Nancy Drew®: Midnight in Salem

its good piss easy for a nancy drew game tho and the story is just fine i actually love the aesthetics but the graphics arent the best but realistically who cares i 100% the achievements within 6 hours and 2 playthroughs but it could be easily done in less time get on sale

Gave this one a chance despite all the negative reviews purely for completionist reasons... sad to say y'all were right. I am not a fan of the new format and movement style. New Nancy's voice makes me angry. The graphics are good but the animations were somehow worse than the original ND games. I loved the setting of Salem but there was so much more that could have been done with this plot wise. The puzzles were blah. Just SOMETHING off and unenjoyable about this game that's hard to put your finger on, which I suppose reveals the change in team behind the scenes. Definitely did not feel satisfied at the end and feel no need to ever play it again. One redeeming factor is the "choose your own ending" addition which was kind of neat. Will still give Seven Keys a play but my hopes are not high.

No puzzles and a spooky story. Count me in. Not nearly as bad as most say. I enjoyed MID.

I am a huge, lifelong fan of the Nancy Drew games. I have beaten and/or played all but the newest game. This is by far my least favorite in the series. The design of the game is totally different than the older titles, and not in a good way. The movement is clunky and it's incredibly easy to get stuck for hours or days on a chapter. Missing something incredibly minute makes it impossible to progress at some points. I'm not sure if it was due to a bug, but after three and a half days of exploring every nook and cranny of the map, I gave up on trying to get to the next chapter. I looked up a walkthrough, but from what I read there was nothing else necessary to progress. I think it's possible I encountered a game-breaking bug, Additionally, they changed Nancy's voice actor to someone who sounds radically different which was incredibly disappointing. After 20+ years of hearing Nancy speak throughout 30+ games it was extremely off-putting to see this change. I have dozens of other, minor complaints but the only other thing worth mentioning is that these are some of the easiest puzzles in the series. One of the things I love about the older games is that throughout the series there are puzzles of virtually every difficulty and variety. For a couple of the puzzles in the series I even had to look up a solution to a puzzle, which is extremely unusual for me. The puzzles in this one are relatively boring. A number of them I was able to complete in well under a minute, with virtually no effort. I am going to get the next game in the series despite it looking similar in design to this one, but I am extremely disappointed with the direction the series is going. I genuinely hope Her Interactive goes back to their old style.

I grew up playing these games, I love the story line and the puzzles are challenging. I would recommend any on the Nancy Drew games to anyone that loves a good mystery.

Worst game ever! The puzzles were extremely difficult. Some of the characters were unlikable, especially the judge and the lawyer. Olivia Ravencroft, one of the suspects, was quite a character. The animation was a bit clunky, particularly the characters' movements. The settings were beautiful. Carving the pumpkins was the most enjoyable aspect of the game. It was very simple.

I love Nancy Drew and HER Interactive, and I have recently done a replay of every game. This is the only one I didn't finish because it is actually unplayable. Graphics are bad, its hard to navigate, its glitchy, voice acting is bad, I don't like how the dialogue is shown, there are basically no puzzles.... its just really disappointing. And I hate that because a game about Salem would have been really fun. I almost wish they would remake this game in the same format as like Shadow at the Waters Edge or even The Silent Spy. I would definitely play it then!

This was a 0/10 Nancy Drew game for me. This is the last one I had left to play of the 34 games and I tried so hard to love it. It felt like a painful slog to walk around. Like none of the fun little moments you get in other games. I dare say this is worse than the discontinued Ransom of the Seven Ships which I also rank 0/10. The puzzles are mid, the mystery is okay but ultimately not that ground breaking. The worst part by far is the navigation. Moving around in this game is a nightmare. I am very thankful for the direction that the team went for the Mystery of the Seven Keys as far as moving around in spaces.