Flash Review #3: "Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened" (2007)

The first of the informal “mash-up trilogy” and my favourite game in the series, uniting my twin loves for Sherlock Holmes and the Cthulhu Mythos. It’s a globetrotting adventure, taking Holmes and Watson from London to Switzerland, thence to New Orleans, and finally the Scottish Highlands – all beautifully realised locations. Along the way, Watson goes mad staring at a statue; Holmes has a chance encounter with an old enemy; and there’s an inexplicable cameo by Hercule Poirot. Much acerbic banter is had, both between the heroes and the characters they encounter, and the spirit of Lovecraft is perfectly captured throughout.