Outstanding, Rushes!!

I'll keep plugging away at it.

I don't mind logic games, because I assume there will finally be a solution, if I keep at it long enough. The sewing puzzle- I never did finish it. No matter how slow or fast I went, Nancy (I mean me) always made a mess of it. Finally had to get a saved game to proceed.

Did you play as Senior Detective? Maybe it was harder using that. (I used Junior Detective on Old Clock). I don't know whether HerInteractive separates mental challenges from physical ones when they decide what's Junior level and what's Senior level. I think the golf puzzle was supposed to be more difficult on Senior level though, and that was a physical challenge.

Yay Rushes! I finally finished the whole game last night. I had played the Fox & Geese game earlier in the game and won it after a few tries so I wasn't worried about it coming up again. But when it did - whew! It was easy for me to get the fox but it took almost an hour (maybe two) to get the rest.

The puzzle I found hardest to solve was

MaG - thank heavens for your walkthrough or I would still be sitting here thinking not nice things about the game designers.

One thing I am noticing about the ND games is that we are being led a little bit too much for my taste. In earlier games, I remember having more options about where to go instead of going into a mode where you are walking and have no control over your character. Is there a name for that? Anyways, I just feel like the games are getting easier. Or maybe I'm just getting more experienced? Anyone feel the same?

Glad you finished the game, Celtic Lark.

I've just started it. I don't like all this housework. I thought Nancy Drew was a modern girl. What's with all this cooking and cleaning she's having to do? Why can't she fix a tractor or brew beer or something?

Thanks all for your ratings on the Fox & Geese puzzle.

MaG, I'll take logic & strategy over speed any day.
Catsmom, Looks like you're the same (logic over speed). It took me several 'sittings' of about a couple hours each in front of that Singer. So frustrating I wanted to give up (translation: throw the PC out the window!!).
Jenny100 ... You mean you wouldn't have worn that dress?
Inferno, Neat... an historical puzzle. Think I'll go check it out on the Internet.
Melia & Marian, A logic-based puzzle sounds like a 'tasty' challenge. Eventually, Marian... eventually.
Sumac, That sewing puzzle was a real pain. At least logic puzzles give us time to try & solve them!

Jenny100... Don't recall what level I chose. Probably Senior... & I eventually completed the task. Never thought there'd be many noticable differences in gameplay. The only difference I saw (& liked) was at the Junior Level where you get the list of the 'to-do' things that you can check off, once completed. Lately, I've been opting for Junior Det. because of that feature.
Still deciding whether to buy now or to keep that giddy feeling of anticipation for a few more weeks. Probably won't wait too much longer.

It would have been like wearing a Moebius strip.



So have I. I like the to-do list.

I adore the snowfights. Jenny, I would rather make wine than brew beer...

I guess I'm one of the few who find White Wolf tedious. To my mind, there are far too many arcade-like puzzles and repetitious duties. I've loved and played all the other ND games, but I'm not sure if I'll even finish this one. Oh, well, I'm off to Hints to ask for a save for after the snowball fight.

I am also finding the game tedious. The endless, mindless, boring cooking is obnoxious. To me it is just fake filler to make the game seem longer. I didn't like the timed stuff very much--I know there is some in all the games, but this one was especially annoying. I thought the fox and geese game was pretty easy and fun--I played it several times.

I've played all the ND games, and I like the story in this one, but there is way too much filler.

I'm with you Cappy and Angela. I did not find it hard, I found it boring. There was not much to really do, I was doing my chores, resetting the clocks to move on, doing on my chores etc. By the time I got to the Fox and Hound Game, I begged for save so I could just end the game. I can't ever recall my feelin that way over any other ND.

The last few just don't have the same attraction to me. I remember sitting with pads of paper and taking notes to solve the puzzles in the older games and being made to cleverly solve them. Now they are just arcade sequences and tedious tasks. I'm very dissapointed and for the first time I actually wrote them my concerns. I want to think my way through the game...I know how to make beds.

Ana

I'm glad you voiced your concerns, Ana. Maybe putting out two games a year is too many. Perhaps it would be better if they just did one and used a bit more creativity in developing it. I, too, would welcome having to be clever to solve a puzzle.

They had an interesting pattern of one game would be harder than the other each year and IMHO the last "difficult" game that was released was Blackmoor manor. Till that point you could count on having one thinking game that you could scribble in your notepad and ponder the clues and another release that was easier, fun and more lighthearted. Key word there is "fun and easier, not dull.

I'm really quite upset about it because playing them was like visiting with an old friend. I always looked forward to it and quite frankly, I haven't decided about the next one yet.

Ana, I'm very glad you wrote to them, too. In fact, I applaud you for it. It's easy to sit around and gripe about what you didn't like in a game, but writing to them directly might actually accomplish something useful. Even if it's not particularly good news for them, it shows that you care.

I was liking the game well enough earlier but having gotten down to the last fourth of the game I am finding myself less than enthused. In fact, yesterday I spent all day playing an old game from the early 1990s called Eagle Eye Mysteries (an excellent game, by the way, and it, like the ND series, is geared at age 10 to adult), and feeling slightly guilty that I wasn't trying to finish White Wolf. But not guilty enough to go back to it. I probably will finish it but it certainly isn't calling to me to do so.

I'm still looking forward to the next ND game, though. As far as I know, there are a lot of different design teams working on the ND games, so I figure that at least it's gotta be different. Maybe not better, but....different.

Well....

I just made up my mind not to get this game at all..
I really can't handle a boring game..I think making Ice cream floats & Cooking...Really has nothing to do with a Mystery..

I really thought the writers would of changed alot after The Ice Cream float thing in Kapu Cave..

Hope they listen to the Players & Make a Better game next time..

My Opinion

Hi, Darleen. Well, at least you only had to make those ice cream floats I think once. In White Wolf you cook three times a day, EVERY day. Not fun.

Hi Cappy

Thanks For clarifying That

Hmm, some of the reviews on ND doesn't sound good. I don't care too much for arcade type puzzles in any game. I often wonder why adventure companies have to stray away from the norm so much. I love a good olde fashion detective game, like the olde Sherlock Holmes games, the Rose Tattoo etc. Oh well, I guess they have a new audience to impress.

I enjoyed the cooking at first. But after a while it became irritating due to having to keep track of what time it was. Offhand I can't think of any adventure game I've ever played where having to keep track of time on a regular basis didn't seem a nuisance and an interference. Perhaps there is one, but I can't think of any right now.

Making wine is good too. So are building a treehouse and fixing a radio. I'm surprised they don't have Nancy browse folders on a computer and install software, since those are things many gamers could learn useful skills from. If you don't know how to copy files to folders and install patches, Nancy could teach you.

Hahahahaha. Great idea, Jenny!

They could also have Nancy get DOSBox up and running and learn how to run older games. I believe a lot of folks here would appreciate that a great deal.

The sewing puzzle in the secret of the old clock was so easy and fun!!!!! SO EASY!!!!!

i hate brain puzzles soooooooooo much!

No kidding. That's a great idea.