Nancy Drew®: The Phantom of Venice

I am an avid Nancy Drew player. Played a lot of them as a kid and have been working through the collection on steam now in my adulthood. This is the first game I have not bothered to finish. I was just so, so bored throughout the game. I could not get into any level of immersion with this. The puzzles felt tedious and the locations felt random and disconnected. Even in other games with a lot of locations/travel (like shadow ranch) there are places to stop and explore, and riding the horses and exploring the trails/collecting artifacts made the travel still feel connected to the game. With this game, it feels like you are constantly hopping on metro rides to go to a location to find one small clue that then leads you to another clue at another location. Felt more like a glorified scavenger hunt than a Nancy Drew game with a cohesive story and mystery to solve. I'd say unless you played this as a kid and are looking to beat a game you never did back then or are playing for the nostalgia, you can probably skip this one.

This is a fun game with a good story and locations. I played this one on Junior which I usually don't because I was missing having a checklist so it may have been a bit more frustrating without that. The well puzzle drove me absolutely nuts, but all the others were pretty fair. I LOVED scopa! Overall a well balanced Nancy game.

This game really does a good job of making you feel like the areas are bigger than they are. The puzzles are fun, although the dress up section is a bit cringe.

one of the best Nancy Drew games of all time!

One of my favorite Nancy Drew games! So many fun mini games and the plot is interesting too.

Its a fun installment in the Nancy Drew games, although it has some rather infuriating puzzles in it.