Nancy Drew - Secret Of The Old Clock > iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac & PC Game

Overall rating

5 / 5

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Nancy's first investigation

PostedJanuary 17, 2012

Rescue_helo

fromLondon (UK) - French Alps

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Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Adventure, Large File, Puzzle, Strategy

Current Favorite:

Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek

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Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Invited by her friend Emily, the legal heir to an Inn which, because she is still under age, is run by Jane, her legal guardian, Nancy sets off to Titusville in her sports car.
As she arrives, she finds Emily quite distraught by the theft of her jewelry and witnesses a suspicious fire in the kitchen.
These events are sufficient for her to decide to stay for investigation purposes.
If you have ...Show more

Invited by her friend Emily, the legal heir to an Inn which, because she is still under age, is run by Jane, her legal guardian, Nancy sets off to Titusville in her sports car.
As she arrives, she finds Emily quite distraught by the theft of her jewelry and witnesses a suspicious fire in the kitchen.
These events are sufficient for her to decide to stay for investigation purposes.
If you have already played one or two Nancy Drew investigations, you will be familiar with the first person view, the interaction with the different characters in the form of interactive dialogs which are important since they provide valuable information and clues, reading books and notes to the same purpose and picking up useful items.
Naturally, Nancy will have to solve puzzles; they are all interesting, imaginative and challenging.
Minigames come intermittently and are good fun to play. All puzzles and minigames bear some sort of connection with the story.
A story which is clever, solid and rather engaging, like every other Nancy Drew investigation. I have played 13 of them and not once have I been disappointed by the plot. The suspense is complete till the end which is totally unexpected.
I enjoyed all of them, but I found this one particularly interesting and amusing: driving Nancy's sports car around town was good fun and so were the other minigames.
As for the very last part of the ending, that too was fun, but I won't say more lest I'd give too much away.
The visuals are impeccable as usual, highly detailed, drawn with talent and brightly colored.
Nancy's investigations are reputed for their difficulty. The Secret of the Old Clock is among the easiest and hence perfectly suited to anyone who is unfamiliar with Nancy's adventures as well as veterans. Show less

I recommend this game!

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5 / 5

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No Trial Needed Its Perfection!!

PostedJuly 21, 2014

Yaelle

fromBaltimore, Maryland USA

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Nancy Drew: Secret of Shadow Ranch

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Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

I'm not 100% sure I haven't already written a review for this game? But just in case, I need to say that this series blows away 98% of all other games sold here.
Its that good. Amazing.
Spectacularly professionally well-done. There's a huge gap between this & many of the other games around here.

This & one other Nancy Drew book are good enough that I will go & buy every single one sight unseen - ...Show more

I'm not 100% sure I haven't already written a review for this game? But just in case, I need to say that this series blows away 98% of all other games sold here.
Its that good. Amazing.
Spectacularly professionally well-done. There's a huge gap between this & many of the other games around here.

This & one other Nancy Drew book are good enough that I will go & buy every single one sight unseen - and its not just my nostalgia talking. (Like I'd want to relive my childhood! No thank you LOL)

Great game. Just amazing. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

5 / 5

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My favorite ND

PostedJune 17, 2013

zeldaqn

fromLas Vegas, Nevada

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Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Large File

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

I've played almost all the ND games and this is my favorite. You get to go back in time to the 30's and drive an old roadster around running errands, etc. This is the game that made me want to play Nancy Drew. Hope you are skilled in mini golf.

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not one of the best but still enjoyable

PostedFebruary 8, 2012

gingergal

fromoutside Seattle, WA

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Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Large File, Puzzle

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

This is one of the games with the awful interface that takes up a third of the screen (ghost dogs of moon lake has it, curse of blackmoor) and it annoys me intently as I feel I am playing this through a viewfinder, I am not immersed in it.
It’s not one of the better ones but I still enjoyed it.

It wasn’t difficult, some ND puzzles usually is hair pulling but these were straightforward though like ...Show more

This is one of the games with the awful interface that takes up a third of the screen (ghost dogs of moon lake has it, curse of blackmoor) and it annoys me intently as I feel I am playing this through a viewfinder, I am not immersed in it.
It’s not one of the better ones but I still enjoyed it.

It wasn’t difficult, some ND puzzles usually is hair pulling but these were straightforward though like all ND games you have to think with some. Also I do wish the journal would record everything that I need for some mini games, and I didn’t need to write things down but that is the same for all of ND games that I have played. It’s also the only ND game I have played that didn’t have a theme running through it, learning about a subject. You also don't have to go to bed or have a clock (have to do things at a certain time etc) throughout the game so that side of it was great.

Even though it’s not ND first game you may think it is by the story – 1920s young Nancy trying her hand at her first case. You have to drive around town a lot, and earn money for gas money this can get tedious.

Puzzles –
-Miniature golf – this was fun
-guess what colour is in each spot – gives flags if right colour in wrong place etc
-slider puzzle, and a gears puzzle
-same colour piece to go on corresponding colour tile on a board
- a few decipher riddles, logic test (one of those was an old fashioned expression I hadn’t heard)
- rotate tiles and place them in correct pattern to make a photo
-place nuts and bolts in their corresponding correct size drawer
-a variation on the old mentalist trick of ‘guess what I have’ by how I say something – this was random so you work it out by process of elimination
There are a few others.

Pros –
-variety of puzzles
-great plot

Cons –
-Interface taking up too much room
-Slightly too much dialogue, I can read faster than they speak so would love a skip button. I could then follow the plot without wasting time.
-In options I chose not to listen to the music and not to have subtitles. It didn’t work I had both, and nothing seemed to change it.

