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Nancy Drew®: Legend of the Crystal Skull is a first-person perspective, point-and-click adventure game. The player is Nancy Drew and has to solve a mystery. Explore rich environments for clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles and mini-games.
Bruno Bolet was the proud owner of the Whisperer, a crystal skull rumored to protect its holder from almost any cause of death except murder. When Bruno passed away, his nephew Henry came to wrap up his affairs, but he couldn't find the skull among the clutter of the creepy Bolet manor. You'll need to team up with Nancy's best friend Bess Marvin to find this mystical artifact before it falls into the wrong hands! Dare to Play
Play as Nancy and Bess Marvin
Outwit Bruno's pet iguana, alligator, and spider
Infiltrate a secret society, unlock crypts, and collect glass eyeballs.
Play arcade-style games bowl, blast angry wasps, and dodge chomping teeth.
Play Junior or Senior detective level and erase mistakes without starting over

The original #1 selling PC adventure series.
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Languages: English
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Loved it!!! This is probably one of my favorite Nancy Drew games. I really liked the thunder throughout the game too. The book showing where each person is buried and their names was difficult to solve when it came to... that clue section. The ending could have been happier too.
Love this series!
As a 20-year-old game, Legend of the Crystal Skull certainly has its faults. The storyline is...odd. I wish they would have come up with a more creative approach with how Ned and Henry were connected/knew each other. The skee-ball game also made me want to throw my laptop out the window. Nevertheless, the atmosphere of the game is FANTASTIC, as was the exploration, music, and overall NOLA vibes. Plus, most of the puzzles were fun.
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Hours played at review time, across 45 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Played with my friend for nostalgias sake and it was really fun! the setting was creppy but there was also a lot of humour in it (nancy is a weirdo as always). most of the games were really fun, but like most of these games there are a couple that are annoyingly hard. in my opinion def worth the purchase
i love nancy drew so much i played as a kid i had so much fun even more now as an adult the puzzles are still challenging but successfully telegraphed enough to solved in a satisfying time. and i love new orleans baby
I enjoyed this game a lot with its characters, story, and map. I actually wish I could've gotten to know some of the characters a little better. The use of hoodoo and spiders were not my favorite, and I really disliked that I constantly had to spin around the room to find doors, etc. I found the puzzles to be mostly logical; I did need help on one or two. Definitely worth getting. 8/10
I felt that this game was one of the best in terms of big picture and one of the worst in terms of the little details. The general plot kept you as the player hooked, and that's exactly what these types of games should do. That said, there were three major complaints I had about this game. First, the main graveyard puzzle was FAR too long. Considering each time you have to go back and forth between house and graveyard every time you get a new clue, that should have been maybe half as long, maybe even shorter. Secondly, the ending didn't make any sense - there was no sense of catching the villain, who just does a terrible thing and then just sits there and doesn't even try to escape afterward. Why doesn't the villain run? It doesn't make any sense. Third and worst of all, the circumstances surrounding Bruno Bolet's death being considered "murder" is a stretch at best. I won't go any further on this point because to do so would be major game spoilers, but suffice it to say that the answer that we get practically means that the skull's powers, if any, have a big asterisk next to it that effectively undoes any effectiveness it claims to have. On to the things I did like - the marble game was my favorite, which is a personal preference, but hey, it's my review. The bird feather puzzle was fun, and most of the rest of them were fun too. I did feel that some of them were a little bit difficult to figure out the rules, but the games themselves were lots of fun. Overall, a good experience, but with several major areas for improvement. 6/10.
As a kid, I hated the spider. As an adult, I hate the wasps. For the first time in my replay series, I liked the game more now than I did in the past! The puzzles in this ones are great, cool mystery, and of course, immaculate summer horror vibes. I've been converted into a Crystal Skull lover.
[h1] Ночная Нэнси Дрю с подругой Бесс и неинтересным сюжетом. Общий балл: 6,5/10 [/h1] [u]Локации/Дизайн: [/u] [b] 8 из 10[/b] . События происходят в приватном доме, состоящем из гостиной, второй гостиной, одной коморки и комнаты. А что творится снаружи! Огроменное кладбище, где можно гулять и гулять. Хорошо нарисовано! Играя за Бесс, мы особо далеко не уходим, но даже ее окружение очень миленько и хорошо прорисовано. Вопросы возникали по поводу книг: так много, а почитать толком ничего нельзя.. [u]Атмосфера: [/u] [b] 8 из 10[/b] . Так как дизайн сделан с совестью, и кладбище раскинулось на несколько гектаров, ночная атмосфера этой игры создается на ура! Музыка на фоне совсем мимо.. [u]Персонажи: [/u] [b] 5 из 10[/b] . Имеем 4 персонажа. Продавец, с которым редко о чем можно поболтать, дед на улице за столом, тоже не разговорчивый [spoiler] (потом вообще уйдет) [/spoiler] , нефор с бухгалтерскими пристрастиями также не горит желанием с нами разговаривать, и тетушка с манией растений. Добывалась информация скорее по телефону, нежели с персонажами. Интрига виновного держалась до последнего, хоть было и с самого начала, кто тут главный подозреваемый. [u]Загадки: [/u] [b] 7 из 10 [/b] ну тут самый большой минус идет загадкам с игрою слов. Я прохожу НД всегда на английском, поэтому поиск людей на кладбище был для меня, как для иностранца, без помощи просто невозможен. Так что это официально та НД, где я больше всего искала помощи в интернете. Остальные загадки в принципе средней сложности. [u]Сюжет: [/u] [b] 5 из 10 [/b] скучнейший. Вообще не слушала их болтовню, не захватывала история ну совсем! Первый раз такое. [b]Минусы: [/b] 1) е*аные осы................... 2) загадки с игрой слов - невозможной сложности 3) проблема ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ. В самом последнем задании непонятно было лево/право это с КАКОЙ перспективы? а запад\восток? и почему они отличаются? то перспектива первого лица, то перспектива второго лица требовалась для решения загадок.
I loved the puzzles and enjoyed the travel, but man was walking back and forth from the cemetery rough!
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