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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!
Great, I always enjoyed the Nancy Drew games. 27 and male, by the way. If people are dismissing these as games for little girls only, they are making a mistake. They're good point & click adventures, and that's hard to come by these days. So it's very welcome that Her Interactive have been keeping up the 2 titles a year schedule for years and years now. I hope GOG.com will get to delve into the back catalogue as well.

If you're curious how good they are, as in good for every adventure player, not just kids, why not have a look at how Adventure Gamers rated some of them? See here. They're not on the level of, say, the LucasArts classics, but most of them are really good, decent at worst.

Edit: Here, have their verdict on Blackmoor, which I completely agree with:
"Nancy Drew games will always be the “comfort food” of gaming to me. They are somewhat predictable, but provide a well crafted, good looking and entertaining gaming experience at a reasonable cost. Despite that rather basic assessment, I am very pleasantly surprised at how strongly the series is holding up. Rather than becoming stale, this game is solid proof that the series continues to show new vigor with each release. I would rank Blackmoor as the one of the best of them all, if not the best so far."
Post edited April 11, 2013 by Anamon
Nancy Drew is here, The Hardy Boys confirmed!
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Anamon: Great, I always enjoyed the Nancy Drew games. 27 and male, by the way. If people are dismissing these as games for little girls only, they are making a mistake. They're good point & click adventures, and that's hard to come by these days. So it's very welcome that Her Interactive have been keeping up the 2 titles a year schedule for years and years now. I hope GOG.com will get to delve into the back catalogue as well.

If you're curious how good they are, as in good for every adventure player, not just kids, why not have a look at how Adventure Gamers rated some of them? See here. They're not on the level of, say, the LucasArts classics, but most of them are really good, decent at worst.

Edit: Here, have their verdict on Blackmoor, which I completely agree with:
"Nancy Drew games will always be the “comfort food” of gaming to me. They are somewhat predictable, but provide a well crafted, good looking and entertaining gaming experience at a reasonable cost. Despite that rather basic assessment, I am very pleasantly surprised at how strongly the series is holding up. Rather than becoming stale, this game is solid proof that the series continues to show new vigor with each release. I would rank Blackmoor as the one of the best of them all, if not the best so far."
how did stay tuned for danger get such a high score? I thought that was the weekest of the bunch.
Also I seemed to have enjoyed the first one more then they did.

Looks like alot of ranking between the games on that site I dont agree with. like I thought crystal skull was very weak.
Post edited April 11, 2013 by Starsmine
Never heard of this. Looks like it has good graphics?
Those are great, maybe Nancy Drew isn't so bad after all :)
Would be cool if older ones or even the dismissed ones come out in a bundle, like "Nancy Drew 1 + 2 " in one sale for $9,99. I would at least buy them in that case.
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JMich: How's life treating you?
I work in the same street at this.
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Post edited April 12, 2013 by Telika
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Telika: I work in the same street at this.
Planning a heist I hope? :P
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JMich: How's life treating you?
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Telika: I work in the same street at this.
What's that GOG's store front now :)
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Telika: I work in the same street at this.
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JMich: Planning a heist I hope? :P
Judging from the protection bars, that wouldn't be the first attempt.

But actually, I'm hesitating to go in and buy Crimson Skies (I know there are unofficial patches to ensure its compatibility), as I've never played it yet. But I really don't have much time for gaming, and also, I feel that removing it from there would make this facade one tiny notch less awesome. So, I might just wait for GOG to provide it.

On the other hand, I would enjoy seeing the shopowners react to an overenthousiastic nerd asking for that oldie.
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Telika: On the other hand, I would enjoy seeing the shopowners react to an overenthousiastic nerd asking for that oldie.
"You want that one? Why?"
"GOG isn't selling it, thus I'm grabbing a physical copy".

See this as an oppotyunity to make another convert ;)
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Austrobogulator: So, it has come to this.
Come to what?
Reviews are mostly positive and haven't played any Nancy boys yet.. With that price tag I could try it.. Next month. This month I bought trousers so that's pretty much it. Also I try to play those games what I already own.
Love this series and hope more people give it a shot.

For anyone asking about difficulty, there's two settings: Junior Detective and Senior Detective. Puzzle difficulty and complexity varies between the two settings and sometimes the releases are rushed a bit to the point of Senior Detective being a good bit harder than it should be. Generally speaking though, if you're good at adventure games then you'll have a fun time with Senior Detective, while younger players (or less experienced adventure gamers) will have fun on Junior (and you can watch over their shoulder to toss out hints if you want).

There was an article on Armchair Arcade back in '06 that got me interested in the series and I've been hooked ever since. Like others have said, some entries are better than others by a country mile and how much a title will interest you is also somewhat dependent on how much you enjoy the "theme" of that episode. I'm not a huge horse/ranch person, so dealing with the tedium of caring for them in Secret of Shadow Ranch was boring, while I love whales and had a blast going through the museum in Danger on Deception Island.

Curse of Blackmoor Manor is fantastically dark and intriguing, but its fault lies with the severity of the bugs throughout the game I'd advocate doing your first playthrough of it on Junior even if you're good at this kind of stuff, just to avoid a bulk of the experience-breaking issues.

Don't get your hopes up too much for the Hardy Boys game...it's really not a good game. At all.
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JMich: How's life treating you?
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Telika: I work in the same street at this.
oh damn it, I'd pay a lot for that shadow warrior on big box. is really sadly not to see something like this my country. :(