Nancy Drew®: Ghost of Thornton Hall

I'm new to the Nancy Drew games, but have played many adventure and point and click games. I found the story in this game to be really shallow, with the characters skirting around anything that might seem "taboo" to the audience, such as the Thornton's business, history and such. I was expecting much more narrative complexity, but this one doesn't go to deep. I'd say it feels like getting all the exposition that you need for a mystery without actually getting to learn any of the twists and turns that normally go along with it. For me that was a bit disappointing, as the characters are all interesting and I genuinely wanted to learn more and get drawn more deeply into the world. The puzzles were pretty fun and challenging (I played on Master Sleuth), but not impossible by any means. Sometimes the game doesn't do the best job at signalling where you should go next, or how to engage with the next puzzle, with some signals appearing much before you actually need to do them. Certainly not too much of a problems, but it can cause some needlessly walking around searching for a puzzle that just isn't available yet. Overall I would say I had a fun time with this game, but probably won't be pursuing other titles unless I want to solve some puzzles as the story left much to be desired. But if you're interesting in a puzzle game that goes far beyond what a standard point and click gives you (normally a bit too easy) then you'd probably enjoy this. Story: 5/10 Puzzles: 8/10