The game is ahoof
Hear me out a minute.
Imagine Sherlock Holmes, but instead of a pompous eccentric, hes a well-mannered, top hat-wearing… giraffe.
Theres been a bleeding murder!
Its classic point-and-click through and through.
Ilovethis kind of setup.
Give me a Poirot boxset and a packet of hobnobs and Im in heaven.
There’s also Salty Walters the booze-soaked sailor who also happens to be a grumpy pug.
The main culprit for Winklebottom’s lacklustre detective antics are the puzzles.
I felt this way about many of the objects that rattled inside Winklebottoms infinite pockets.
If youre looking for a detective tale to sink your teeth into, you wont find that here.
Instead, I’d suggest one of Frogwares' actualSherlock Holmesgames.
