History VideoGame / SherlockHolmesVersusJackTheRipper

* VomitDiscretionShot: Watson didn't take the description of one murder scene too well. Especially as he had just finished eating breakfast...

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After finding the Ripper's final - and most heavily mutilated - victim, Holmes seems dazed at first, and appears to have come the closest he's ever come to being psychologically traumatized. And after he finishes his subsequent clay reconstruction of what he found, he actually makes a *joke!*

** The apparent contradiction of these events with those of ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'' is explained at the end. [[spoiler: Holmes suggests that to cover up their involvement in the case, Watson should come up with a ludicrously fictional adventure putting them far outside of London, chasing after a supernatural hound with glowing breath.]]

* HeManWomanHater/ EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: Tumblety, whom really despies women.

* ShoutOut: On the seemingly innocuous piece of paper [[spoiler:that mentions a previous conviction of Jacob Levy]], [[MontyPython a man named Ron Obvious is listed as having caused an incident relating to Chichester Cathedral]].

* CameraPerspectiveSwitch: The player can chose between first- and third-person perspective at any time during the game.

* ICantUseTheseThingsTogether: It's that kind of game, so it's to be expected.

* WretchedHive: Whitechapel is portrayed as such.

* WrenchedHive: Whitechapel is portrayed as such.

* ShownTheirWork: In spades! The game shows off many real ripper suspects, and references many others as one offs. The district of Whitechapel is accurately modeled, and the walls contain many real advertisments from the period. References are made to historical events other than Jack's crimes as well, such as a warehouse fire the night of the first murder. Furthermore, Holmes' and Watson's rooms at Baker Street contains many many references to the original stories.

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'''''Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper''''' is a 2009 game developed by Frogware, which pits the famous detective against UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper. The fifth game in the Frogware series, the story takes place in VictorianLondon and the major focus is on the district of Whitechapel, where the infamous murders took place. This puzzle/adventure game has a surprisingly large amount of historical accuracy, as real evidence is used to help deduce the identity of the killer, and the player, as either Holmes or Watson, can interrogate real suspects from the period.

!!''Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* AFoggyDayInLondonTown: Not all the time, but it shows up in the setting occasionally during investigations.

* DepravedHomosexual: Francis Tumblety

* HistoricalDomainCharacters: Several of the actual suspects from the case can be interrogated and cut off from the

* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:The titular Ripper, a bitter ex-member of the Jewish community, secretly sold some of the organs he stole to his fellows under the guise of kosher meat.]]

* TheVoiceless: Except for some panicked breathing and maniacal laughter, [[spoiler:Jacob Levy, a.k.a. Jack the Ripper]] is never heard saying a word in the ending scene.
** [[spoiler:Jacob]] is heard to talk once, during [[spoiler:Annine Chapman's murder]].

* ICantUseTheseThingsTogether
* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:The titular Ripper, a bitter ex-member of the Jewish community, was secretly selling the organs to his fellows under the guise of kosher meat.]]

* LadyDrunk: There are lots of these in Whitechappel (a pretty bad neighborhood at the time). Danny is prime example.

'''''Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper''''' is a 2009 game developed by Frogware, which pits the famous detective against JackTheRipper. The fifth game in the Frogware series, the story takes place in VictorianLondon and the major focus is on the district of Whitechapel, where the infamous murders took place. This puzzle/adventure game has a surprisingly large amount of historical accuracy, as real evidence is used to help deduce the identity of the killer, and the player, as either Holmes or Watson, can interrogate real suspects from the period.

* HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath: Holmes, of all people, goes through this upon uncovering the scene of the final murder.

* ContinuityNod: References are made to Sir Bromsby from the Case of the Silver Earring. As the game is set in 1888[[note]]The first Holmes story was published 1987, but was itself set in 1881[[/note]], it also contains nods to future adventures, such as Watson noting how he and Holmes should visit [[ArchEnemy Switzerland]] one day, and the French champagne from a "young admirer", signed Raoul d'Andresy[[note]]A pseudonym of Literature/ArseneLupin, the antagonist of ''Nemesis'', a previous game set in 1895[[/note]].

* ShoutOut: On the seemingly innocuous piece of paper [[spoiler:that mentions a previous conviction of Jacob Levy]], [[MontyPython'sFlyingCircus a man named Ron Obvious is listed as having caused an incident relating to Chichester Cathedral]].

* TheVoiceless: Except for some panicked breathing and maniacal laughter, [[spoiler:Jacob Levy, a.k.a. Jack the Ripper]] is never heard saying a word in the ending scene.