place nuts and bolts in their corresponding correct size drawer rotate tiles and place them in correct pattern to make a photo a few decipher riddles, logic test (one of those was an old fashioned expression I hadn’t heard)
same colour piece to go on corresponding colour tile on a board guess what colour is in each spot – gives flags if right colour in wrong place etc You have to drive around town a lot, and earn money for gas money this can get tedious. You also don't have to go to bed or have a clock (have to do things at a certain time etc) throughout the game so that side of it was great.Įven though it’s not ND first game you may think it is by the story – 1920s young Nancy trying her hand at her first case. It’s also the only ND game I have played that didn’t have a theme running through it, learning about a subject. Also I do wish the journal would record everything that I need for some mini games, and I didn’t need to write things down but that is the same for all of ND games that I have played. It wasn’t difficult, some ND puzzles usually is hair pulling but these were straightforward though like all ND games you have to think with some. It’s not one of the better ones but I still enjoyed it. Not one of the best but still enjoyable This is one of the games with the awful interface that takes up a third of the screen (ghost dogs of moon lake has it, curse of blackmoor) and it annoys me intently as I feel I am playing this through a viewfinder, I am not immersed in it.
The Secret of the Old Clock is among the easiest and hence perfectly suited to anyone who is unfamiliar with Nancy's adventures as well as veterans. Nancy's investigations are reputed for their difficulty. The visuals are impeccable as usual, highly detailed, drawn with talent and brightly colored. I enjoyed all of them, but I found this one particularly interesting and amusing: driving Nancy's sports car around town was good fun and so were the other minigames.Īs for the very last part of the ending, that too was fun, but I won't say more lest I'd give too much away. The suspense is complete till the end which is totally unexpected. I have played 13 of them and not once have I been disappointed by the plot. All puzzles and minigames bear some sort of connection with the story.Ī story which is clever, solid and rather engaging, like every other Nancy Drew investigation. Minigames come intermittently and are good fun to play. Naturally, Nancy will have to solve puzzles they are all interesting, imaginative and challenging. If you have already played one or two Nancy Drew investigations, you will be familiar with the first person view, the interaction with the different characters in the form of interactive dialogs which are important since they provide valuable information and clues, reading books and notes to the same purpose and picking up useful items. These events are sufficient for her to decide to stay for investigation purposes. Nancy's first investigation Invited by her friend Emily, the legal heir to an Inn which, because she is still under age, is run by Jane, her legal guardian, Nancy sets off to Titusville in her sports car.Īs she arrives, she finds Emily quite distraught by the theft of her jewelry and witnesses a suspicious fire in the kitchen.