The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft
by Dreamcatcher Interactive
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Product Summary
Brand: DreamcatcherFormat: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2008-10-03
Platform: Windows Vista, Windows XP
Model: 59875
Publisher: Dreamcatcher Interactive
Product features:
- Features the voice and likeness of Hollywood teen stars Jesse McCartney and Cody Linley as Frank and Joe Hardy.
- Play as Two of History's Most Famous Literary Detectives and interact with Fenton and Laura Hardy, the Hardy Boys' friend Chet Morton and others.
- Experience the Hardy World on your PC - the literary world of the Hardy's is brought to life! Check out the Hardy Home, Bayport Police Station and the various places most have only experienced through the pages of a book.
- Cell Phone Feature - use your cell phone to give pal Nancy Drew and other characters a call and get insight on the case. Search For Clues - super-sleuth your way to solving the small mysteries along the way as you help Bayport Police catch the culprit.
- Mystery Solving Mini-Games - each mini-game solved throughout the investigation gives players valuable pieces of evidence to help solve the case. Choose Your Dialogue - choose from a variety of responses to make your Hardy Boy's experience your own!
Video Game Reviews of The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft
Customer Review: Hardly the Hardy Boys
Summary: 2 Stars
I have been a Hardy Boys collector and fan for almost 40 years. I have seen the characters change with the times, and have been increasingly disappointed with those changes. This game, though, takes the cake... After playing (and game testing) several of the Nancy Drew games by Herinteractive, I was hoping that the Hardy Boys would be equally as enjoying. What a letdown! Jowood sure dropped the ball on this one. I wonder if any of the staff there has even read one of the Hardy Boys books. They probably think the Hardy Boys have always worked for ATAC. By the way, in case anyone from Jowood is reading this, if you do another game, drop the ATAC scenario. Just because the recent books have Frank and Joe working for ATAC doesn't mean you have to. The ATAC theme just doesn't cut it. The publishers created ATAC as a means of giving the Hardy Boys a reason to get involved in mysteries, because they thought the idea of the boys "accidently" stumbling into a case time and time again was unrealistic and rediculous. Yep... now it's..... LOTS better....not! If this were a real life situation, Fenton Hardy would probably be in prison for endangering the lives of minors. CPS would probably place the boys in a foster home, because their parents would be seen as unfit. As for the game characters of Frank and Joe, the current actors should go back to I-Carly and Hanna Montana, respectively. I mean, in the game, Joe looks a total pot-head, and Frank looks like he's about fourteen years old. As for the other characters, the character of their mother was just so rude and obnoxious to the point that I thought she was Aunt Gertrude at first. Oops! I mean "Truuuudy." My suggestion, Jowood---Buy one of the Nancy Drew games and STUDY it closely. Or better yet, just let Herinteractive do future games.
Robert M Nelson
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