The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Capcom, 2021)
A rookie Japanese lawyer in late-nineteenth-century England, and a great detective called Herlock Sholmes.
The famous detective is the most interesting person in any room and is also sometimes wrong, which makes him a useful ally for a defence lawyer.
You like courtroom puzzles and visual novels, and you would enjoy a great detective who is sometimes wrong.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: late-nineteenth-century England, a celebrated detective, and a Watson who writes up his cases.
Changes: the hero and the name: you play a defence lawyer, and the detective is Herlock Sholmes, whose deductions, by Capcom’s own description, sometimes overshoot into a confused conclusion.
Whose story is it?
the lawyer’s, Ryunosuke Naruhodo, with Sholmes as a brilliant, unreliable ally.
How much time does it ask?
A double pack of two games, each with five murder-mystery episodes.
Capcom, released on Steam 26 July 2021. In the game, Sholmes’s cases are written up as “The Adventures of Herlock Sholmes” by Iris Watson.
Where to find it
Other ways to get it: PlayStation 4 — Amazon · PC — Steam · PlayStation Store
More versions: Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments (Frogwares, 2014) · The Sherlock Holmes Escape Book: The Adventure of the London Waterworks (2019)