I thought there was a bug as I was at that for 20 mins a time (real time) and couldn’t get it to finish. It’s quite a good game to start with as everything is contained. I am an experienced LF adventure player but as ND games are so different still think I am a beginner maybe moving up next game to intermediate! I always play hard in other games but still with ND am playing on junior level so if you are a beginner I’d advise that. And so you know what I am comparing them to.Ģ) Trail of the twister (although shorter and less variety than others)Ħ) Message in a haunted mansion (must retry it with walkthrough as missed vital thing early on and just frustrated me so not that far through it) Here is a list of ND games I have played in order of my personal enjoyment/rating. And the variety of puzzles was a lot better than trail of the twister, and it was mostly straightforward with what you had to do next. I love this game as it’s contained re talking and ND games always has a fair amount of talking in them. There are some smaller puzzles scattered throughout.

There is an involved cipher but you can look for a walkthrough to skip that. I loved the fox and geese game but it is quite hard so if you don’t like it don’t play it till the end. Maid duty, I didn’t make many beds during game, (just required one click) but you take away the towels, that’s about it! But as you are snooping around the rooms anyway it all works out. There was also a tight timed pipe puzzle game but discovered by a tip you can play this untimed (click rapidly on door till Nancy says something, but you don’t go into second chance so have time to do puzzle). I loved this part but some of the food looked yuck like the salad, I guess you are not a good cook! I missed 2 meals by being outside but nothing happened (don’t know if it affected my end score). So don’t know what happens if you don’t complete or run over time. I waited at the kitchen for the right time and always managed to get all meals done before end of service and I am not good at TM games. Re snowmobile, it would have been good if it could have been first person view on the snowmobile, scenery like it was outside. The puzzles were a mixture of arcade, thinking, and TM style.Īrcade – 1d, style avoid obstacles while on snowmobile*, and a variation of whack a mole (snowball fight) Usually in ND games you learn something about a subject, here it was about wolves, especially one and that part was good. It’s cold up in Canada so you can only stay out in the cold weather for a certain amount of time but it’s plenty if you only do one thing at a time outside. You don’t have a cell phone but you use the hotel phone, so no Bess and Hardy boys to call. It was straightforward what to do and when and who to speak to and as everyone was in the lodge it’s easy to speak to everyone and you don’t have to spend ages backtracking to find out if anyone has anything new to say! There is a clock in this game but unlike the haunted mansion where I missed out on vital thing, it didn’t happen here. You go undercover as a cook and maid at a small ski lodge to uncover the sabotage and strange things that have been happening. I always thought - 'ah why didn't I think of that,' rather than 'no one would every do that!' Give it a go - if you want to try something different!īest ND game (so far!) It’s the best nancy drew game I have played (apart from the dossier series). I had to resort to a strategy guide twice to help me, but the plot was not so abstract or far fetched (as it can be in other games) to lose the logic of what you are doing. I liked the fact that I was really stumped a few times but had lots of data to look at and calls I could make to help me on. There is a thermometer to keep an eye on when outside to make sure you don't freeze and lots of challenging puzzles. You have to keep an eye on the ingame time because you have tasks to complete, as well as your detective work. It takes ages to complete because there are so many things to do. Suprisingly fantastic I didn't really like the Nancy Drew books when I was young but played one of the Drew mysteries games on a reviewers recommendation, it was good but not fantastic, but the same reviewer said this was the best Drew mystery ever so I tried it! Thanks so much for the good advice, this is a great game.

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