Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor

This game fills much of its run-time with what feels like time-wasters. To complete the came you will need to play a match-3 game twice, a 20 piece jigsaw puzzle, at least 2 games of "Go Fish", and at least 1 game of what is essentially just rolling dice. More so than previous entries, "Curse of Blackmoor Manor" relies on mazes, timers, and orienteering, something it struggles to communicate with its non-continuous first-person perspective. There is a lot of stumbling around in the dark, trying to remember if exiting a screen turns you around or not. Many of the puzzles also rely on dialogue triggers to be activated. Even if you intuit the solution, Nancy will not allow you to solve the puzzle until you speak to someone else. The connection between the characters and the puzzles you solve feel arbitrary, more manufactured by the necessity of event flags than the logic of the story itself. Particularly in the late-game, there are a number of puzzles that do avoid the two flaws above, but which occasionally have some strained logic to them. A minor example from an early puzzle, if you know anything about carnivorous plants that puzzle will be entirely opaque to you. This is also the buggiest Nancy Drew game I've played. I encountered 2 game-breaking bugs where a critical item was deleted from the inventory, necessitating a restart. To end on a positive note, story-wise this game was solid. Each of the characters has probable motive and contributes to the air of paranoia pervasive in this game's atmosphere. The reveal at the end was so much fun! Also, the game-overs are perhaps the funniest in the series. Nancy, what did you think would happen if you crawled into that pitcher plant? In summation, this is a below-average ND game that falls into some of the series' worst habits, only bolstered by a story that its gameplay only serves to interrupt.

Did everything in the wrong order, loved the story, what do you MEAN that was the ending (?!?!?!) would submit myself to these trials and horrors again. Curse the oil puzzle. Curse it and it's relatives. Curse of Blackmoor Manor? No, curse of the gods damned oil puzzle.

Very tedious and frustrating. The puzzles were time-consuming and the ending was completely absurd. Not the best entry in the series.

this is my favorite nancy drew game. i played it as a kid and it permanently altered the way i make plots for roleplaying games. just been making overly complicated scavenger hunts ever since. 10/5 stars.

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Fun game.

One of the best Nancy Drew games. Fun puzzles and an enchanting setting.

how did anyone figure out these puzzels in what 2004

I love the magic and alchemy theme in this one! Some of the puzzles are a little tricky and I needed to look up some hints, even on my 3rd play through. It's been a few years since I last played it, okay? Still probably my favourite Nancy Drew game.

Многими фанатами Нэнси Дрю она признана если не самой, то одной из лучших частей серии. Признаюсь честно, когда играл первый раз постоянно пользовался гайдом. Загадки казались нелогичными, чересчур сложными и даже бредовыми, самостоятельно в общем не осилил. По факту, правдиво только про сложность. Головоломки в этой игре сложные и по первой непонятные, но как только догадываешься, возникает чувство "Бляяя, да тут оказывается всё ♥♥♥♥♥♥ логично". Прошёл на Старшем детективе и без гайда. Можно считать это победой. Только тот, кто прошёл Блэкмур без гайда - может считаться мастер детектив игр Нэнси Дрю и заслужить почётное звание "Старший детектив"