Nancy Drew Secrets Can Kill

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Summary: swapping disks is no fun
Review: It's an interesting story, and it's a challenge, but the constant swapping of the disks towards the end of the game really ruins the mood...

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Summary: Lower than the LOWEST LOW!
Review: This game [is bad]. Period. I would rate it negative 500000 if I could. I mean, you can buy a LOAD of Nancy Drew games and love em all and trash this one. But the teachers lounge IS kind of cool.......... Wish you could e-mail me but I can't give you that vital info. Too bad if you are a challenger seeking a debate.

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Summary: SECRETS CAN KILL
Review: Wonderful game, clear and precise. Exciting plot and theme music, but since there are two CD's you have A LOT of switching to do! Library in high school is especially exciting and mysterious, accentuated by the music for that particular area.The cons are that you have have to be able to take plenty of notes, because there are like a dozen hidden messages in the high school on the bulletin boards ( that's right, there are more than one so make sure to look at all of them!), and of course there is a lot of switching Cd's to do. Definetly one of my fave Nancy Drew games....I certainly couldn't have beat this game without SECOND CHANCE, a fab feature of Nancy Drew games that lets you go back to a safe point in the game before you made a fatal mistake, like setting Maxine's Diner on fire by accident because you tampered with the gas pipes, which is what I did at first. I also recommend the other 6 Nancy Drew games. Full of twists, puzzles, message decoding, and detective work, this is the game for those who just can't resist a challenge ( and is a fan of the famous sleuth).Intriguing game, perfect for those with an inquisitive mind, young or old. ....

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Summary: Alright
Review: This game is o.k. but the graphics are horrible and it has 2 disks so you need to change them often.. I understand that this is the first game Nancy Drew Co. has made. but it deffentaly isn't as good as the other ones.. I recomend the Treasure in the Royal Tower and Secret of The scarlet Hand! <----------- that one is the best! Its all good!

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Summary: SCK
Review: Okay now I'm a big fan of Nancy Drew games and books. I have all of them and beat them all but one. But this game is nothing to brag home about. It was fun.
Pros:
Good plot
Not that hard

Cons:
It kept locking up on my PC
The caraters are cartoon like
2 CDs

If you don't mind re-starting your PC and always bending over to put the CD in every 5 mins than I think you might like this game. If you do than you might want to buy someth8ing else with your [$].

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Summary: Dissapointing
Review: ...First of all, I noticed there were two CD's, which got to be extremely annoying when I was playing the game. The characters were to cartoon like, they didn't have a lot of dialog, and they were..well...quite boring to be honest with you. There wasn't enough puzzles and clues either, making the game lack in excitement and mystery. The game was really short, and I really didn't like the ending. All in all, I really wouldn't recommend this game to anyone unless you like staring at your computer screen and clicking aimlessly on stuff and solving a boring mystery in just a couple of hours. But I would definetly recommend Nancy Drew: Treasure In A Royal Tower (lots mystery and fun mixed with a lot of interesting French History)and Nancy Drew: Message In A Haunted Mansion (nice story line, and it was really fun and didn't bore you to death like Secrets can Kill. It also has a lot of interesting Chinese history)...

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Summary: Loved it...good for kids and adults
Review: I really liked this game: it wasn't too difficult, and it was interesting. The only drawback was that the game didn't take me very long (1 day) to complete. And I did it on the middle "Spy IQ" setting. This game was entertaining, and will be great for my kids as they get a little bit older. I would definately recommend buying "Secrets Can Kill"

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Summary: Awful!
Review: I absolutely DO NOT recommend this game. First of all, it was way too easy. I finished it in about 4 hours and since it is really no fun after you've played it once, I felt that the game was a total waste of money. Secondly, the game contains two discs and you have to keep switching back and forth between them which is positively annoying. Third, the graphics look way too cartoonish. I wouldn't really mind the cartoonish graphics if everything else about the game was cool, but it's not. I would not recommend paying money for this game unless you've played all the other games and are just desperate for another.

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Summary: Not worth the price compared to others in series
Review: First of all, I would like to point out that the editorial review above is not for Secrets Can Kill. It is for one of the other games in the series, and is therefore a better review than Secrets Can Kill deserves. It may be confusing to see the editorial review for the Tower mystery right under the title for Secrets Can Kill.
I love the Nancy Drew series, and I am a college-educated woman in my thirties. I have played four out of the first five games in the series (I have not played Stay Tuned for Danger). The other games have wonderful graphics and storylines. Talking to the other characters is enjoyable, and the puzzles are challenging enough for an adult when played on the senior detective level. I played Secrets Can Kill on the Master level (there are three levels for this game instead of two), and I found that my nine-year-old son was not challenged by the puzzles. Most of the puzzles are easily solved word puzzles that have clues as to the items to gather or hints about the character's secrets. However, most of the puzzles have nothing to do with the game play itself. There is one slide puzzle that allows you to find an inventory item; otherwise, the puzzles are just there for hints. As mentioned in other reviews, this game has cartoon-like characters rather than the 3D-type characters in the other games, and it really does make the game less interesting. The dialogue is uninteresting and the characters become hostile and barely speak to Nancy through most of the game. Overall, the game requires only a few answered puzzles to solve the mystery, and the ending is disappointing, to say the least. I gave this two stars instead of one, which was my first inclination, because I feel that it might be interesting for a child to play, especially if the child has not had very much experience with adventure games for the computer; however, a child would probably still at least want to play on the senior detective level. I recommend the other Nancy Drew games that I have played to players of any age for a nice, relaxing mystery, and I especially recommend the Haunted Mansion game. I cannot, however, recommend Secrets Can Kill.

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Summary: Die Hard Fans Only
Review: I read Nancy Drew religiously in my early teenage years so I was really anxious to try these games when I heard of them. I really wished I had skipped this though. It was terrible. The graphics are too cartoonish. The characters are flat and one dimensional. It doesn't take very long at all to play. I finished it in a fraction of the 20 hours that the package promises. And the thing I disliked most about it was all of the coded messages. It has a lot of messages hidden around but they do not advance you in the game and do nothing more than give away each of the characters secrets. The messages just kill any suspense in the game. Oh and the game also has two discs and you have to go keep going from one disc to the other throughout the game. It's not too much of an inconvience, but this game just isn't worth it. I don't recommend this game unless you just have to own all of them.