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User Submitted Nancy Drew: Secret Of the Old Clock Reviews (cont...)Date: 2006-03-20 Why all the complaints? I own and have played all the Nancy Drew games. My wife and I have immensely enjoyed them all. Here's the kicker - we have no kids and I'm over 50 years old and my wife is even older (I'm not including her actual age and it doesn't take a Nancy Drew to figure out why!). We live in a resort area and save all the games for the winter because while it doesn't snow here then, it does get a bit nippy and we do get a fair amount of rain. We always look forward to huddling around the monitor screen and popping in a recently released ND game or two during off-season. This year, we had Old Clock and Blue Moon Canyon in house and ready to install. In any case, I wanted you to know that we are very familiar with the games before giving you our impressions. This is the first ND game where we haven't gotten stuck for a while or had to resort to the Her Interactive message board for a hint or even worse, consult a walkthrough! That said, it was extremely satisfying to finally play and finish one all on our own, despite the fact it does play a bit shorter than some previous Nancy Drew games. We both loved the original time setting and the News Reel type dialogue. Driving the car was easily the best and most fun way of getting around of all the Nancy Drew games and while the telegram schtick to earn money can get a little tedious (as well as the Zippy Gas slogan), we felt it taught the younger fans a true life lesson, one they will need when they get older. Work often is tedious and not very fun, but you do what you must to pay the bills. There are very few free rides in life. This game may have taught that lesson to many younger players while they weren't even aware of it. It was also a great way to get a layout of the town. The puzzles were not one on top of each other, but spaced nicely apart. They were challenging enough, but not impossible to do without help. For those who claim they were too easy, did you get through the mini-golf course on the first or second try? And were you able to sew the dress before you pulled out almost all of your hair? I thought not! Granted, the game does run shorter than previous ones, but there are very few dead spots and this game had more of a feel of doing actual detective work than being just a problem and puzzle solving game. Last, but not least, the graphics are outstanding and we were constantly blown away by how good they really were and how far Her Interactive has come since Secrets Can Kill was released. Her Interactive seems to be listening and reacting to the consumer. The very first Nancy Drew Game was a disaster of bad graphics and having to constantly interchange disks while playing it. Each Nancy Drew game since then seems to have a bit more quality and innovation to it than the previous game before it. It's now to the point where Her Interactive can match product with the best of the computer game industry. So, should you buy the game? Absolutely! It's a fun journey to the past with a good story line, some fun and challenging puzzles and has graphics that will knock your socks off! My wife and I rate Old Clock as Her Interactive's best ND game yet. Other Nancy Drew games have some great features, but for smoothness of play, Secret of the Old Clock wins hands down! As for the complaints about the short time-play, do you measure value and enjoyability by time spent working a game or by the amount of fun you had playing the game? If you don't have a lot of fun playing this game, you probably shouldn't be playing this or any other Nancy Drews games in the first place. For those of us who like to have fun and marvel over incredible graphics, Secret of the Old Clock is a real treat and a must play. Well done, Her Interactive! Date: 2006-02-21 Had a Great Time with the Old Clock This is my favorite so far of all the Nancy Drew games. The visuals are great, the puzzles were fun and challenging. Excellent gaming! Date: 2006-01-18 Very Unlike the others...still good! OK, I am a HUGE fan of the Nancy Drew games and I've beaten all of them and can't wait until the next one! I must say this is one of the most interesting! It's so unlike the others and you get to do many things you wouldn't otherwise do. However, you know how sometimes things are fun at first but then they're just tedious work? That's how it was for me. The roadster thing was pretty fun at first but eventually just got very annoying. You also get to do Putt-Putt and some other things you would't expect from a Nancy Drew game, but these are truly the most high quality games I've ever played (and I've played a lot of games) and you really can expect the unexpected with Her Interactive (the makers of the game.) The characters aren't as good as I had wished but they're still excellent and the storyline is a tad confusing but way better than most games. BUY IT. NOW! I also reccomend Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon. :) Date: 2006-01-15 Great Game Great Game! Date: 2006-01-03 THINK, THINK,THINK, THIS NANCY DREW WAS FUN, THERE WERE TONS OF PUZZLES THAT REALY MADE ME THINK.MY FAVORITE PART WAS WHEN WE FIGURED OUT THE MIRORS AND IT MADE NEAT THINGS HAPPEN. I FOUND THIS GAME TO BE NOT AS DIFFICULT AS SOME OF THE OTHER NANCY DREW GAMES, BUT IT MADE ME THINK BECAUSE IT HAD LOTS OF PUZZLES.
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