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Genre and what to do:
Puzzle game. Teenage sleuth Nancy Drew is back and better than ever in her latest case, Danger on Deception Island. This time around Nancy is visiting marine biologist Katie Firestone at her friends. request, but things go wrong as usual. Shortly after Ms. Drew arrival at to the San Juan Islands, Katie discovers that her whale watching boat has been vandalized. While Katie makes everything shipshape, Nancy is hot on the trail of the vandals, along with investigating recent burglaries, digging up Snake Horse Harbors past and making friends with a local legend. She meets many other people on her way and solves different problems. You play as Nancy to solve all mysteries in this latest adventure. Plunge into danger to bring a mysterious island.s secrets to the surface!
Style and atmosphere inside the game:
Danger on Deception Island is the most organic and satisfying of the nine current Nancy Drew games. Several new additions include bicycling and kayaking, WWW access from Nancy.s trusty laptop and more. The puzzles were excellently integrated into the gaming environment, making use of the Pacific Northwest.s charms: building sand castles, kayaking sea caves, bicycling the winding coastal roads, exploring a lighthouse, and digging for clams on deserted beaches. As usual, there are two levels of difficulty, Junior and Senior Detective, and there are plenty of hints and help scattered along the way for both levels, including calling the Hardy Boys for tips and clues. There are many educational elements in Deception Island, including informative web pages about nautical terms, wood identification, Morse code, various types of whales and more that are necessary to solve the mysteries. Graphics are gorgeous (including photo overlays during the biking scenes), character modelling is lifelike, music includes rousing sea chanteys and ominous strings reminiscent of Jaws, and voice acting is above average. Sound effects make you feel like you.re really standing on a lonely, windswept shore with only the breaking waves and cries of the gulls to keep you company.
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Offline gameplay: 1 player |
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Multiplayer: No |
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Publisher:
Her Interactive |
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ESRB Ratio: Everyone |
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| Extras and features: |
Gorgeous Graphics
Impressive Sound Effects
Second Chance Option
Variety of Educational Elements |
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| Drawbacks: |
| There are some scary moments during the game |
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Requirements:
Windows 98/2000/Me/XP/Vista,Processor: Pentium 266 MHz,32 MB RAM,Free hard drive space: 200 MB,16MB Video Card,16-bits Sound Card |
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Alternative names:
Nacny Drew- Dagner on Deception Island, Nancy Drey- Danger on Decetpion Isladn, Nency Drew- Danger on Deseption Island. |
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