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Nancy Drew: Danger by Design Review (continued)
More User Submitted Nancy Drew: Danger by Design Reviews
Date: 2006-10-26
Not The Best...
A fashion designer that wears a mask, has tantrums, is firing all her assistants and lives in a moulin(or windmill) in Paris, the City of Light and Fascination. As Nancy Drew, you are supposed to find out why Minette, the fashion designer is acting so strange.
As I played the game I found the characters to be a little disconnected to the story. Their personalities were obvious and well put together, but they seemed to be disconnected to the mystery. The mystery of course being trying to find the reason Minette was acting so strange. All the characters had separate stories of their own. Only Minette seemed to have anything to do with the mystery Nancy's trying to figure out. Although their personalities were well-done, you could never get into deep conversations with them and when you did talk to them it was just to get something from them.
The graphics were better than the last game as they usually get better every time and the scenes of Paris were very pretty. Although I would like to stress the fact that there were absolutely no famous sites of Paris, for example, the Eiffel Tower, Arch Of Triumph, Notre-Dame or Le Louvre.
Some of the errands and most of the puzzles were interesting. The hazelnut puzzles were fun and hard to try to figure out! One of them was so confusing to me, that it took me about a half an hour to finally get it, but there were other puzzles that were extremely easy. Yet sadly, the puzzles didn't have anything to do with the characters. This game was kind of like two mysteries in one. One mystery with the characters involved, where you accidentally solve it and then there's mystery number two where you solve all the puzzles and riddles and then you win by solving the last puzzle. The idea of two mysteries might have worked if the two mysteries eventually became one again at the end, but because they didn't relate at all through the whole game it was confusing.
The storyline as I said before was confusing. There seemed to be two mysteries. One where you try to find out why Minette is acting so strange and the other where you try to figure out Noisette's Mystery. Minette's mystery doesn't relate to Noisette's mystery because the puzzles and the weird things that are happening to Minette are separated from each other. Minette's mystery was confusing and the ending was awkward. The end left you feeling surprised and thinking "What!? That's it?".
At the end of the game everything was explained as usual, but the explanation felt slapped together. The ending was silly and actually astonishing that it ended so abrutly and with such an absurd explanation. The part in every ND game where you have to hide, run or fight the criminal was bizarre and too easy in this game and the reason Minette was wearing the mask was silly too. Noisette's Mystery ended well and it reminded me what I liked about the past Nancy Drew games, it wasn't ridiculously easy and it made sense.
The one thing that disappointed me the most was the fact that there were hardly any second chances and no scary moments where you just jump out of your seat or scream, those are the kinds of Nancy Drew Games I like.
One thing I love about this game is the use of Euros.
The marketplace area enabled you to buy things and earn money by painting pictures.
You are also able to buy food and eat at a restaurant which is cool though it is unfortunate that you can't actually go in the restaurant.
Overall I rate this game 3.3, because a lot of it seemed confusing to me, but then again there are some things that I really enjoyed. This definitely wasn't HI's best, but it does have it's good qualities.
-ND Fan
Date: 2006-10-23
Yet Another Great ND Game
I have been playing the Nancy Drew games for a few years now, and have found that with each one the graphics, intrigue & fun just keep getting better & better.
In "Danger by Design" Nancy agrees to go to Paris to help a nervous investor of Minette's House of Fashion. He's nervous because Minette had begun acting very strangely & had fallen way behind on her new Spring collection - both of which could lead to a failed business venture.
Once there, Nancy becomes aware of several threatening letters the designer had received, as well as a number of rumors concerning artwork that had been stolen during World War II that may be hidden in the old Wind Mill that now serves as Minette's House of Fashion. Could they be related some how?
As Nancy Drew, you will find yourself snooping around for clues, working to earn the money needed to buy several needed items, solving various puzzles, and ultimately putting all the information together to solve the mysteries surrounding Minette & the stolen artwork.
Overall, I loved "Danger by Design". It has the best graphics to date for an ND game & it was great fun to play. I would highly recommend it to anyone who has enjoyed playing other such games, as well as those who enjoyed (or are enjoying) reading the ND series.
Date: 2006-10-15
Not Nancy Drew's Best
I was very excited when I heard that the newest Nancy Drew PC game would take place in Paris and yet, it didn't live up to my expectiations. The running errands and chains of "if you do this for me then i'll give you..." that always appear in these games were more tedious than any before and took up most of the game. Beside that I had trouble understanding the plot, many elements of the game were not explained (like why one character had electrical engeneering books), and the motive of the criminal was too far fetched to believe. Combined with the fact that the Parisian setting was not used to it's full potential, Danger by Design is a sign that Herinteractive is running out of ideas.
Date: 2006-09-16
Nancy Drew Rocks
Even though Nancy Drew does rock, this wasn't my favorite game by HerInteractive. I know it takes Herinteractive a lot of pressure and time to create these games. My feeling is that The Nancy Drew game series is starting to decline. All the Nancy Drew games I have played I would rate 5 stars. Danger by Design disapointed me due to lack of diolague and how many things did not add up. One example is the why did someone not explain why s/he had a certain book. Of course the graphics are AMAZING and the characters have their charm as always, and Nancy Drew is still the best. I just hope that Herinteractive does a better job on their next game "Creature of Kapa Cave."
Date: 2006-09-10
Could Have Been Better
This game is very awsome I'll give them that, but as far as the ending part goes? It could have been better. It is very hard and I'm lucky I beat it. I highly recomend this game to anyone but just a hint when you go to the first table in the park buy the book on ichi do and read it and make notes!
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