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Posted April 11, 2013
These little grey cells. It is up to them.--Agatha Christie

Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor, a non-linear puzzle-packed adventure featuring the teen detective's most ominous and mystical case ever, is available on GOG.com, for only $5.99.

A shadow has befallen the Blackmore Manor and its inhabitants. The staff whispers of a curse and there are evident signs of witchcraft to be found around the property. There's an angry howling in the nights and there's no way that it can be simply attributed to wind. Something is very, very wrong in the old British mansion and it seems that everyone living there, or merely passing through, puts their life in a grave danger. Luckily Linda Penvellyn, the lady of the house, managed to call for help before she was struck down with strange illness. Who did she call? Why, of course you--Nancy Drew!

Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor is an adventure game featuring the famous teen detective. The Blackmoor Manor that serves as the scene to the mystery you'll be solving is an intriguing place, and its exploration is both challenging and enjoyable--even more so, that the game doesn't force any particular order in which you must solve the puzzles. Speaking of puzzles, there's much variation to them so if you're stuck at one, you'll always get the chance to change the pace and come back to the problematic part later. With a story focusing on things like witchcraft, curses and lycanthropy, this is the darkest of the Nancy Drew games, but it's still well within limits of content appropriate for the young gamers.

Power up those little gray cells and solve the incredible mystery presented in Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor, for only $5.99 on GOG.com!
Posted April 11, 2013
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Timelord1963: Something like Danger by Design for me caught the worst of the series.
I second that, it was rather boring. But I still would buy it on GOG. Would be great to get the complete series without DRM here.

GOG: Could you look into the soundtracks? There were a assortment of nice pieces involved.
Posted April 11, 2013
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Erich_Zann: If ten years is old to you, you're too young :-)
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JudasIscariot: I remember when the original Fallout graced actual store shelves and in a big box :D
Day before yesterday, in other words :-D
I'm not even that old, just grumpy & nostalgic.
Post edited April 11, 2013 by Erich_Zann
Posted April 11, 2013
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nijuu: Ummmmmmmmmm....im struck dumb for words.....
Don't forget, a lot of gamers on GOG love adventure games and a fair number have kids or nephews, nieces, etc as well. They're awesome games for adventure gamers but great gifts for teenagers as well.

Like a couple of others have said, I hope GOG gets the whole series (think there are about 30?). They'd be a very cool addition.

BTW, here's the beginning of a walkthru for the game without commentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwwoNDJL2HM

Personally, I"m not a big fan of the actress who plays Nancy Drew, but the game itself is pretty good.
Post edited April 11, 2013 by Bloodygoodgames
Posted April 11, 2013
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Wishbone: I'm playing Day Of The Tentacle with my son to train his English skills :-D
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Bloodygoodgames: Good for you!

When I was still teaching English in Thailand, I used point and click adventure games for EFL students with higher level language skills and HOG games for those who need to learn simple vocabulary.

They're a GREAT way to teach kids English as they often don't think that they're actually learning as they're having such a blast with the game :)
Yeah, I learned a lot of English when I was a kid from playing Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken and other games like them. The games were so fun that having to look up the occasional new word was no problem at all.

Of course, when we're playing DOTT, my son controls the game, and looks up new words in the human dictionary sitting next to him, i.e. me ;-)
Posted April 11, 2013
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Timelord1963: I think if you're after horror then Slender is probably the better choice, but the ND title is probably better as an adventure game (in fairness I haven't played Slender but I've seen some gameplay and it doesn't seem especially varied).
I'm after more... tasteful horror. I don't mind jumpscares or gore, but the essence of horror (at least for me) lies in atmosphere, plot (or mythology if you prefer to call it that) and characters. Basing on what other GOGers told me, Slender lacks many of those features.
Posted April 11, 2013
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Bloodygoodgames: Good for you!

When I was still teaching English in Thailand, I used point and click adventure games for EFL students with higher level language skills and HOG games for those who need to learn simple vocabulary.

They're a GREAT way to teach kids English as they often don't think that they're actually learning as they're having such a blast with the game :)
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Wishbone: Yeah, I learned a lot of English when I was a kid from playing Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken and other games like them. The games were so fun that having to look up the occasional new word was no problem at all.

Of course, when we're playing DOTT, my son controls the game, and looks up new words in the human dictionary sitting next to him, i.e. me ;-)
LOL - reminds me of when I was teaching and seemingly hours of me complaining "What's that dictionary for sitting next to you? Do I look like I'm an oblong with a lot of pages?" My students loved that :)
Posted April 11, 2013
My daughter loves these games. Bring on more of them!
Posted April 11, 2013
Unexpected, and very welcome. Hopefully the game sells well, and we get more in the series.
Posted April 11, 2013
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Wishbone: Yeah, I learned a lot of English when I was a kid from playing Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken and other games like them. The games were so fun that having to look up the occasional new word was no problem at all.

Of course, when we're playing DOTT, my son controls the game, and looks up new words in the human dictionary sitting next to him, i.e. me ;-)
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Bloodygoodgames: LOL - reminds me of when I was teaching and seemingly hours of me complaining "What's that dictionary for sitting next to you? Do I look like I'm an oblong with a lot of pages?" My students loved that :)
Well, I also need to occasionally explain other stuff to him. The game presupposes a certain knowledge of American history, none of which is taught in Danish schools until much later than his current 5th grade, and much of it not even then. It's also a topic on which there is very little material in Danish to be found online.
Posted April 11, 2013
Aw yeah, let the adventures begin.
Posted April 11, 2013
This looks like a kiddie game.
Posted April 11, 2013
I do associate these with the "casual", rather-"meh" area of Target software (same with "Mysterious Island"), but if titles like these lead to the classic Humongous Entertainment point and click adventure games coming here ... well you know ... ;-)
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Erich_Zann: If ten years is old to you, you're too young :-)
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JudasIscariot: I remember when the original Fallout graced actual store shelves and in a big box :D
Ahh, the good ole days. I still love pulling out and glancing through my MechWarrior BattleTech Reference Manual from my MechWarrior 4 Vengeance Big box game :D
Post edited April 11, 2013 by Zoltan999
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JudasIscariot: GalCiv is 10 years old..not old enough? :D
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Erich_Zann: If ten years is old to you, you're too young :-)
10 years in gaming is 2 generations. These games are the grand-parents of the new-gen. Old enough.
Posted April 11, 2013
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oh god, here come the casual hidden object adventures...
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