Nancy Drew®: The Secret of Shadow Ranch

Classic Nancy Drew

I love Shadow Ranch! Also played this one on release and a few times over the years, so I completed senior detective working on memory and talking to *everyone* - exhausting the Hardy Bros. and George and Bess for hints...almost got Gameboomers out a couple times (especially for the last two arrowheads I was missing). I love the music, all the chores, and the characters. The older you get, the hotter Tex gets.

This game is a masterpiece. I would even recommend it to people who dont usually play Nancy Drew games

Game is ok, but the real killer is the tedium of getting Bob ready to ride. Open gate, turn, open door, turn, grab saddle, turn, open door, go to Bob, apply saddle, lift stirrup, tighten cinch three times, click Bob, click saddle, click gate, click path. EVERY TIME. Ditto the tedium of having to take of the saddle, put it in the stable, and get back outside.

This was a tricky one; some of the puzzles took a little work to figure out, but the dialogue was excellent, the backstory of the treasure and the people involved was surprisingly romantic and melancholy, the whodunit aspect was good fun, and the puzzles were great, though a few were less fun than I'd like; the slot machine and the bridle puzzle in particular, but the rest of the puzzles were interesting and fun.

Dave Gregory's cowhide. (If ya know, ya know)