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Secrets Can Kill Your Computer

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Buyer beware: This was the second copy of this game I have purchased - I returned the first copy when I couldn't get it to install on my computer. My PC is new (purchased July 2005) and has plenty of power and memory, but this game crashed my computer three times, and the last time - immediately after I uninstalled the game - it had a hard time recovering from the crash. (I have played three of the later Nancy Drew games on the same computer with no problems.) In addition, the game is muddled and confusing, with a poor plotline and an unsatisfying ending. It relies too heavily on decoding secret message after secret message (most of which did nothing to help me advance the game), and not enough on sleuthing or interacting with the other characters. Switching between discs was no big deal at first, but about halfway through the game, it started to accelerate until I was switching discs every 5 minutes (NOT an exaggeration). I absolutely DO NOT recommend this game - go buy one of the later Nancy Drew games instead.

All Right considering it's the First ND

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is the first Nancy Drew computer game that Her Interactive made. You can tell when you play it.... it has a very 90s feel to it and it is not nearly as advanced with as many places to go and cool games and puzzles as the other later games. Also, one of the more annoying things is that you have to switch during the game from CD 1 to CD 2 and back again many times. The characters are not that well animated, and I found the ending to be disappointing.

Overall, if you want to say you've played all of the ND games, then go ahead and get it! Or if you just want the experience. Otherwise, if you want a more fun and cooler game, play the later ones. I'd especially recommend all of them after and including game 3, Message in a Haunted Mansion. That is a good game to start with if you are new to Nancy Drew games. If you're looking for a scary game, go with game 11, Curse of Blackmoor Manor, but not for anybody under 10 years old I'd say.

Just one last thing -- these games are very good to work on with your friends, siblings, etc. Sometimes you are stumped and it's always better to have two or three people with ideas than just one. Happy gaming!

it's okay

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this game was good for the first game Her Interactive made because It dosn't have the good animation that the other games have and It's the only game that has a gun in it at the end. I so recomend the other nancy drew games than this the ones that I loved are the final scene, Secret of the scarlet hand (the best ever!), Danger on deception island, secret of shadow ranch, curse of blackmoor manor (the scariest of them all), secret of the old clock (awsome), and last train to blue moon canyon. But the new game that is xoming out soon is danger by disgn so those are better than this

worst one ever!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 11
Date: August 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

i have played and beaten all the nancy drews and this was my LEST favorit ones.the graphics were cartoons and you dont even get to meet the bad guy.do not ever play this game!!!!!!

YUCK

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: February 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I did not like this game at all. It is buggy and the Save and Load area is slow and does not work very well. I also dislike the switching back and forth between DISC 1 and 2. Save your money, this game not worth the money. Buy something else.

Secrets can kill

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: May 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game is definently a waste of your time! i've played it and it is such a pain to keep changing the disks!! i had to changethe disks at least 100 times and i'm dead serious! the graphics are really bad too! the people are cartoon while the objects around them are not! I would only recomend this game to anyone who needs to kill time or waste it because i sure did!!!!!

Nancy Drew Secrets Can Kill

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: August 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This was the 1st Nancy Drew game, and I have played all the games and I know that this is the least challenging of them all.
The print-out walkthrough is only 6 pages long compared to 20+ on some. If you're new to Nancy Drew games I recommend getting this one first because it's so easy.

Loved it...good for kids and adults

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I really liked this game: it wasn't too difficult, and it was interesting. The only drawback was that the game didn't take me very long (1 day) to complete. And I did it on the middle "Spy IQ" setting. This game was entertaining, and will be great for my kids as they get a little bit older. I would definately recommend buying "Secrets Can Kill"

Dissapointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

...First of all, I noticed there were two CD's, which got to be extremely annoying when I was playing the game. The characters were to cartoon like, they didn't have a lot of dialog, and they were..well...quite boring to be honest with you. There wasn't enough puzzles and clues either, making the game lack in excitement and mystery. The game was really short, and I really didn't like the ending. All in all, I really wouldn't recommend this game to anyone unless you like staring at your computer screen and clicking aimlessly on stuff and solving a boring mystery in just a couple of hours. But I would definetly recommend Nancy Drew: Treasure In A Royal Tower (lots mystery and fun mixed with a lot of interesting French History)and Nancy Drew: Message In A Haunted Mansion (nice story line, and it was really fun and didn't bore you to death like Secrets can Kill. It also has a lot of interesting Chinese history)...

swapping disks is no fun

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

It's an interesting story, and it's a challenge, but the constant swapping of the disks towards the end of the game really ruins the mood...

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