#Best nancy drew game series

I know this game is based in a lab РІР‚вЂњ and hence, equations and formulas were inevitably going to form part of the puzzles РІР‚вЂњ but I found having to memorise and recall so many formulas exhausting. The amount of information this game expects you to read through and remember is astounding. IРІР‚в„ўve always considered myself to be fairly decent at mathematics and science but this game was obviously designed for someone with a little more knowledge РІР‚вЂњ or, at least, a greater attention span РІР‚вЂњ than I had. IРІР‚в„ўve heard of players being unable to complete this game because of this puzzle and, thus, I believe The Haunting of Castle Malloy is an apt choice to be ranked number two on this list. Instead of requiring logic or quick-thinking, it relies heavily on one having a steady enough hand (and a reliable enough mouse) to collect all the chemical formulas. The ending puzzle, as well, is one of the most demanding puzzles IРІР‚в„ўve ever experienced in the series. A lot of this gameРІР‚в„ўs puzzles, therefore, just feel like guesswork, making the mystery very difficult to solve unless youРІР‚в„ўre either using a walkthrough or have the patience to exhaust all the puzzleРІР‚в„ўs possible solutions. Even now I still canРІР‚в„ўt figure out the runes puzzle without a walkthrough because, even if I follow the instructions the game provides perfectly, the solution always ends up being something completely different. I mentioned it in my review of this game but the puzzles in The Haunting of Castle Malloy are ridiculously tough, principally because they donРІР‚в„ўt seem to follow any kind of logic. IРІР‚в„ўve played a lot of Nancy Drew games on repeat and have finished them easily, but this is the one game which IРІР‚в„ўve never been able to complete a second playthrough. The mere fact that itРІР‚в„ўs impossible for the player to spend more than five minutes trying to solve the mystery before being called back to the lodge increases this gameРІР‚в„ўs difficulty tenfold. I actually had to restart this game because I saved my game whilst wandering in the wilderness without any heat packs.

#Best nancy drew game series

Putting aside the puzzles though, this game is also challenging for the fact that itРІР‚в„ўs the only game in the series which has so many barriers to actual mystery-solving: Nancy has to be at the lodge to make breakfast, lunch and dinner otherwise sheРІР‚в„ўll get fired, Nancy canРІР‚в„ўt go outside the lodge for too long or sheРІР‚в„ўll freeze to death etc. If youРІР‚в„ўre unlucky, a game that takes three or four solid hours may drag out for five or six. These puzzles are definitely doable but itРІР‚в„ўs really luck of the draw whether they take five minutes or upwards of an hour to complete. White Wolf of Icicle Creek is a clear winner in terms of the most difficult Nancy Drew game.Р”Р‡irstly, this game has a lot of puzzles which rely on some element to luck: the skating pond puzzle, the fish competition, TinoРІР‚в„ўs survey (some of the suspects wonРІР‚в„ўt even give the answers you need, regardless of how much you prod them), the Fox and Geese game etc.