Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion
released on Nov 24, 2000
Discover who — or what — is behind the mysterious accidents in a house full of secrets!
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i love the historical love story in this one aughh
not sure how this one is considered a scary game...i guess if i played this as a kid i would find it a bit scary at moments
rose and abby 4eva
not sure how this one is considered a scary game...i guess if i played this as a kid i would find it a bit scary at moments
rose and abby 4eva
Very fun and spooky. Great game to play around Halloween time. It's short and has some good puzzles. Problem is its possible to get soft locked and that's never fun.
They asked me nicely to fix the dumbwaiter and I never did.
more I spy treasure hunt than I spy spooky mansion. it's good but the series is clearly still finding its footing.
Since I talked about what genre these games are, and some of their gameplay mechanics, in my pervious review of Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake, I'm going to mainly focus on the story going forward reviewing this series unless there are extreme changes in gameplay. That being said these reviews will not be very long most likely because of these reasons. So, let's get started.
The story in this game takes place in, prepare yourself it's a shocker, a haunted mansion. There have been terrible accidents happening in the mansion and Nancy's... family member or friend? I don't know because I'm not really familiar with the characters in the books series, but they send her to their friend Rose's house to help with renovations and to solve the mystery. As you explore the house, you'll hear and see some creepy things amongst the house like a painting blinking, or shadowy figures. At first, I felt like this added some eeriness to the game, but quickly faded as I was constantly reminded by Nancy, like in the previous game, that she's a skeptic when it comes to the supernatural. The way I see it why I should believe that there are ghosts in this story if the main character is doesn't believe it in the slightest and is out to prove otherwise. Personally, it kind of just sucks the fun out of it.
The actual characters in the game were alright, but outside of Abby I didn't find them as interesting as the characters in Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake. I also felt that way about the story too even though the game is set in a haunted mansion. I felt the story was somewhat dull and when it came time to once again reveal who the culprit was it was a complete let down, not to mention very obvious. I was not at all surprised when it turned out to be a specific character. It was a real eye-roller.
Overall:
I think fans of the games/books will like this more than I did. I don't know why, but I just really couldn't get into this entry in this series. Hopefully the next game will be better.
Pros:
+ decent voice acting at times
+ games offers hints through phone calls
Cons:
-lame mystery
-frustrating controls
The story in this game takes place in, prepare yourself it's a shocker, a haunted mansion. There have been terrible accidents happening in the mansion and Nancy's... family member or friend? I don't know because I'm not really familiar with the characters in the books series, but they send her to their friend Rose's house to help with renovations and to solve the mystery. As you explore the house, you'll hear and see some creepy things amongst the house like a painting blinking, or shadowy figures. At first, I felt like this added some eeriness to the game, but quickly faded as I was constantly reminded by Nancy, like in the previous game, that she's a skeptic when it comes to the supernatural. The way I see it why I should believe that there are ghosts in this story if the main character is doesn't believe it in the slightest and is out to prove otherwise. Personally, it kind of just sucks the fun out of it.
The actual characters in the game were alright, but outside of Abby I didn't find them as interesting as the characters in Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake. I also felt that way about the story too even though the game is set in a haunted mansion. I felt the story was somewhat dull and when it came time to once again reveal who the culprit was it was a complete let down, not to mention very obvious. I was not at all surprised when it turned out to be a specific character. It was a real eye-roller.
Overall:
I think fans of the games/books will like this more than I did. I don't know why, but I just really couldn't get into this entry in this series. Hopefully the next game will be better.
Pros:
+ decent voice acting at times
+ games offers hints through phone calls
Cons:
-lame mystery
-frustrating controls
playing through these has been a blast, i'm going to play through them all