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    Jetgirl's GameLog for Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock (PC)

    Saturday 1 October, 2005

    I have been impressed with the Nancy Drew games I have played so far. This is the first one I really am going to make an effort to finish.

    I really enjoy how they mix in little mini-game type puzzles into the story in a very convincing way. This game, for example, has a whole mechanical miniature golf course where you can play miniature golf. If you get under par, you win a prize. The nature of the prize is part of a bigger riddle, it is one of four clues you need in order to open a carriage house. The golf course was designed and built by the man (now deceased) who the whole mystery centers around.

    I'm having a frustrating time actually getting under par though. The golf game is cute. You just click to place the ball, and then move your mouse around to determine the angle and strength with which you want to strike it, and then click to hit the ball. One thing that sorta sucks though it that the further back your golf club cursor is from the ball determines how hard you will hit it. There are places where your cursor is at the edge of the screen, and you can't pull it back any further, therefore you can't hit the ball as hard as you would like. The course also feels very difficult...I know these games are aimed at younger girls, and I don't know how they would manage.

    Another thing that is neat about these games is that you work on different threads to the story/mystery in parallel. So you always have stuff to do.
    At the moment I am trying to win the golf game so I can see what I get (grrr) plus I also need to figure out who this guy's favorite poet was. I also have a series of numbers and a decoder to use somewhere, but I haven't found where yet.

    I played this game for three hours straight tonight. A good sign. :)

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    I don't think I ever would have expected you to play this game. Next thing you know it'll be Barbie Adventures! Hehehe..

    Joking aside, this GameLog entry is exactly the sort of thing I look forward to. You are playing a game that would otherwise not be even close to my "radar". Now it actually stands a chance! (since I will probably also find it in a super-sale bin...)

    Have you had a chance to look at Fahrenheit? (Indigo Prophecy?) It sounds like something you'd enjoy.

    Monday 3 October, 2005 by jp
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