Not Worth It. The Prequel had great optimization but this one was having a lot of frame drops and stutters so it ruined my experience.

Devil's Daughter is another worthy addition to the Sherlock Holmes series. It consists of 5 major cases, plus the unfolding of the story of Kate's daughter (who was introduced in Testament). It uses the newer 'mind palace' interface and the graphics and audio are on par with the later titles. For those who have played other Sherlock Holmes games, It is an enjoyable interlude in a familiar place. The apartment at 221 Baker and Scotland Yard remain unchanged and, of course, Toby (the dog) is always present.

There are some very complex puzzles in diverse environments that I found challenging and fun. Lots of evidence to uncover and multiple suspects in each case. Achievement hunters should be able to get 100% if nothing is skipped and you are able to win a lawn bowling tournament (which was simpler than I expected). Unlike some of the other games, there is no achievement for identifying the 'correct' suspect or making specific moral choices. This gives the player more freedom in linking evidence and coming to their own conclusions. I played the game on the easier level, as I was looking for relaxation rather than stress. Even on easy, you can still die but the penalty is marginal (restart at the same place).

There were a couple of balancing ('walk-the-plank') and eavesdropping exercises that I could not do with my keyboard and mouse. A controller was more intuitive for me to manage two-handed coordination.

The game auto-saves at regular intervals during each case. Thus, if you want to return to a prior checkpoint in the current case, you can do so. Once a case is completed, you are warned that moving ahead will delete all saves and begin again with the new case. Until this point, you can circle back and revise your conclusion and choices without penalty.

A warning... if the Holmes story grabs you, it is possible to binge for weeks by playing one game after another. I am not sure why it took me so long to jump into this world but it has been fun and I still have more titles to play. I highly recommend this to those who enjoy a good story and love solving mysteries.

The first case started strong, but as the game went on it felt slightly tedious, so much of the game is spent on not deducing, but puzzle mini-games. I think the developers knew that the puzzle mini-games might be annoying to some, so they made them skip-able, but I feel like if every one of them was skipped, the game would be cut short by at least a third. Another frustrating part was that puzzles and deduction information seemed very arbitrary. For example a mechanism where you had to deduce the sequence of things that happened, but some of the events could have arguably happened simultaneously and there isn't a mechanism that lets Sherlock point you to the right direction, so you just have to manually reset all 13 items again. Some of the solves also seem arbitrary, there's not a lot of solid evidence in this game towards the end, I think red herrings in detective fiction should send them on a wild goose case, leading to a somewhat dead end, the game doesn't really do that, towards the end often it ends up being a "most probable" leap of faith, but I feel like that doesn't stick to the original's phrase "When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." There's nothing to rule out the others except vibes.

And the ENDING OMG (I don't really spoil the plot, just spoiling the plot device).
The ending being in a dream sequence that just literally ends the game as a dream sequence made me so frustrated. You built up so much of this story line then decide to have it play out in a dream sequence? Just to end it there? It was so weird having the character of Sherlock suddenly suspend disbelief when crazy stuff happened, but also having a game with a plot device that has moral decisions. There wasn't even a post-dream-sequence where that dream sequence informed your real life choice.

My main issue with this game is sometimes feels so guided, which is fine, a way to make players feel like Sherlock Holmes is to give them Sherlock's super-powers, but then there are puzzles suddenly you had thousands of possibilities with almost no guidance and IMO arbitrary answers.