Grow up.

 

[shakirmoledina]

i agree tht u better check out the game before u say anything...
if games like chibby park are gr8 even with their ratings, why not this one
ofcourse i like to be more polite in this regard cuz i don't usually try the games myself

 

[deathfisaro]

3+ or "for everyone" rating doesn't mean a kiddy game. There are tons of great E rated games.

But you don't expect Sherlock Holmes to get that rating given its content.
People in this thread are not saying "OMG 3+ age rating, I'm gonna pass" but "OMG A SHERLOCK HOLMES GAME with a 3+ age rating, I'm gonna pass"

If GTA came out with 3+ rating, would you still consider?

 

[monaug5]

Any screenshots?

 

[Popin]

Video of it



Doesn't look too bad. I'll probably check it out sooner or later.

 

[crook]

Oh no! It's a port of the worst Sherlock Holmes game ever. They should've ported the old Holmes games from the 90s.

 

[perculus]

Its actualy quite fun.
The voice does not match the subtitles...funny

 

[NatsuMatto]

lost interest at "not real story"

Why would you want to play a game based on an existing story? If you've read the story, you know how it plays out. Where would be the mystery in that?

 

[mrfatso]

3+ or "for everyone" rating doesn't mean a kiddy game. There are tons of great E rated games.

But you don't expect Sherlock Holmes to get that rating given its content.
People in this thread are not saying "OMG 3+ age rating, I'm gonna pass" but "OMG A SHERLOCK HOLMES GAME with a 3+ age rating, I'm gonna pass"

If GTA came out with 3+ rating, would you still consider?

if a GTA has +3 rating, of cos not, the whole point of GTA is its M rating and the freedom to run around like a maniac and shooting at everything that walk, swim or fly, esp fly

 

[Ruri]

Well, I tried it. It's terrible, but not because of the 3+ thing. Holmes is investigating a man's supposed suicide by self-immolation to see if there was foul play (seriously, 3+? Suicide by self-immolation? Yes, I'm sure every parent would love to explain to their three-year-old what that means.

) According to the instructions, it is also possible for you to die.

But anyway, the game isn't any good. It has a Myst-imitation system where you look around in each area and can tap elsewhere to go someplace else, but it's basically just pixel hunting. And also, the game is completely focused on Egyptology. Everything just feels... silly. The house is filled with random traps and puzzles for no reason. It's like the worst of the Myst-imitation games from back when everyone was making games imitating Myst.

 

[mrfatso]

Egyptology? What's that and wow, suicide and the word 3+ ,seriously should never ever be in the same sentence or boxart...