![]() "This language is silly!" they'd exclaim. Take heart in the knowledge that egyptian kids probably wanted to punch people over this too. Maybe this type of puzzle stretches back into the days when rebuses were invented, way the hell back in history. Oh, I found many books full of "visual wordplay puzzles" but I didn't find a formal name for them, an inventor, or even a time period they were popularized. ![]() Part of what I spent time on was looking for information on this type of puzzle, for my usual trivia tidbits. Many of you do not have access to logging equipment and would resort to rakes and shovels instead. That worked really well! I should do that more often and soon you will all be playing games for me, and I will lounge around drinking comically oversized mugs of icy beverage! Except you would probably all kill me with axes! I am just joking, of course. Welcome back! Yesterday I parked y'all in front of some puzzles, asked you to solve them, and spent the rest of the day doing other stuff. It's not my fave of all the ND games but it is definitely Top 5.06:29 pm - Nancy Drew And the Old Person's House - Secret of the Old Clock I wish HeR would do more of these because I think ND could have such a blast in, say, Victorian England or America in the 50's. ![]() There are a few logic puzzles (my fave was the pie order), a couple chore-ish ones (had to get a pen and paper for the stupid mind-reading cards thing), and stuff like mini-golf which started out annoying for me and then it actually became fun once I figured it out.Īnother neat thing is that this game is set in the 30's, so everything-locations, characters, cars, fashion, etc.-was period. You get to drive around a map and explore that which is pretty cool. I had to shake myself out of a rather long run of it at one point because I had forgotten what I was supposed to be doing in the story. The way to earn money is by running errands (delivering telegrams) and it is ADDICTIVE. You're exploring a maybe-haunted house, you get to meet some very memorable characters, and the puzzles are challenging without being frustrating. This is the quintessential classic ND game. This game is best for people who love Nancy Drew already, though it's worth a go either way. However, this game was so much fun to play, especially if you've played older Nancy Drew games, like Blackmoor Manor or the Haunted Carousel. The graphics are rough at times, especially with certain characters like Uri, the cat (Dobby, is that you?). Nor does the game always react when you click on something making you click on it more than once. Some of the screens load slowly, and the dialogue sometimes carried through to the next scene. This is one of the older titles in the Nancy Drew series (released in 2005) and it does require a bit of patience to play. (I still feel like it's worth the price, with how entertaining the story itself was.) This does make the game feel shorter - for most Nancy Drew games, I finish them in 8-9 hours. You can call Bess and George for hints too, or refer to your notebook (this title doesn't have the answers listed like the newer games, but it does provide helpful hints, and clues). One of the harder puzzles, at least for me, was the logic test, and the answers were sprinkled throughout the game. if you're playing on Junior Detective mode. The puzzles were on the easier side as well, esp. There's history woven into the story too, and the setting is immersive - you'll believe you're actually with Nancy in the 30's! The characters have fluid movement, and the game featured more cut-scenes than in other titles. The dialogue is solid and the voice acting is less wonky than in other games. The game takes place in 1930, when Nancy Drew visits her friend Emily, at the Lilac Inn.there Nancy encounters her first mystery, and becomes the detective we know and love.
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