Sherlock Holmes, the worlds` greatest detective, created by Arthur Conan Doyle is about to face his biggest challenge so far: Arsene Lupin, the worlds` greatest thief, created by Maurice Leblanc. Who is going to win this battle of wits? Who is going to be victorious, and, most importantly, who would you like to see as the winner?

Some of us grew up with Sherlock Holmes (at least I know I did) and there was no mystery that he could not solve and no villain that he could not catch. On the other hand, Arsene Lupin is not your ordinary thief. More like Robin Hood, he is the kind of villain that steals out of boredom, from the rich to give to the poor (not exactly "public enemy nr. 1"). Equally famous, not knowing what it`s like to lose, neither of the characters would accept defeat. However, one is going to have to lose. Will it be Holmes, trying to protect England's` honor? Or will it be Lupin, always in search of a smarter opponent? Who would you like to see victorious?

While chasing Lupin you will visit museums, explore dungeons under the Buckingham Palace, wander around the Tower of London at night, and many more locations. You'll even be able to see the queen of England. One location I am sorry I didn't get to visit is Big Ben, since I would have liked to see it in such great detail as I saw the other locations. I enjoyed exploring everywhere, admiring the details. When I first entered the museum I spent several hours just looking at each and every painting and reading the description. On a funny note, when you'll be able to play with Lestrade be sure to check some paintings again, to see how different his opinion is from that of Holmes.

The game mechanics should be familiar to those who've played the previous part, but don't worry, you'll quickly get the hang of it. While exploring the full 3d environment, a little hand will appear when you can interact with the items in front of you. You can even interact with items that have no connection to your quest, like moving a coffee cup on a table. While this is an improvement to the classic point and click system that would often cause you to go on a pixel hunt, this can get tiresome at times. Especially when looking for a book in the library, the constant moving of the camera while trying to find what book you can interact with, will make you go dizzy.

Every dialogue and every clue will be saved so you can check them later if you need to. They will be available with a right click and this will help you tremendously but keep in mind that you will require a pen and paper for some of the quests. The map will save you the hassle of walking to each location as one click will instantly teleport you there. Speaking of teleportation, one thing I found irritating was the fact that Watson was unable to move and instead just appeared behind you everywhere.

Once you get used to it, there is nothing else to hinder your progress, except some of the puzzles. Yes, some of them are very hard and will require some knowledge of English history and monarchs, mathematics, a keen eye and most of all... patience. Another frustrating remnant from the first part is how you need to type a certain word to progress. This would have been fine if the producers had also included a list of synonyms, but instead you have to rack your brains to figure out exactly the word they were thinking of. The game will not go on until you type the correct word, and while some are quite easy and logical, some of them will make you run to a walkthrough. It's a good thing that here are plenty of walkthroughs available on the net, since I seriously doubt that anyone could finish this game without one.