Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull

Legend of the Crystal Skull

Developer(s) Her Interactive
Publisher(s) Her Interactive
Engine Her Interactive
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)
  • NA October 8, 2007
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single player

Legend of the Crystal Skull is the 17th installment in the Nancy Drew point-and-click adventure game series by Her Interactive. The game is available for play on Microsoft Windows platforms. It has an ESRB rating of E for moments of mild violence and peril. Players take on the first-person view of fictional amateur sleuth Nancy Drew and must solve the mystery through interrogation of suspects, solving puzzles, and discovering clues. There are two levels of gameplay, Junior and Senior detective modes, each offering a different difficulty level of puzzles and hints, however neither of these changes affect the actual plot of the game. The game is loosely based on a book entitled The Mardi Gras Mystery (1988).[1][2]

Plot

Nancy Drew goes on vacation to New Orleans with her best friend Bess Marvin. As a favor, Nancy stops to check in on Ned Nickerson's friend, Henry Bolet. Henry's last living family member, his great-uncle Bruno, recently died and left him responsible for settling the estate. As soon as Nancy arrives, she is knocked out by someone wearing a skeleton costume, and she soon discovers that Bruno Bolet was the proud owner of the "Whisperer", a crystal skull rumored to protect its holder from almost any cause of death except murder. When Bruno died, the skull was not found among the clutter of the Bolet manor. Nancy teamed up with Bess to find the mystical artifact before it could fall into the wrong hands.

Development

Characters

Cast

Critical reception

IGN awarded 7.5 out of 10, highlighting the detailed environments, well-modeled characters and good voice acting, with interesting but hard puzzles. However, the movement system (clicking on arrows) and jerky turning animation was criticized, and it was not rated highly for lasting appeal.[4]

References

  1. , Legend of the Crystal Skull Teaser Trailer
  2. "Nancy Drew Legend of the Crystal Skull | Girl Games Online". Herinteractive.com.
  3. "Nancy Drew Legend of the Crystal Skull IMDb".
  4. Emily Balistrieri. "Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull Review". IGN. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
Preceded by
Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek
Nancy Drew Computer Games Succeeded by
Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice