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7.6
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Score Breakdown Based on 277 ratings
  1. 10 (30)
  2. 9 (54)
  3. 8 (94)
  4. 7 (64)
  5. 6 (18)
  6. 5 (4)
  7. 4 (5)
  8. 3 (4)
  9. 2 (1)
  10. 1 (3)

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  • Rating:10

    This title is the best,a complete detective game. It is logical with related puzzles. For those who are sm

    By Salar77 | Review Date: Oct 30, 2008 | PC

    This title is the best,a complete detective game. It is logical with related puzzles. For those who are smart like Sherlock. After all waiting for this I think it worth much to buy and play this one. Secret of the ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.3

    This is an intresting game to play. But It's underratted.

    By RedneckGamer87 | Review Date: Feb 15, 2007 | PC

    Gameplay: Secret of the Silver Earring takes you to England in 1897, where Holmes attends a gala hosted by an industry magnate, Sir Melvyn Bromsby. Bromsby is celebrating the return of his daughter, Lavinia, from school ... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.1

    Very, very good

    By indianapepsi | Review Date: Oct 14, 2006 | PC

    I found this game at a Dollar General store near where I lived, I had never played a Sherlock Holms game before but as it was only $6 I thought I'd give it a try and wow I was amazed at the level of detail in the locatio... Read Full Review

    3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:4.1

    Silver Earring is more like Brass!

    By xstephosx | Review Date: Sep 18, 2006 | PC

    Sherlock Holmes the great detective… The only detective work here is how this game scored so highly. I bought this game on budget, as it installed I was impressed by the graphics I thought I was going to be in for a g... Read Full Review

    0 of 3 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.3

    Nice touches, great characters...

    By jwells | Review Date: Apr 04, 2006 | PC

    Sherlock Holmes and his various side-kicks (Watson, Lestrade, etc) are such great quirky characters, and this game does an admirable job of capturing their spirit You can tell from the first instant of the game, where H... Read Full Review

    3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:3.4

    Boring, dull, yawn. All of these describe this game to a Tee.

    By Gen-Gawl | Review Date: Mar 09, 2006 | PC

    BORING! Graphically this game is okay but that’s about it. The voice acting is bad. It sounds like everyone is talking with a clothes pin on their nose. The controls are clunky. Holmes moves slowly, stops, turns, moves s... Read Full Review

    0 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5.5

    Pretty to look at ... deadly dull to play

    By bjbigham | Review Date: Feb 12, 2006 | PC

    This game's documentation boasts that it has more than 3 hours of dialog. Actually, it seemed like 30. There were times when that's all you do: listen to people talk talk talk, and that's before you come to the VERY len... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful