Turlock Holmes
- February 21, 2024
- Find the Lamp Games
Get on Steam"Turlock Holmes" is a single-player puzzle game featuring 48 lateral thinking puzzlers. Players must deduce the surprising endings to scenarios such as a girl trapped in a mall with turtle soup and a dead boy with only an umbrella. With an AI quizmaster, players will need to think outside the box to solve these mind benders.
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Reviews
- The game features interesting puzzle mechanics that are satisfying to solve.
- The overarching story and individual cases are entertaining, with a mix of comical and dark themes.
- The game is cozy and fun, making it a relaxing experience to enjoy while solving puzzles.
- The English version has translation issues and inconsistencies, which can detract from the experience.
- Some puzzles contain dark or disturbing themes that may not be suitable for all players.
- The game has UI and functionality issues, such as broken scrolling and input field problems, which can be frustrating.
- story9 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The game's story is structured around solving individual cases by filling in blanks, which reveals a mix of quirky and unsettling narratives. Players also unlock a separate, intriguing story about a girl in a grocery store, presented in a non-linear fashion that keeps the mystery alive until the end. Overall, while the individual stories can be bizarre, the overarching plot adds an entertaining layer to the experience.
“The Turlock character is cute and sweet, but the individual stories can range from weird to unsettling, and there's this whole other long-running story that makes no sense to me at all and is just creepy.”
“As you illuminate the circumstances of each case, you'll unlock pages out of chronological order for a separate short story about a girl who wakes up in a grocery store without knowing how she got there.”
“Each correctly solved case gives you a token for that separate story, which doesn't require you to solve anything within it but is still entertaining, as you reveal the pages out of order so you don't get the whole picture until near the end.”
“The Turlock character is cute and sweet, but the individual stories can range from weird to messed up, and there's this whole other long-running story that makes no sense to me at all and is just creepy.”
“Given a short paragraph of information and a page full of blanks, can you put together what happened in each story?”
“While the lengths of each one can vary from two sentences to a couple of short paragraphs, each one starts the same: a short intro of the overarching plot within the case and then several piecemeal sentences for you to fill.”
- gameplay2 mentions
- 150 % positive mentions
- -100 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The gameplay features intriguing puzzle mechanics, though the overall tone is inconsistent, which may detract from the experience. Additionally, the initial presentation through screenshots does not clearly convey the nature of the gameplay.
“As a puzzle game, it has some interesting mechanics that keep the experience engaging.”
“The gameplay offers a unique blend of challenges that require creative thinking and problem-solving skills.”
“The mechanics are well-designed, providing a satisfying and rewarding experience throughout the game.”
“I think that term is more widely known than 'albatross soup', and the first few screenshots don't make it immediately obvious what the gameplay is like.”
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game somewhat tedious, particularly due to the repetitive nature of typing common words like articles and conjunctions. However, the game mitigates this frustration by allowing a single entry to trigger all variations, making the process more manageable.
“The grinding feels repetitive and tedious, as I find myself typing the same articles and conjunctions over and over again.”
“While the game tries to make grinding more bearable by allowing one entry to trigger all variations, it still becomes a chore after a while.”
“The constant need to repeat the same actions for progress makes the experience feel monotonous and draining.”
- music1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The music in the game is noted for its repetitiveness, which may detract from the overall experience for some players.
“The music also gets quite repetitive.”
