History VideoGame / TheTestamentOfSherlockHolmes

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* WorthyOpponent: At the end of the game [[spoiler: A dying Moriarty asks Holmes to raise his daughter, stating that Holmes, the only man who Moriarty considers an equal, is the only person worthy of doing so. However, in ''The Devil's Daughter'' it's shown that Moriarty was also hoping that, as Holmes' adopted daughter, she would be in a position to destroy Holmes upon growing up and learning her true heritage[[note]]A scheme he seems to have nicked wholecloth from Fu Manchu[[/note]]. Fortunately she ends up fully rejecting Moriarty and his legacy.]]

* FramingDevice: The game is set around a group of young children who have found and are reading Watsons old journals. These primary-school aged children apparently find the saga of blood, death, betrayal and murder to be enthralling. [[spoiler: Since the children happens to be Holmes and Watson's grandchildren, perhaps they would be interested in this kind of story.]]

* HatePlague: The early stages of the game introduce a nasty poison that causes the victim to go literally insane with rage. The rage poison becomes a reoccuring plot point, but you don't find out how it all fits in into the plot until the final chapter.

** About halfway through the game, you have to examine a hat to identify it's owner. The characters comment multiple times on its high quality.

** Averted throughout the game. Inspector Baynes is able to keep up with Holmes' investigations, and manages to independently identify the Bishop's murderers at the same rate Holmes' does, [[spoiler:although this is subverted when you discover that Baynes is one of Moriarty's men and that is most likely how he knew who the murderers were]]. Near the end of the final chapter, Scotland Yard locates [[spoiler: Moriarty's bombs]] fairly quickly.

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* WorthyOpponent: At the end of the game [[spoiler: A dying Moriarty asks Holmes to raise his daughter, stating that Holmes, the only man who Moriarty considers an equal, is the only person worthy of doing so. However, in ''The Devil's Daughter'' it's shown that Moriarty was also hoping that, as Holme's adopted daughter, she would be in a position to destroy Holmes upon growing up and learning her true heritage[[note]]A scheme he seems to have nicked wholecloth from Fu Manchu[[/note]]. Fortunately she ends up fully rejecting Moriarty and his legacy.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: It appears Holmes is getting this treatment. [[spoiler: Not really however. Though it's played straight for Inspector Baynes, whom is a mole for Moriarty.]]

* WorthyOpponent: At the end of the game [[spoiler: A dying Moriarty asks Holmes to raise his daughter, stating that Holmes, the only man who Moriarty considers an equal, is the only person worthy of doing so. However, in ''The Devil's Daughter'' it's shown that Moriarty was also hoping that, as Holme's adopted daughter, she would be in a position to destroy Holmes upon growing up and learning her true heritage. Fortunately she ends up fully rejecting Moriarty and his legacy.]]

* [[spoiler: AdaptationalVillainy]]: [[spoiler: Inspector Baynes, whom is a mole for Moriarty.]]

* HatePlague: The early stages of the game introduce a nasty poison that causes the victim to go literally insane with rage.

* InformingTheFourthWall: "I need something".
* InsufferableGenius: Holmes, natch. Actually a plot point, as while he's more than capable of solving cases single handedly, his manner in which he goes about it has started to ruffle some feather's, Watson's included.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: This game takes Sherlock's sociopathy to new levels.

* TheMole: [[spoiler: Inspector Baynes]]

* PoliceAreUseless: An opinion strongly held by Holmes, which is why he goes to great lengths to keep them out of his hair in the early game. Whether or not he's right in doing so is a plot point...

* [[spoiler: AdaptationalVillainy]]: [[spoiler: See {{Retcon}} below for Inspector Baynes.]]

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* WhatTheHellHero: Grant, Watson's old friend, delivers this to Watson for trying use the morgue in a manner that suggests he thinks that because he's in a good financial state he can do what he likes in the poorer districts. Watson might have accepted this if Grant hadn't suggested Watson understands the risks they face in Whitechapel. Watson then ''quickly'' turns it back around, angrily berating Grant for talking to ''a veteran'' and a man who deals with the criminal underworld like he doesn't understand risks. He goes on to note that if Grant did his job properly, Whitechapel might be in a better medical state.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Grant, Watson's old friend, delivers this to Watson for trying use the morgue in a manner that suggests he thinks that because he's in a good financial state he can do what he likes in the poorer districts. Watson might have accepted this if Grant hadn't suggested Watson understands the risks they face in Whitechapel. Watson then ''quickly'' turns it back around, angrily berating Grant for talking to ''a veteran'' and a man who deals with the criminal underworld like he doesn't understand risks. He goes on to note that if Grant did his job properly, Whitechapel might be in a better medical state.

* ICantUseTheseThingsTogether: "I need something".

* SuperDickery: Essentially the main premise. The game showcases Sherlock's personality growing more and more extreme, from bullying a priest and terrifying hungry, wounded children, to breaking out a known serial poisoner and attempting to murder suspects. Eventually he [[spoiler: bombs the house of a corrupt judge, killing an innocent woman in the process. He later justifies his behavior as being necessary to protect Watson from being targeted by Moriarty's plot, but there are still too many incidents where Sherlock Holmes acted that way simply because he is indeed a bit of an asshole.]]

* Superdickery: Essentially the main premise. The game showcases Sherlock's personality growing more and more extreme, from bullying a priest and terrifying hungry, wounded children, to breaking out a known serial poisoner and attempting to murder suspects. Eventually he [[spoiler: bombs the house of a corrupt judge, killing an innocent woman in the process. He later justifies his behavior as being necessary to protect Watson from being targeted by Moriarty's plot, but there are still too many incidents where Sherlock Holmes acted that way simply because he is indeed a bit of an asshole.]]

* DirtyCommunists: The russian brothers are anarchists.

* FramingDevice: The game is set around a group of young children who have found and are reading Watsons old journals. These primary-school aged children apparently find the saga of blood, death, betrayal and murder to be enthralling.

Unlike the last few games in the series, ''Testament'' does not feature any influences from other contemporary sources (those past "crossovers" being with [[CosmicHorrorStory H.P. Lovecraft]], Literature/ArseneLupin and JackTheRipper), instead focusing on the relationship between Holmes and Watson as they find themselves embroiled in an intricate and sordid criminal investigation.

* ContinuityNod: References are made to the previous games in the series, particularly Holmes' recent conflicts with Literature/ArseneLupin and JackTheRipper. Late in the game, Holmes also bemoans [[spoiler: leaving the apparently brain-dead Moriarty in the Swiss mental asylum from ''The Awakened'', given that he's up and about now...]]

* [[spoiler: AdaptationalVillainy: See {{Retcon}} below for Inspector Baynes.]]