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A hit with my nieces!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game was a hit with my very smart and fun nieces, ages 12 and 10. I will probably buy another one in the series for them at holiday time. Lots of fun, not much money. Lots of bang for the toy buck.

Yeehaww.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

again. I loved it. This game was an exciting adventure to the wild west. With the new wider screen, you can feel even more in the atmosphere. The new features make it better than ever. I reccommend definately purchasing this. An excellent addition to the series.

A good, solid game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I enjoyed this game. It had a good mix of puzzles and an interesting plot that kept things moving along. I've played all the games and I can recommend this game. It's not in my top 5 (for those, I much prefer Games 2-7), but it's a solid addition to the series.

I don't like a lot of computer games, but I like this one.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Awesome game with great puzzles and cool scenery. The longest Nancy Drew game I have played yet, making it worth the money. There are some boring chores that have to be done to progress forward, but others were actually fun (like baking a cake). I needed hints a couple of times, but for the most part the game should be doable with out much help. I highly recommend this game for girls any age who like a good challenge.

Only problem- The puzzles

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game, as with most other Nancy Drew games, are fun and very intriguing. But the thing that was wrong with this game was the puzzles. I found, that in the begining of the game, the puzzles were so easy it wasn't even funny, but as the game progresed, the puzzles got near impossible to figure out. I'll admit, I used a walkthrough VERY often for them. Also, toward the end of the game, there are a lot of riddles that you have to figure out and I am not good at riddles! If it wasn't for the walkthrough, I would never have been able to complete this game. Also, I knew who the culprit was basically from the begining of the game. To me, that part of the "mystery" was way to obvious.

Overall, I had lots of fun playing this, it bothered me a little that I had to use the walkthrough so much but hey, I find myself doing that a lot with mystery games because of the puzzles. That is my main complaint about mystery games in general.

Anyway, the storyline was intriguing and like I said I actually did have a blast playing it. However, no desire to play it again. Yup, poor replay value.

I still reccomend this game to mystery fans.. but if you are new to mystery games, I'd start out with something else like some of Nancy's earlier games.

Different Genre- Lots of Fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've only been playing Nancy Drew games for a short time. I've played approximately 5 or 6- and this by far was the most fun! I found myself drawn into the "dude ranch" setting and enjoyed gathering eggs, veggies and riding a horse! I have to admit, I thought I'd never get the barrel racing score to a good enough level. But I finally got it and, looking back, I have to admit it was fun. I figured out the culprit early on but that didn't destroy my enjoyment of the game. I'd recommend this for any age group (I'm certainly not a kid and I thought it was great fun!). The graphics were great, too! I got through it pretty fast, but I like that. I hate games that drag on for ever. The only part that got a little "old" was the constant cellphone calls to various individuals. Maybe because there were so few actual characters Nancy interacts with on the ranch. All in all, a fun game with some challenging and not-so-challenging puzzles. Great scenery.

one of the best drew games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

One of the best Nancy Drew games I have played so far. The setting and game play were very good. Also there were no annoying repetitive tasks that had to be done over and over, such as cooking food 50 times in the white wolf. My only objection was that the metal/magnent puzzle was not designed well, it is far too sensitive. Overall, a fun game.

wonderful game!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

SPOLIER ALERT
This game was one of my fav games made by HER. This game really has no faults in my opinion. I think the only thing that was hard was measering what to put in the cake. I love this game and i think you will to!

very hard puzzles

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

the puzzles in this game make 50 percent of the hardness in this game the other part is the chores you have to do in this game. besides being plain hard it has a good story line even though it has little to do with the actual book, the graphics are good for this game and is fun.

Good Game, But Frustrating

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am quite a bit older than the intended audience for Nancy Drew games, but I've loved each one that I've played. The Secret of Shadow Ranch was no different, with the exception that toward the end, I just wanted it to end. SOSR has more puzzles than just about any Nancy Drew game I've played in the past, and many of these puzzles are just plain HARD. (I'm looking at you, magnet puzzle.) Many puzzles are presented to the player without any instructions, so there's a lot of trial and error involved in figuring out how to even start them. Toward the end, you are basically just traveling from location to location to solve puzzles, which I found frustrating. Any game that involves a complicated maze is not a good thing for me personally, but I would imagine that many people enjoy mazes.

Having said all of that, I found the game to be exceptionally charming. The developers captured the feel of a rural Arizona town, and I actually learned a lot about the history of that area. I enjoyed several of the tasks that others didn't, like baking the cake, which I got right the very first time. The solution was only slightly shocking, as there are less than a handful of suspects, but it fit in well with the game.

Despite the many frustrations I felt while playing the game, I had fun, and to me, that's the most important indicator of a good game.

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