But this war is continually throwing new challenges at us that each time requires we stop, regroup and adapt. “Under normal circumstances, we would secure the funding for our next game ourselves from the sales of our previous titles. The story of how the bond between Holmes and Watson could have formed is being amplified in the writing now as well as changes to the ending to line up with all this and the psychological impact the events would have on both of them.” - Antonina Melnykova, Lead Narrative Designer, Frogwares We’re making some changes to the stories in the cases as well as some entirely new side quests. Much of the character interactions and lines are being rewritten to reflect this. Watson is at his side but they are just acquaintances at this point and this is their first major case together. Most notably we’re shifting the timeline so it’s Sherlock, a few years after the events that took place on Cordona. “So we are taking this foundation and keeping much of the horror, Cthulhu storyline intact but rewriting it to be a direct continuation of our young Sherlock history. We’re extremely proud of the original writing in The Awakened which over many years seems to hold up as quite a few fans and critics have told us that they consider it one of the best Cthulhu-inspired game stories out there.” “The original Sherlock Holmes The Awakened was a standalone story with a mature Holmes and Watson taking on a case of what seemed like a simple kidnapping but turns into something much more supernatural and sinister.
New English voice-over recordings and translations into multiple languagesĬhange to contemporary 3rd person perspective camera Rewriting the story to connect with the case from The Awakened to a younger SherlockĪmplifying the story behind how Watson and Holmes came to be so close It’s essentially an entirely new game with only the underlying story in the cases staying more or less intact” - Jaroslav Martyniuk, Feature Designers Team Lead, FrogwaresĪ list of the major changes to The Awakened include:Īll new graphics and assets made in Unreal Engine 4Īdditional investigation gameplay mechanics We’re also reworking the camera to feel like modern third-person perspective games, remaking all of the UI, animations, cutscenes. The changes to the story and timeline mean entirely new voice acting will be recorded. We’re also adding entirely new gameplay mechanics while reworking the original ones to expand the ways players will be solving the cases. We are essentially rebuilding the entire game from scratch to run Unreal Engine 4, using all new assets or ones we can cleverly rework from Sherlock Holmes Chapter One which came out only a few months ago.
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“No assets or code are being repurposed from the original game. And stability and predictability is exactly what we need right now while the rest of our days remain so uncertain.” - Denys Chebotarov, Producer, Frogwares By working on a title that has the bulk of its content, scope and narrative all locked in place after just a few weeks, we are giving ourselves a much more predictable and structured development cycle. “So we’ve always wanted to remake this game at some point, but the war has forced us into making it now. A profound and haunting experience that essentially brings them together.“ It’s something we intentionally didn’t cover in Sherlock Holmes Chapter One, but a part of the Holmes story we knew we’d like to one day cover. The story is also set up well as a great opportunity to give our take on how the profound bond between Holmes and Watson could have cemented itself. Something that tops what we already did in Sherlock Holmes Chapter One and lets us continue our creative take on what Sherlock could have experienced to become such a broken and haunted genius. The supernatural, all-consuming cosmic horror setting and gameplay work extremely well as a monumental, life-altering moment in Sherlock’s formative years. The idea of using the unsettling and horror-filled events in The Awakened to continue our young Sherlock arc has been floating around the studio for a while. The game will take the detective duo across 4 locations – Victorian London, a Swiss psych ward, the New Orleans bayous, and the Scottish Highlands - as they try to separate reality from the supernatural while trying to put a stop to these shadowy madmen.
What seems like a straightforward case of a missing person quickly spirals into a web of conspiracies by a nefarious cult that worships the eldritch god Cthulhu and are attempting to bring about an ancient prophecy. The Awakened remake sees a young Sherlock take on his first major case alongside his newly acquainted sidekick, John Watson.
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