Nancy Drew®: Secrets Can Kill REMASTERED

I'm very sad to say but this is the only Nancy Drew game I can't recommend and I have played them all. Granted this is one of the very first but this is definitely skipable unless you want to be a completionist which is why I played it. The game is absurdly short, there are only three locations, and the puzzles are quite boring. I bought it on sale but it's worth less than $5 for what you get.

I played this game in 2002 with my 6 year old daughter. And then we played every single Nancy Drew through the last one in 2019 when she was 23 years old. Tonight the two of us continued the tradition by introducing it to my 8 year old grand daughter. It is a family legacy now.

Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill is the first mystery of the HER Interactive Nancy Drew series. This particular edition is the remastered one. It's not one of my favorites, though the music is very nostalgic. The mystery is good, a little darker than the other games. A murdered high school student has left behind a series of clues that leads Nancy to his secrets... and his killer. This game is short, only a couple hours of gameplay. Most of this game is character interaction and reading billboards. There are very few puzzles. Ned gives you helpful clues if you get stuck. Overall, it's neat to see where this series started, this one feels a tad more realistic story-wise compared to the other more fantastical mysteries.

Secrets Can Kill is the OG Nancy Drew game, and it still holds up! The story is simple but engaging, and it’s fun to see where the series began. The puzzles are a bit old-school, but they’re still charming, and the 90s vibe is a great throwback.

This was fun to replay with some differences from the original. I wasn't a huge fan of this one when I first played it as a kid (on double discs mind you!) and I can't say I loved it this time around. However, I was impressed with the updated graphics! It felt more like a nice nostalgia play then anything really exciting or scary. The plot didn't stand out much and the character's weren't compelling to me. Overall game play 2/5 and scare factor 2/5.

As someone who has played many Nancy Drew games throughout my life, I wanted to start from the beginning and experience them all. While Secrets Can Kill is more simple than later games in the series, I find it to be a good thing. For people wanting to play but not sure where to start, this is a great game to test the waters. It's not too hard and doesn't leave you frustrated looking up online walkthroughs. The graphics are not amazing, especially compared to more recent installations, but I was able to easily look past this. My only complaint is a glitch that happens during some cutscenes that cause the screen to flash rapidly. It's not too horrible--I could still make out what was happening and read the dialogue--but I'll still issue a fair warning to anyone with epilepsy or photosensitivity. Overall, it was a good game! I really enjoyed it.

A perfect game for those wanting to join the Drew Crew.

Amazing, beefy final puzzle. I just wish the 'first step' isn't locked behind dialogue progression that is quite easy to miss and cause player to go back and forth trying things out without results.

The story is great but the game keeps crashing on me.