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Summary: Secret of the Scarlet Hand
Review: This game is reccommended to anyone who needs to catch up on their history! Very, Very educational game! Also full of adventure!
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Summary: ¿Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake¿ a spooky tale of dogs,gold,+ greed
Review: "Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake" is the seventh Nancy Drew game from Her Interactive. This time around Nancy is visiting family friend Sally McDonald at her new cabin in Ghost Lake, Pennsylvania, once home to notorious 1920s gangster Mickey Mallone. Sally has fled in fear, and when Nancy arrives she finds herself trapped at the cabin due to a fallen tree. Sally hurriedly calls her from her cell phone, warning her about the "ghost dogs." Soon after, Nancy sees them for herself: four snarling, lunging Rottweilers with glowing teeth and eyes attack the cabin, rattling the doors and throwing themselves at the house.Nancy decides to stay and get to the bottom of her latest mystery: ghost dogs or flesh-and-blood ones? There are three suspects: Emily Griffen, owner of Em's Emporium (Moon Lake's general store), Jeff Akers, park ranger, and Red Knott, retired birdwatcher. All three have some direct connection to the reason behind the "hauntings," and the main motive is the rumoured cache of stolen gold that Mickey Mallone stashed somewhere near the cabin before being hauled off to jail (where he died). Nancy must navigate through a maze of woods to find the cemetery behind the cabin in order to search for clues, as well as interrogating suspects, snooping through secret passageways, and escaping danger. As in all Nancy Drew games, Nancy can die in a number of ways if she's not careful. This time possible deaths include a motorboat explosion, falling through rotten floorboards, falling down a hole in the dark, being clubbed with a human bone, being tied up and left in a burning shed, and being drowned, so be careful and save often! "GDoML" features beautiful graphics of various locations to explore: Mallone's cabin, the woods, several locations on Moon Lake, a cemetery, an underground network of passageways, and a speakeasy. Playing as a Senior Detective, I found that the difficulty level was just about right, however, the woods maze drove me crazy and I had to go online to print off a decent map (the one included in the game didn't help me much). That was by far the most challenging part of the game, since Nancy has to go into the woods a number of times to search for clues, birds, bugs and more. Every screenshot looked the same, and the map had to be brought up each time, with no way to mark Nancy's progress onscreen. One nifty feature was Nancy's PDA, which automatically records clues, phone numbers, and hints. You can also call Sally, a mystery woman connected to the case, and George and Bess if you need clues. Most of the puzzles were of two types: numeric/dials/switches or tasks. There are several dial puzzles, a letter block puzzle, a valve puzzle, and a safe combination to crack. The other three characters will assign Nancy tasks in return for necessary items such as batteries, camouflage gear, sandpaper and a spark plug, including stacking cola cans, finding bait in the woods, taking pictures of birds with a digital camera, and organizing file folders by Roman numerals. Nancy also performs tasks for Sally, such as testing the well water and repairing rotten floorboards. The puzzles in this game seem much more natural and integrated into the gaming environment than in some previous Nancy Drew games. As with previous Nancy Drew games, there is an "alarm clock" setting to change from day to night since some tasks (and events) can only be completed then. Graphics were above average and voice work and sounds were above average as well. The ambient nature sounds were very well done (the forest sounds different between day and night, insects droning, individual bird calls, creaking wooden doors and stairs, the ghost dogs). The music was not memorable other than building tension in certain key scenes. The interface is simple: all actions are accomplished with the left mouse button. You can pan around some screens, making it closer to 360º rather than a static environment, but overall the Nancy Drew games are still in a slideshow format. One improvement is characters: in earlier games characters would only have one or two movements and repeat them while talking to Nancy, and the lip-synching was really bad. In "GDoML," at least one character moves very articulately and randomly and characters lip synch much more realistically. The attention to detail makes this game educational as well as fun: in the ranger station there is a computer with files on local wildlife, park regulations, and the history of Moon Lake. Nancy will do a good deal of reading old newspaper clippings and journals. Nearly everything is subtitled for hearing-impaired players (a very nice touch), including sounds, dialogue and cutscenes. One last feature that I appreciated was the short promos for the other six Nancy Drew games in the series and a trailer for the next Nancy Drew game "The Haunted Carousel." Overall this is a nice introduction to the Nancy Drew series from Her Interactive and a fun mystery to solve with plenty of details and creepy moments. Good luck and happy sleuthing!
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Summary: A God One, But Not The Best
Review: It took me much less time to finish this one than all the others. In my opinion, the plot and secnery and everything was very good, but I think that they overloaded it with too many things. You have to go back and forth, right and left. It's like you never have time to really think, or to relax. Everytime you finish doing something, another thing pops up! I liked the ones before this better, but this one is really great for those who like a challenge!
