If this is an indicator of the direction the series is heading, things don't look good for our favorite teenage detective.
Simply put, Nancy Drew: The Shattered Medallion is one of the worst-designed Nancy Drew games ever made. These involve cross-referencing multiple pieces of evidence in ways that might never occur to younger players (and many older ones) and even the game's built-in hint system fails to lessen the chore-like aspect of the more arcane ones. For example, why would there be an arcade (and an auction house) plunked down in the middle of a reality show? Plus, the game's main puzzles often are problematic, and many are borderline unfathomable. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. In terms of gameplay, Her Interactive has been chucking in optional mini-games for some time now, but they're becoming a pointless distraction. Nancy Drew Adventure Series The Shattered Medallion If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. With every new game, we hope developer Her Interactive will modernize its mundane graphics, and, with every new game, that hope is crushed. Along with the incomprehensible character dialogue, it also fails in terms of graphics. Beyond that, its characters and dialogue make it feel more like a David Lynch movie than something you'd see on network TV. From the closed-room feeling of the announcer's voice-over to the complete lack of visible competition, The Shattered Medallion feels nothing like the competition reality shows we're all so familiar with.
It starts by putting its heroine in a ludicrously uncharacteristic setting, then fails miserably to pull off the locale. Despite the current popularity of such shows, the premise of putting Nancy Drew on one is inherently flawed, and the game repeatedly confirms this. Is this what it's come to? The Shattered Medallion wastes the skills of the whip-smart sleuth by putting her on a ridiculous reality TV show.
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