Nancy Drew: The Legend of the Crystal Skull
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Video Game Reviews of Nancy Drew: The Legend of the Crystal Skull
Customer Review: Fun game with great atmosphere
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a fun game and is one of my favorites. I loved the atmosphere and the location of New Orleans. The house, cemetary and the garden were beautifully done.
The only 'problems' I had with the game (playing the junior detective) were that: one, at one point in the game I couldn't get any more help from Ned when I was stuck. I finished up a certain task, but he kept telling to me go do it. This is a glitch in the game as I heard others had the same problem. Two, the marble game was really annoying as it was really hard to control where the marble was going to go. and three, some of the tasks weren't explained very well and so for a while I was stuck and unable to figure out what to do or where to go (such as a point in the game where you have to fingerprint something and I couldn't figure out how to do it. I finally figured out to you had to look in the tools even though this character hadn't found and 'taken' anything like Nancy does so you know what you have). And fourth, I wish they'd had bess explore the french quarter a bit more becuase it has such great character!
Overall though, I really enjoyed the hours I played and am looking forward to playing again just for the atmosphere.
Customer Review: Good Spooky fun!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is one of my favorite games in the Nancy Drew Series (I've played 'em all so far). The storyline was interesting, and this game seemed a lot less linear than some of the previous ones in that you could work on several puzzles at once, instead of trying to feel around for a "trigger" to get the game to allow you to move on to something else. In past games there were times when I knew what I had to do next but I had to run around trying to trigger the game to allow me to proceed. This game wasn't like that. Navigation was easy as always, and I enjoyed the mildly creepy feeling that it had, although I wouldn't want every game to be that way. As always I enjoyed the educational bits of the game as well. All of the eyeballs didn't bother me, it was neat to see what the next one was going to look like, however I can see how some people might be a big oogied out by all of the eyeballs.
I had to deduct 1 star for making me walk thorugh the graveyard so many times, it would have been nice to be able to view the model graveyard and click on the section I wanted to go to once I had explored the real one the first time around. Bess's movements could've been a bit less restricted as well, but all in all that wasn't too bad. I also thought the inventory was a little more difficult to use than what it had been in the past, but that wasn't a major detractor.
Customer Review: One of the better Nancy Drew titles... and we have played em all!
Summary: 4 Stars
Pretty much 'standard' Nancy Drew fare. My daughter and I played together and have completed every other Drew game. LOVED about 75% of it... the other 15% was painfully repetitive. A few areas had some seemingly needless repetitive walking back-and-forth to areas (to increase game duration?). That being said, I thought it had some good puzzles, was MUCH more fun than the last few, and had an enjoyable storyline. A worthy installment in the series!Customer Review: Great Game - I Only Wish There Were More Places to Explore
Summary: 4 Stars
In this latest installment of the Nancy Drew series you play both the legendary teen slueth Nancy Drew & her best friend Bess as you attempt to find out why you were blindsided and knocked out when checking in on one of Ned's friends who had just lost a family member - the uncle who "raised" him after his parents were killed when he was just a kid. Other than this favor for Ned, this trip was supposed to be a nice mini-vacation with Bess in the "Big Easy", but it hasn't turned out that way...
You realize early on that your "mishap" while visitng Ned's friend may be due to an ancient skull carved out of pure crystal that's said to have magical powers. Could this skull really exist? And, if it does, is it here in this mansion? In order to find out you'll have to:
*Explore the mansion, gardens & cemetary (the uncle was a caretaker)
*Have Bess snoop around near her hotel, and of course
*Solve various puzzles to unlock the clues to this mystery
Overall, I thought the graphics & storyline were really good. Some of the puzzles were quite challenging though, even on the Jr. Detective level, so I found myself consulting a walkthrough more than I would have liked. The main thing I didn't like about this game is that there aren't all that many places to explore - I felt like I was constantly in the same few places over & over again. However, even with this "downfall", I would still highly recommend Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull to anyone who enjoys (or enjoyed as a kid) the Nancy Drew mysteries, as well as those who enjoy mystery/adventure games. These games can truly be enjoyed by both tweens/teens & adults alike!
Customer Review: Nancy is back!
Summary: 4 Stars
FINALLY, HER Interactive listened to fans and made Nancy Drew fun again. Legend of the Crystal Skull was a vast improvement to the last two games. The graphics were great, setting was superb and the overall gameplay was fun.
The only reason I did not give the game 5 stars was because some of the puzzles' solutions were a little illogical and will probably only be solved by cheating (looking on a hint site) or just messing around with an object or everything in your inventory until the solution happens. However, at least the puzzles are not mundain tasks like in the past two Nancy Drew games.
This game may be a little dark and disturbing for younger children (10, 11), so if you're a parent, you may want to be cautious.