Nancy Drew®: Message in a Haunted Mansion
I remember why I don’t like these early games. Between the weird characters, old graphics, and dull plot it does little to excite. Worst of all, I found myself having to call for help every other second because the gameplay is so arbitrary. It is mostly a guessing game, and I still have no idea if I did everything I was supposed to. I know I missed the seance, which caused me to worry that I was going to have to restart the whole game, but I managed to finish it. My interactions with Abby were just non-existent. Also, the dumbest second chance in the series has to be Louis realizing you snooped through his stuff simply by you saying you saw a phrase in a book. It could be any book Mr. Guilty. Overall, I wish I had just saved the $3 and ignored this game.
– Real player with 16.4 hrs in game
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The second Nancy Drew game I’m (re)playing and the third in the series, although I don’t think I ever played this one before.
It takes place in San Francisco, but you spend the whole time in a Victorian mansion that a friend of a the Drew family’s housekeeper is trying to renovate to turn into a B&B. Something I like about the Nancy Drew games is how they try to incorporate the history and culture of a place. This one features a bit of Wild West/Gold Rush history (with made-up characters for the game) along with the influence of Chinese immigrants. In fact, get a notebook out if you play this, because a game-long puzzle has you collecting Chinese characters (which the game told me are called hanzi) that you will need to be able to distinguish. My Chinese handwriting is way better than my handwriting with the latin alphabet, but I also spent like 10x the time and effort.
– Real player with 9.9 hrs in game
Emily Archer and the Curse of Tutankhamun
Got this game on a bundle of “Hidden Object” games. My expectations were very low for this but was thoroughly entertained. The hidden object sections were mostly easy but I did use the “hint” option a few times because certain items were too well hidden. Since English is not my native language I had to look up a few words I was unfamiliar with (like spanner and clef), which I consider a plus because I love adding new terms to my vocabulary.
Besides the “hidden object” scenes there’s several other logic minigames that I enjoyed and was challenged by more than I would have expected, even having to look up online the answer to one.
– Real player with 10.0 hrs in game
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It’s bad.
– Real player with 4.9 hrs in game
Hyper Treasure - The Legend of Macaron
I always appreciate a good game that is different than others, which this was.
– Real player with 6.9 hrs in game
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Very fun to play through
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
Knightmare
I thoroughly enjoyed this game. between the cute enemies, the neat little story line, and the seemingly simple puzzle mechanic of mimicking the limitations of a Chess Knight - I was quite satisfied. My brain got an excellent work out from it. Took me almost 4 hours to beat, but i missed out on whatever happens if you beat it with all the coins - lost them dying in the last level (facepalm) so I have to play again. (not complaining) –- the soundtrack is a good bop too.
– Real player with 6.3 hrs in game
Nancy Drew®: The Creature of Kapu Cave
This is the only nancy drew game i have played so far. Some puzzles in the game made no sense and others you had to die a million times to figure out. The Plot seems to lack a few things but it was okay..they couldve added more. sadly the villian characters stood out like a soar thumb. if it had built more into the story line and characters it wouldve been better. Making Characters more mysterious and harder to read, adding puzzles that acually had hints, better ways to buy/ find items (took forever to find certain things). what i hated the most was listeing to the characters lines, there is no skip option for that so everything i already read had to be spoken again and agian. The only reason i like this game is because its point and click. other than thats its a super easy game with stupid problem solving puzzles that are easy as fuck or just impossibe without a walkthrough. 2 outta 5. if you like point and click puzzle games try it out. it may have flaws but surprisingly out of all the stress it put me ethrough i still enjoyed playing.
– Real player with 10.5 hrs in game
I really wish I hadn’t bought this. I absolutely love the Nancy Drew games, and I grew up on Maui, so I thought “Hey, I love Her Interactive, they haven’t let me down before, and I miss Maui and my family, it’d be nice to have a little reminder of home. This’ll be perfect for me, right?!”. But, no. I was wrong. So wrong.
I had actually bought a physical copy of this game when it first came out. However, I was still in Maui at that time, and I had a bunch of other ND titles I still hadn’t played yet, so it got put off. And eventually I moved, one of the discs got lost somewhere along the way, and I couldn’t play it. Recently, I got some birthday money, I found that the ND games were starting to be put on STEAM, and I thought “Oh, perfect! I’ll FINALLY be able to play it!!” But the hype was short-lived. The searching for shells, the fishing, making necklaces, etc. were nice and calming, but they got boring and tedious very fast. ND characters are usually all so vibrant, varied, and interesting, so at first I thought these ones would be the same, especially with the interesting concept introduced at the very beginning of doing stuff, getting novelty money, doing more stuff, and repeat. I mean, it wasn’t the most fun, but it was an interesting concept at least.