Nancy drew games I have played and the order I enjoyed them:

1)White wolf of icicle creek
2) Trail of the twister (although shorter and less variety than others)
3) Legend of the crystal skull
4)Secret of the old clock (I like puzzles and there was more variety than other games)
5) Ghost dogs of moon lake (although the graphics and adventure side was better)
5) Danger deception island
6) Message in a haunted mansion (must retry it with walkthrough as missed vital thing early on and just frustrated me so not that far through it)

Overall a solid B purely on plot and I like the puzzles. It's a good one to start on. If you click on the journal and then on the icon beside it you get a hint by a to do list, if you play on junior level.

(Although I play a lot of LF games I still think ND games are so different so view myself intermediate, gave myself a promotion with this game!) Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

4 / 5

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One of my faves

PostedSeptember 6, 2013

iseprincs

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

I have played quite a few Nancy Drew games and I didn't think that this would be one of my favorites, but it is! I always had something to do, I didn't have to wait around for the right time to do anything, and I enjoyed the variety of tasks and puzzles. While the puzzles were not extremely difficult, I still found them enjoyable. My other favorites are: Waverly Academy & Blackmoor.
I finished the ...Show more

I have played quite a few Nancy Drew games and I didn't think that this would be one of my favorites, but it is! I always had something to do, I didn't have to wait around for the right time to do anything, and I enjoyed the variety of tasks and puzzles. While the puzzles were not extremely difficult, I still found them enjoyable. My other favorites are: Waverly Academy & Blackmoor.
I finished the game in about 5 1/2 hours - definitely worth the money. Especially since most of the other games on this site take way less time to finish. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

4 / 5

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Classic Nancy Drew

PostedNovember 21, 2011

Eriember

fromNashville, TN

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Large File

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Fun for any age. Just complicated enough sleuthing, without taking weeks (and many head aches) to finish.

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

4 / 5

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Still a great game!

PostedJuly 31, 2017

HauntedDoll

fromLONDON

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

Having played all of the newest Nancy Drew games I decided to try the older ones. Although this has the old interface and dated graphics, the gameplay, storyline and level of challenge are excellent.
It only loses a star, because there is no camera and mobile phone as in later games.
Highly recommend, even for those used to the newer games.
(I played in Junior mode and only needed 1 clue)

I recommend this game!

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4 / 5

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Old-fashioned flavor--wonderful fun!

PostedJune 24, 2015

Icthia

fromGermany

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Puzzle, Adventure, Large File

Current Favorite:

Nancy Drew: The Silent Spy

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Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

I put off playing this game until I had played all the rest of the ND games because I somehow had the idea that it would be black and white and maybe even--gasp!--boring. I was very mistaken.

This game is charming and fun. I loved driving the roadster around, delivering telegrams and hearing the funny comments from the people in the town. Some of it was hilarious. I love the mini-golf and the ...Show more

I put off playing this game until I had played all the rest of the ND games because I somehow had the idea that it would be black and white and maybe even--gasp!--boring. I was very mistaken.

This game is charming and fun. I loved driving the roadster around, delivering telegrams and hearing the funny comments from the people in the town. Some of it was hilarious. I love the mini-golf and the other games and puzzles, except for the sewing--I hated the sewing!

The mystery left some good clues and a nice car chase at the end. Very satisfying all round. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

4 / 5

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I had a lot of fun playing this one

PostedDecember 8, 2013

Spazn

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

I've been playing all the ND games in the order they were developed. Let's just say, it isn't often I have given a 4 star rating to an ND game. With that said...

Fun factor - lots and lots of fun. A nice variety of things to do and very creative.
Visual/Sound was great as well. They did an excellent job on all the characters in the game and they did a great job with giving the characters ...Show more

I've been playing all the ND games in the order they were developed. Let's just say, it isn't often I have given a 4 star rating to an ND game. With that said...

Fun factor - lots and lots of fun. A nice variety of things to do and very creative.
Visual/Sound was great as well. They did an excellent job on all the characters in the game and they did a great job with giving the characters personality.
Some parts were quite easy but there were also some rather challenging parts as well. Challenges came in a broad variety and were mostly fun and imaginative. I especially had a blast with the mini-golf course LOL.
Storyline was absolutely fun. I think this may be the first time the storyline didn't revolve around history. It was actually just a mystery and that does make this rather unique for an ND game. All the ND games up to this point have had some manner of history as the foundation.
I highly recommend this game - even people who are new to ND games should be able to enjoy this one. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

4 / 5

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Fun Mystery with great Roadster!

PostedMay 29, 2012

mirrorsky

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Large File, Brain Teaser, Puzzle

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

This is a mystery/point-and-click adventure game, not a hidden object game. It has colorful graphics, and good voice-over work which adds much enjoyment to the game. I enjoyed the 1930's setting with its slang, music, and Nancy's beautiful car. The puzzles are not too difficult in this game, compared to other Nancy Drew games. What will help you is taking notes, which sounds boring but actually ...Show more

This is a mystery/point-and-click adventure game, not a hidden object game. It has colorful graphics, and good voice-over work which adds much enjoyment to the game. I enjoyed the 1930's setting with its slang, music, and Nancy's beautiful car. The puzzles are not too difficult in this game, compared to other Nancy Drew games. What will help you is taking notes, which sounds boring but actually makes the game so much more fun. If you get stuck, Nancy has a journal which provides clues as to what she should do next. If you're looking for a mystery that you get to solve, along with plenty of snooping and sneaking about this game is a good choice. Show less

I recommend this game!

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