- Master Italian as you dig for clues
- Create a fashion statement or a new disguise
- Travel the canals and listen to singing gondoliers
- Deal out the fun in the Italian card game Scopa
- Cover costs with creative ways to earn Euros
Product Description
The stakes have never been higher as Nancy Drew joins an international undercover investigation to track down a phantom thief in Venice. The police have few leads and you might be the only one who can stop the thefts of historic artifacts Can you spy on suspects and collect clues before the crime syndicate catches up to you.? Dare to Play… More >>
5 comments ↓
Although my kids haven’t played this particular Nancy Drew game before, I would just like to express how very impressed I am with these PC games. In many cases PC games are overrated. However, in this case these quality games are clean, fun, and well worth the price.
Rating: 5 / 5
I really enjoy the Nancy Drew PC games. I’ve never come accross a game I was disappointed in.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this game as I was completely enthralled with the demo, expecting that this game woudl emerse me in European culture and would be endlessly intriguing in the style of classic Nancy Drew. Boy, was I ever disappointed. I believe there is a lot of false advertising with this game. For example, the game advertises that the thief gets bolder and bolder….and that you must stop him/her before it gets too late. Actually she really doesn’t. A few more thefts happen and then you catch her.. Also the flash back which is shown at the beginning of the game does not correspond to what actually happens. In fact Nancy doesn’t randomly get locked into a room which fills up with water. Instead, she enters the room, opens up a crate, sees an artifact, identifies the culprit, and then the water fills. Why show a flash back if it isn’t even accurate? At least the player could have opened the crate and seen the statue — before the water filled, giving the actual statue in the house, more significance and flair in the actual game.
The rest of the game was ok. I didn’t really get the crush the contractor had on Nancy. Rather he just seemed needy and disturbed. I didn’t really notice any flirting per say, certainly nothing which woudl charm. The other characters were not well developed — in fact, you couldnm’t really speak to them or ask many questions. Prudence, whom you call, was given a contrived voice, which really grated. I also didn’t get much from calling Ned/Hardy’s. They spoke about car problems, but the dialogue didn’t interest me much.
Nancy is also back to babbling to herself in the bathroom, which I expect is an effort to make the game clever and charming, but just makes Nancy appear insane. There is also a sequence in which Nancy must dance on stage to get a suit for a task she needs. This task made her appear to be a stripper on the stage, shaking her booty for the audience. Yes, she doesn’t strip, but it felt like a strip/sexual tease of sorts to make the crowd go wild for you. Gross. Just gross.
The game was clever overall. I enjoyed spying of Fango and breaking into his office for information. The mystery was well constructed — and all pieces fit into the whole. I also liked the fact that there were several interesting challenges in the game – such as the stake out, playing scopa, and chasing the thief through the metro system.
Overall, the game was ok. I enjoyed playing it. I believe $19.99 was way too much and I regret not waiting for its price to have dropped on Amazon to $9.00 or less before purchasing it. The mystery was fun, but not engrossing. The magic of the NAncy Drew series has not returned.
Some of the puzzles were a bit ridiculous, including the one in which water fills the room. You are not given enough time to tinker and solve before you drownd. In another, you cannot solve the puzzle until you listen to all extensions of a long automated phone system which was reminiscent of calling a phone number…in which youa re given five options to press — and then given five options within those options …and you have to painstakingly listen to each one…and only then Nancy will suddenly get an intuition which tells where the location of a site, which you have already found before that revelation but can’t activate until you listen to all the options.
The blooper reel at the end was cute and clever — but just an ego-stroking gesture on the past of Her Interactive, to make stars of its sdevelopers by h aving you sit through all the credits to get to them….
One of the good things about this game is that Nancy is treated as a professional as opposed to the usual condescdending manner in which others engage her.
Would I recommend buying it? No. You’re not missing out by letting this one go. But if you are a die hard Nancy fan, go for it. You will engage the classic Nancy Drew fare.
This game was clever, and good, but not brilliant.
Rating: 3 / 5
This is the first Nancy Drew game i didnt have to used hints on lol. Im not saying that it is easier than any of the others cause it was a quite difficult at times. But theres a lot more to in this game than any of the other ones (i think)plus ive actually gone back to replay it so as to gain all of the awards at the end which is indeed a challenge. If you loved the last edition then you’ll LOVE this one just as much.
Rating: 5 / 5
As this series has progressed we’ve seen it improve in graphics, voice acting, and more. We’ve seen it add cell phones, notepads, and more. But in this game HERinteractive threw something at us that I think very few people (if any) saw coming. The ability to change clothes.
Story-Prudence Rutherford (from Secret of the Scarlet Hand and Danger By Design) has pulled some strings in Italy to get the police over there to invite you over to help them catch a thief. A phantom has been stealing things from some high-class people, and the police have few leads. The thing about this story is that instead of it really being a mystery, you are going to Italy to spy on someone. So it’s less of a mystery and more of a government spy thing.
Graphics-They were REALLY good, and I thought that the people in the game were really well made. The backgrounds were fabulous as well. Really, really good!
Sound-The voice acting was really good. The music was Italian and interesting. It was really great.
Gameplay-Like I said in my intro, you change clothes in this game, and it was a huge change. Don’t worry, you don’t see Nancy in her underwear or something, all you see is an outline of a person, and you can wear shirts, pants, skirts, gloves, glasses, shoes, hats, and more. I found this made the game a little doll like, and I’m not sure that I liked that. Also the puzzles mostly have to do with spying techniques, and it really wasn’t mystery like. This is why I took off a star.
Fun-It was still really fun, though, and I couldn’t take off any fun stars. I just wish they had made the puzzles more mysterious and interesting.
Length-The length isn’t too bad. It’s about 9-10 hours straight through, but it has a couple of side quests that take about 5-10 minutes each, so if you want to try to figure those out it will take you a little bit longer.
All in all this is a REALLY GOOD game. I definitely recommend you get it, especially if you prefer spying to detective work. It is really short, but it is a fun game that you will probably play again and again!
Rating: 5 / 5
Leave a Comment