– Real player with 8.0 hrs in game
Nancy Drew®: Secrets Can Kill REMASTERED
Unimportant little Rant:
People really want to find any flaw they can with the Nancy Drew series. I have been playing this game series since I was about 5. I’m 20 now. I love the clunky art style, and like 12 fps you get when scrolling around, it’s charming more so than ugly. It gives me a feeling of going back to 2007 and playing these kinds of games all over again, when I couldn’t just find a review or guide to it and beat it in half an hour, but actually had to use the in-game books and phone for clues and help. I guess as younger and younger people start to play this series, they might not fully appreciate it, much like I don’t think I could fully appreciate an N64 game. With that being said, I hope whatever your opinion on the series, you will try to rate it based on the time it came out and not now. It obviously is littered with problems if you think about it from a 2021 perspective, but if you could imagine yourself back in the 2000s, this game was one of the better series coming out for the point-and-click adventure genre at the time. Now you have much better story games like LIS and most of Telltale Games' series, but the Nancy Drew games to me still retain that old flair and charm of early 2000’s point and clicks.
– Real player with 29.0 hrs in game
ABSOLUTELY RECOMMENDED! :) :) :) :) For those who love playing Nancy Drew games, you are going to love this one, because it’s much better than the majority of the older Nancy Drew games. If you read 2 reviews I’ve made on 2 of the older Nancy Drew games (Treasure in the Royal Tower and The Final Scene), and read the problems that are in both of them, none of those problems are even in this one, because it’s actually a remake, that’s why it’s called remastered, it’s a newer and improved version of the original ‘Secrets Can Kill’ one that was made in the 1980s, so it has the feel of the older games, with a better story than the majority of ones in the newer games lately, but has the features of the newer ones, like:
– Real player with 28.1 hrs in game
Nancy Drew®: The Captive Curse
This was my first ever Nancy Drew game and now I’m hooked! I thought this game was going to be really corny and the characters looked silly, but i was intrugued by the German castle setting and i love point and click puzzle games which are so hard to find! I wasn’t expecting much from the game and i was very pleased. Some of the puzzles i ended up looking up clues for online, but found if i would of just tried a little more i would of gotten them. But overall i found them challenging and fun. I liked many aspects of the game, which i think really sold it to me.
– Real player with 23.9 hrs in game
♥ Spooky spooky.
The first time I played Captive Curse, I was absolutely terrified.
Though the game firmly keeps with being family friendly, it does an excellent job of conveying the castle and its array of characters fear. From the dark atomsphere to the animal skull in the dungeon to the monster lurking outside the castle walls, replaying it gave me the shivers!
If you’d like to play a spookier Nancy Drew game, this one makes for a great choice.
♥ Love the mini games.
Usually I tend to skip the mini games unless they’re directly related to clearing a task or two. Playing Raid? Killing cows in search of the hidden monster? Loved them! The two mini games added a great amount of replay value to the game. Admittedly I wouldn’t mind if they made more of the mini games as fun as those two!
– Real player with 20.1 hrs in game
Super Turbo Demon Busters!
Get Dead Shell on Android
Honestly the game itself is pretty addicting, i just don’t see why anyone would buy the version with less content.
Dead shell, fits the “games as a service” model, it got updates and with them more content.
while STD Busters gets 125 levels from whatever version they added on steam.
The only thing extra you might want to check out of curiosity are the two endings, as opposed to the mobile endless mode.
In any case both version work the same, a simplified rogue-lite almost converted to a clicker game.
– Real player with 13.8 hrs in game
Pros:
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A rogue-like inspired by Doom and ALIEN that pokes fun at some of the tropes
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Play through and collect marine, weapon, and demon cards to add variety to your session
Cons:
– Costly upgrade system over the more convenient level promotion from previous game
– You may end up fighting uphill battles by the moment you enter a map
– Poor exframe engineering
”Super Turbo Demon Busters!” may not have the conveniences from its predecessor, but there sure is some entertainment to be had here with no doubt. Because ”Super Turbo Demon Busters!” is a good rogue-like/Doom-satire to lose track of time with when you want to go blasting away demons methodically. So even if you end up fighting cybered up monsters who can tear your medic apart, you will still have a blast while doing so.
– Real player with 9.0 hrs in game
Witchcraft: Pandoras Box
this game is one of puzzle games. It was so cool. Its story has a good too. I played without bored. But its too short. I recommend this game.
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
Witchcraft: Pandoras Box:
Buying a house is one of life’s thrills. Some of us decide to build it from scratch, while others buy from a plan (mostly units), and yet others purchase pre-lived-in houses. In the latter case, let’s say you fell in love with a property without having a single idea who had lived in the place before you. What if the old, spectacular house you were about to purchase had been the home of a witch who was in search of eternal youth? That would be very creepy, wouldn’t you say? Well, you might hit the jackpot in Witchcraft: Pandoras Box!
*– [Real player with 3.4 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198003030375)*
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## A Rite from the Stars
This is a very well designed exploratory adventure for all ages, with a nostalgic feel, but enough challenge to keep adults entertained for hours. It skirts the line between a point-and-click adventure and a platformer, and has plenty of collectibles and challenging achievements.
Also: The level of detail that has gone into the available DLC is simply incredible.
*– [Real player with 89.2 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198052294146)*
[Note: Game completed with a walkthough]
The Game is good, minus the maze in wisdom, and that orbiting level in spirit.
The music is nice, I think I'll buy the DLC thing. the art has this feeling of being from the early 2000's but I like it.
The universe is cool, and I cannot wait for the eventual titles of "A Left from the Stars", "A Straight from the Stars", "A U-Turn from the Stars" and maybe "A Wrong from the Stars"
My money was well spent.
*– [Real player with 29.6 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197994314055)*
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