Nancy Drew®: Message in a Haunted Mansion

I Love Nancy Drew games and this was no exception.

Not recommended due to the following: * incredibly clunky navigation * that one puzzle that requires pixel perfect placement of multiple items but never states that explicitly and it is easy to assume (as I initially did) that the patterns on the items need to be lined up instead *occasional "think fast or it's game over" moments, somewhat ameliorated by the second chance feature * at least one instance where a completely unintuitive action must be taken to progress the storyline * occasional disconnect between the player and Nancy as the discoveries made by the player are not always immediately reflected in the dialogue options * an abrupt ending that fails to tie up all the narrative threads and honestly, kind of makes Nancy look dumb

Very fun and exciting game! It still holds up as a 25 year-old game with the graphics, story, characters and puzzles it provides. Anyone who thinks about buying it, you won't regret a single penny, so give it a try!

A classic! In terms of ease, it definitely requires you to use your brain (and a notepad, or maybe even your phone camera). Give it a good 3-4 hours and make sure to be diligent looking around. You won't regret it.

this was a fun game to learn how the Nancy Drew pc adventure games played. I quickly learned to either write notes from all the books for later puzzles(or just use my phone's camera). Like most point and click adventure games I found that when I got stuck, it was almost always becuase of some tiny area I didn't realize was interactive.

played this as a child. creeped me out. played this as an adult. kid me was right.