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11 of 11 customers found the following review helpful:
 Shadow Ranch - Get there now!, 2007-04-02
The Crime: A -
Bess and George's Aunt Bet have chucked their life in Phoenix and bought Shadow Ranch. Now a phantom horse is appearing at night, heralding major accidents. Just before Nancy arrives, for example, Bess's uncle is bit by a rattlesnake and rushed to the hospital. What's going on here?
Suspects include cook Shorty Thurmond, store owner Mary Yazzie, and ranch hands Tex and Dave.
Fun fact - Mary Yazzie's character was named Mary Deer in the book. I don't know why they changed it.
By this point in the series, I was looking for something meatier than yet another tale of buried treasure and phantom animals.
The story is just too dang engaging to be ignored, though. Plus there are horses. Horses count for a lot in my book.
Puzzles: A -
Puzzles included everything from baking a cake to solving a little metal maze. The maze drove me insane.
One puzzle in particular made me roll my eyes because the way you find the solution is utterly dumb. You're looking for a really old piece of information, and Bess and George, stuck at the airport, happen to find a book that contains exactly what you need to know. And by old, I mean like a hundred years old. It was so contrived. Then again, I couldn't think of anything better, either.
Gameplay: A +
The new game interface features a wider screen and an inventory you have to open to access. I thought the wide screen was great but the extra clicking irritated me, because if you may miss the little button to close it or change pages. You get used to it, though.
Western life comes alive at Shadow Ranch, where you repair the chicken coop, perform daily tasks and always take care of your horse when you get back to the stable or Tex will have something to say to you!
Other fun in the game includes invesitgating a ghost town, learning to use a lariat (lasso) and completing a barrel race in under ten seconds.
You know how I said that DDI has everything but romance? Shadow Ranch has romance in spades. It's divine.
Time Changes: This one takes place in three days. When you complete the tasks for a certain day, it will automatically change to night.
Voice Acting: A
Raspy-voiced grump Tex sounds a lot like grumpy Red Knott from GDML (same voice actor) but it was nice to hear him again, like a phone call from an old friend. Many of the voice actors hear have appeared in other games, so it's a treat for a long-time fan. Superlative delivery, as always.
Favorites -
"My anti-persperant's going to get a workout today!" Nancy
"Ma'am." Dave
Any compliment Dirk Valentine gives Frances
Music: A +
Country-western heaven. (Except for Shorty's yodeling.) You could almost feel the heat.
IGraphics/Video: A +
Getting better and better all the time. Bonus points for the animated sequences such as gallop of the phantom horse.
Technical: A
No problems, just peachy.
Overall,
If you love Nancy Drew, this one's for you. A Must-have.
1 of 5 customers found the following review helpful:
best one yet, 2007-02-02
this is the best nancy drew game yet if you liked the other games you will love this one buy it it was very fun
7 of 7 customers found the following review helpful:
Great learning experiences in this game., 2007-01-20
My 13 yr. old grandaughter was fascinated with this game. She could hardly leave the computer. She learned about saddling a horse, gathering eggs, building a fire, gathering the ripe vegetables and other interesting things that perhaps "city raised kids" don't get a chance to learn.
I think this game is better than watching TV with all the agression, killing, fighting, that goes on. I was very pleased with the clean content of this game. A grandmother of five.
5 of 5 customers found the following review helpful:
Very Fun!, 2007-01-12
I really enjoyed this game. It was not too hard, but not too easy. I only got stuck once, and I got going with the game again pretty soon. I also liked how the plot was very easy to get; in most Nancy Drew games, the plot is very hard to see what it is.
In this one, Nancy goes to a Ranch to figure out who's been behind a ghost horse that's been haunting Shadow Ranch. Then, she finds herself hunting down a treasure.
There are four suspects: Dave (a cowboy), Shorty (the cook), Tex (the head guy who takes care of the horses), and Mary (the lady who owns the gift shop).
You do, like in any Nancy Drew game, have to do other things that have nothing to do with the mystery, but they really aren't too hard in this one. You stay at Shadow Ranch for three days and two nights. Everyday you have to pick the ripest vegetables, collect six eggs, and then do something that's different each day. Once you finish your chores, you can go horse-back riding! That part is really cool. The horse that you get to ride is Bob.
Overall, this is a great game!
2 of 4 customers found the following review helpful:
 Satisfying!, 2007-01-12
Okay, I have to make this quick: I think you should play this game. It was hard, but in a fun way. Everyone had a personality (being computer characters), and I thought it had a nice plot. :-)
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