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Best Mystery Game I've played yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I love mysteries. I liked The Secret of Shadow Ranch because it had lots of information about horses. I also liked the mystery about lost treasure. Nancy Drew is also a good character and the cell phone she has is useful. Sometimes the music was a little scary but it was an exciting plot.

Best one yet!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This Nancy Drew was soooo good!! It had just the right amount of everything, puzzles, riddles, characters! It was just fabulous!! This one is also very fun, some of the Nancy Drews just creep you out but this one is always bright and happy! Try it!

Best Game Yet!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is the best Nancy Drew game I have! My sister and I collect these games and this one is the best! My favorite thing about it is it has to do with horses. I love horses. I also love mysteries. If your having problems, read this! If you keep sliding off your horse, it is because you need to tighten the girth. Do not pick up the tiger striped rock on the trail stop! The second time you go to pick vegetables, listen carefully, and run back inside!! (A rattle snake will be there.) This is my favorite Nancy Drew game. All horse lovers should get it!!

One of the best ND Games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Lately HerInteractive seems to have gone downhill with disappointing games such as Danger By Design and Creature of Kapu Cave (although luckily, White Wolf of Icicle Creek is a bit better). It's sad playing this game and realizing how amazing the Nancy Drew games used to be.

Secret of Shadow Ranch is partially based off the best selling Nancy Drew book of all time. The graphics are SUPERB, probably the best of any game (the later games tend to have overly smooth/blurry graphics). The characters were all interesting to interact with (with perhaps the exception of Mary Rawley, who got a bit annoying). You got to meet sweet, nice (and not to mention, cute!) Dave, who is keeping something from Nancy; quiet, mysterious Tex, who seems to like to watch Nancy get hurt; and talkative, outgoing Shorty, who loves to converse and cook.

Bess and George, who are essential in this game for hints, are hilarious to call and talk to. The sound effects and music are grade-A. But best of all is the plot. Who is sabotaging the ranch? Who is directing the phantom horse? With tons of leads and clues, this game will keep you guessing until the end. The puzzles are challenging without being frustratingly difficult; there are several fascinating places to explore. And the history/learning is abundant without being boring (see: Secret of Scarlet Hand).

The game is long but not overly lengthy as well. Perhaps the only complaint I have is the cell phone. It lit up WAY too much, even if I didn't have to call/email someone or look something up. There were way too many unneccasary websites to look up. Listening to Charleena Purcell's recording was annoying after a few times, even if Nancy does hang up in the middle of it.

Oddly enough my favourite part was baking a birthday cake for Tex. I love cakes and cooking (although in White Wolf it is way too much), and it was a nice break from the mystery solving. The ending requires wits and it is funny when you catch the criminal.

There are so many more positive things I could say about this game, but I will finish it off with: it is one of my favorite ND games. In fact, it is second ONLY to Treasure in the Royal Tower. If you are thinking of buying a Nancy Drew game, I would recommend this one.

Great Games for Young or Old

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Am in my 70's and most video games are not for me; however, the Nancy Drew games are great for exercising this ol' brain and I don't need nimble fingers to play. Have 4 of her games and love them all. I especially enjoy the graphics and the "interaction" with the game's characters.

Better than some

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: March 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I thought this one was good but i found all of the tasks that the cook gave us took so much time and were really tedious. I really like the ending in this one (i won't tell you who does it) but my favourite one so far is "message in the haunted mansion."

Yee-haw!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game is pretty fun! :) you, as nancy drew, are staying at a ranch in arizona, and you will surely learn plenty about ranch life!!! the music is cool, the ghost own is creepy, and if you like to ride horses, this is the game for you! i think i liked ghost dogs of moon lake better, though.

This Nancy Drew Game Rocks!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: January 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've played every other Nancy Drew Game, but this one was the BEST of them all!!!

Satisfying!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: January 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Okay, I have to make this quick: I think you should play this game. It was hard, but in a fun way. Everyone had a personality (being computer characters), and I thought it had a nice plot. :-)

GREAT GAME!!!!:)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: August 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

i really loved this nancy drew game it was one of the better efforts of her interactive. i thought it gave you a great perspective of how things really work on a ranch. and if you love to ride...this will be your official alltime favorite game.

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