Home >> Software >> PC Games
NANCY DREW - SECRETS CAN KILL | Discount Price: $9.99
|
Platform: Windows XP
Brand: Dreamcatcher
Binding: CD-ROM
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Features: - Windows 95, 98, ME, or 2000 Professional, XP
- 166 MHz Processor
- 16 MB RAM
- 42 MB available hard disk space
- 16 Bit color graphics video card that's compatible with direct X 6 or higher
Don't judge the other games by this one!!!!! [Posted on 2005-12-17]
This game was not nearly as good in graphics, or plot, so if you have played only this one, all the other Nancy drew games are WAY better and please don;t think that all the rest are like this. I don't mean this review in any offense to HER (herinteractive) but this was their first game and they improved alot even between even the 1st two games.
Quality Issues [Posted on 2006-11-16]
When I bought this game I was given two copies of Disk 1 and no copy of Disk 2 (this makes it impossible to solve or even investigate the mystery). When I reported the defect I was told I would have to buy another copy of Disk 2.
horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Posted on 2007-06-13]
I totaly agree with you.My friend has this game and I HATE IT.I hated having to have 2 discs.What sucked was that if you wanted to be at the college you have a disc and if you want to go to the library or the dinner you insert another disc.Dont buy this because I am afraid that after 30 minutes your going to want to comite suicide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Consider Both the Pros and Cons [Posted on 2008-08-05]
As a longtime fan of Nancy Drew games, having currently played (and sometimes replayed) eleven different titles, this first one in the series is not all bad, everything considered. According to the publisher it's not Vista compatible (probably due to its' age); so you will likely need an older computer to run it. This can be a plus or a minus, depending on the PC system you have. Like many of the Nancy Drew games made for the PC (particularly the earlier ones in the series), they are relatively easy on computer system resources like hard disk space for installation, memory and graphics card requirements.
One of the most annoying features (and difficult if not impossible to overcome) is the two installation CDs and having to switch between them to access different parts of the game. HerInteractive would have done better (and saved a lot of users' tempers) to design it so that the disks were needed for installation only.
There is also an annoying in-game navigation (discontinued in later releases) where the player has to pan vertically as well as horizontally to view the entire field in certain scenes. Most of the time the areas along these top and bottom edges are not interactive and contained no visual clues; but it was time-consuming and tedious to have to keep checking them *just in case*.
Other than this, it was an interesting and intriguing game to play. Unlike later Nancy Drew games, it offers a third "Master" detective mode along with Junior and Senior. The often-derided cartoonish-looking 2D character graphics did not bother me in the slightest, as it was the storyline, interactive areas and puzzles which kept the game moving along. While they admittedly were not "glitzy," unlike some other 2D and 3D games of this class created during roughly that same time period they were at least well-drawn and clearly rendered. There are a lot of areas to interact with; and although some of the "evidence" and in-game hints (including cryptic encoded messages posted on walls and bulletin boards) were obviously a bit contrived and illogical, they serve to entertain and keep the interest of younger players during times of lesser overt activity.
Speaking of the pre-teen crowd, this game came under fire from some more family-oriented advocates when first introduced, as it was the first (perhaps only) Nancy Drew title to directly involve the death of a potential murder victim as part of the main plot. The background music served to heighten the suspense relating to this theme at certain points during the game. Although neither graphic or gratuitous, later releases in the ND series (or at least games #1 through #10) noticeably tend towards a considerably lighter atmosphere, if more limited and predictable plot.
In the end analysis, I would conclude that "Secrets Can Kill" is a worthwhile addition, just perhaps not a good *introduction* (especially for the novice adventure gamer) to the Nancy Drew series. Except for experienced die-hard gaming fans and/or those with considerable patience towards investigating mystery puzzles, it'd be better rather to go back and pick this one up only after becoming acquainted with the more user-friendly interfaces and mechanics utilized in ND #'s 2 through 5 or later.
Click here for more details and discount information...
|
){kind=link}