Most of the time you'll hardly even notice that music is playing, but it's a step up from being absolutely silent.Total Film recently sat down for a chat with Anne Hathaway, and unsurprisingly the conversation turned towards The Dark Knight Rises. There is a soothing blend of violin and piano duets and popular classical melodies by Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Schubert playing in the background. The music is very fitting for this story, which is set in Victorian London. It makes you wonder if the actors themselves were bored of reciting the lines. The voice acting is decent some were better than others but they manage to get the idea across. The gallery and the museum have on display an impressive collection of famous artwork and artifacts. The locations that you visit, such as the Tower of London, the National Gallery of Painting, the British Museum and Buckingham Palace, are incredibly detailed which then means that it takes quite a bit of time to absorb your surroundings. The characters have some awkward movements but Lupin's character is fascinating he brings about a certain style and panache that contrasts the rather stoic Holmes. Nemesis itself looks good for an adventure game. The British Museum is one of the many real world locations in the game. There are points in the game where it would be smart to jot down your own notes, but a hefty amount of information is stored for you to access whenever you need it. The game does track all dialogue exchanged, which is helpful, as well as the clues left behind by Lupin. Right-clicking the mouse gives you quick access to your inventory, map, documents and other useful items. This saves you a lot time, but the game can still drag when you're jumping back and forth collecting items. The more favorable parts of the game include a map that allows you to jump from one area to another. Some parts of the game also require that you input an answer and since you don't get much help from Holmes or Watson, it becomes a guessing game. There is a bit of math involved but the math isn't hard it's how to apply that math. Unless you're skilled at interpreting riddles and have a solid background in history, this is really difficult to complete without help. The puzzles themselves can range from really obvious to complete show stopper.

The one hint that the game does give you is that if you're done examining footprints you won't be able to zoom in on it again. There is no list of objectives to help you, either. This can get annoying because you'll end up scouring every inch of the place again to make sure nothing was missed. You can't advance in certain areas until you've analyzed everything around you, even if you know what you need to do next. Of course you will need to use it later, but only then will the net be available for the taking. Holmes will come across a net and comment on how that could come in handy later but there is no option to take it. Unlike old 2D adventure games where things of interest are usually highlighted, some items here can't be interacted with until you move past a certain point in the story, so there's a lot of backtracking. Icons do appear when something of interest comes into view, but you need to be fairly close and scan slowly so that you don't miss the icon. The downside is that in a vast 3D environment, this makes pixel hunting incredibly frustrating as there is a lot of ground to cover and many items to look at. Controls are similar to a FPS, where you use the WASD keys to move and the mouse to look around.

Most of the time you play as Holmes but you do switch off with Watson, who is generally doing fetch quests for Holmes, and at one point you also get to play as the Inspector Lestrade. Nemesis is an adventure in the first person, with a full and elaborate 3D environment to explore.

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