Whilst startling the first time, they lose their appeal after the hundredth-odd incident, especially when the game makes no mystery of the fact that all these hauntings are being staged. Most of them are almost laughable, with random lights flickering and low-pitched voices saying ‘I can see you’. There are unquestionably ‘hauntings’ in this game yet, don’t expect any of them to be terrifying. The mystery, whether an old Victorian mansion pending renovation is haunted, reminded me a bit of Shadow at Water’s Edge so I was expecting a tense, frightening and exciting game with some terrifying hauntings. I suspect I would have appreciated this game a little more when I was a little younger. Nevertheless, I hope this list proves useful. Subsequently, this list definitely shows my personal biases more than in my previous post. The only means I’ve had to distinguish between them is their number of outstanding elements/moments and the likelihood that I’d play them again/recommend them to a friend. Most of them are fair Nancy Drew games that are worthy of a playthrough. The games in this post have been, by far, the most difficult to rank.
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Set in Scotland, you’ll dodge bullets, use cool spy tech, and zip-line between buildings as you race the clock to stop a terrorist attack! Also you’ll make cookies.For those who haven’t read my previous post, I’m currently trying to rank all the Nancy Drew games in the series that I have a played this is the second of three parts. Nancy questions everything she thought she knew about her dead mother in The Silent Spy, which is easily the most exciting game of the series. This game scared the pants off at least one grown man (link contains spoilers!), so it’s not just my wimpy self saying that. The place is haunted by past tragedy and a frankly terrifying spirit.
In Shadow at the Water’s Edge, you stay at a melancholy, unsettling Japanese inn. What’s so fantastical about that? The castle is plagued by a banshee, and to learn her secrets, you must pick your way through a gloomy bog to an old crone’s hut! As for the sci-fi part, well, that would be telling. The Haunting of Castle Malloyfinds Nancy in an old Irish castle, searching for a missing bridegroom. There’s also a cute romantic subplot between two of the side characters, but I won’t spoil it for you. While visiting an Arizona ranch, Nancy uncovers the ill-fated Wild West romance between an outlaw and a sheriff’s daughter…and the lost treasure that the outlaw had intended for his beloved. At least the sets are nice! Romanceįor you love lovers out there, I recommend The Secret of Shadow Ranch, based on the Nancy Drew book of the same name. Or, if you prefer Greek mythology, there’s Labyrinth of Lies, which is set in a Greek museum with a major forgery problem. Meanwhile, all of your suspects are trying to put on a play based on the myth of Persephone and Hades. In order to solve this case, you’ll have to brush up on your Egyptian mythology and use that knowledge to evade the tomb’s many deadly traps. Tomb of the Lost Queen has Nancy join an accident-prone archaeological team that may or may not have discovered an Egyptian queen’s tomb. This is a twofer, because both of these games rely heavily on mythology to craft the story, the puzzles, and the crime.