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Summary: One of the best ND games
Review: When Nancy gets trapped in a ski resort castle because of a snowstorm, she sees that some accidents have been happening in the house, such as a vandalized libary and guests complaining of thiefs. Nancy finds out that what this person is after is Marie Antoinette's legendary treasure! In this game you might get really stuck- I think there are 5 ways to get kicked out of the game. Here is my top hint- sometimes you will get stuck, but you won't be able to use second chance. In this case, don't panic. There will be a way out of every situation! This was one of the best games in the series. I reccomend that you buy it!
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Summary: Very Awesome Game!!!
Review: I totally love ALL of the Nancy Drew games so of course this one is great too. Nancy Drew and the Ghost Gogs of Moon Lake is a really cool game and I love the plot to the game. It's mysterious and spooky!!! You won't regret buying this game or any other Nancy Drew games. I'm really looking forward to Nancy Drew and The Haunted Carousel to come out!! I can't wait!!!
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Summary: I've played all the Nancy Drew games!
Review: I have played all of the games. I first played Message in a Haunted Mansion which had great puzzles and the characters are really believable. Since then I have gone back and played all the older games and keep playing the new ones. I only had one problem and there was a patch to download and it fixed the problem. There is a patch for the chunk error for all the games on there site so I don't know why that other lady could not find it. Thank you her!!
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Summary: great game
Review: this was an excellant game. i still havent beatten it though. herinteractive.com helps but for my question nobody knew an answer. even though they have a notebook inside the game it always helps to jot down your own notes just in case. happy game playing
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Summary: The Best
Review: I enjoyed this game the most out of all the other Nancy Drew games! It is very addictive, because it becomes so interesting. Not only is it interesting and fun, but it's educational. Nancey Drew is a great role model for kids too. I'd say that you have to get this game.
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Summary: "Treasure in the Royal Tower" promising, but with flaws
Review: "Treasure in the Royal Tower" was my fourth Nancy Drew game and my favourite so far. Out of the four games I've played ("Final Scene," "Secrets Can Kill," "Message in a Haunted Mansion, "Treasure in the Royal Tower"), "Treasure in the Royal Tower" had the most satisfying plot, interesting characters, clever dialogue, and the most cool places to explore. Nancy is on vacation at a ski resort in Wisconsin built by an eccentric millionaire. The resort is built to look like a castle, complete with a tower that was imported from a chateau in France. French queen Marie Antoinette used to spend a good deal of time in the tower, and one of the hotel guests believes that the tower holds an important secret that could clear Marie Antoinette's name. When you arrive, a killer blizzard leaves everyone trapped in the castle, and the castle's library has been vandalized. Besides yourself, there are a number of suspects: Jacques, the Olympic ski instructor, Lisa, the photojournalist, Dexter, the caretaker, and Mrs. Hotchkiss, the eccentric Marie Antoinette scholar. As the game progresses you will learn a great deal about French Revolutionary history and Marie Antoinette in particular. The locations in the game are varied and realistic: an imposing lobby, a comfy lounge with a blazing fireplace, the ransacked library, Nancy's room, castle corridors that lead to dead ends, twisty stone stairwells, an antique elevator, a shed, a secret garden and the Royal Tower. Along the way you'll slip along secret passageways, climb elevator shafts, and ascend into the Royal Tower to find Marie Antoinette's secret, but...BE CAREFUL. Someone doesn't want you to succeed in your search: you are deliberately trapped in the elevator, hit over the head, and locked outside to freeze to death. Only your quick thinking and detective skills can save Nancy! Buyer Beware:
I *loved * this game, but I have to give it only three stars because I had HORRIBLE problems getting the game to run. It would crash constantly in the middle of conversations or leave me stuck at a certain point in a hallway before giving me an error message of "Invalid CHUNK file." I had to restart the game 25-30 times before I could beat it, and it would cause my computer to crash as well.There is no patch available on HerInteractive's website. I changed a number of settings and configurations and the problem didn't go away. The most frustrating thing was that it wouldn't let me beat the game: after the villain revealed their identity, a chase scene was supposed to follow, but the computer would never return control to me and the baddie got away every time. When I selected the "Second Chance" feature, the game would inevitably lock up and my computer would crash again. Very, very frustrating.
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Summary: Great game!
Review: This is a really good game. There are alot of puzzles to figure out and characters were realistic. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because it was a little too much like you are in a history class about the Maya but everything else about the game was great! I would definatly recommend you get this game!
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