Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor

Easily one of the best entries in the Nancy Drew series. The setting is dark and garish and beautiful, and I loved the historical plot. It's one of the darkest games by far, with scary dark hallways, jumpscares and.. hints of animal cruelty and psychological torture??

I love this game.

Nancy Drew: The Curse of Blackmoor Manor really stands out above the rest. Easily in my top 5 favorite HER Nancy Drew games, Blackmoor Manor is one of the spookiest mysteries in the series. An old family lineage, the threat of the Beast of Blackmoor, the looming worry that curses lie around every corner; this game really sets an intriguing scene.

Nancy Drew is in England for this mystery, staying in a centuries old mansion. The mansion alone is wonderful. Deep colors, lots of decor, intricate patterns, and whimsy detailing each room. The dark secret passages are fun and honestly a bit terrifying. They feel larger than the manor itself, winding deep under ground. The characters are well thought out, and the long family history of the manor really makes things feel alive with ancient energy. Even the long-dead ancestors of this family feel tangible and real as Nancy unravels the secrets of the manor. Anyone is a suspect in this installment, and the ending just might shock you!

This game is one of the most difficult games in the series, even on junior level. The lack of a detailed task list and hints can really stump players, particularly younger ones. There are puzzles galore in this installment, each crafted carefully and if you miss reading a book or article, it could prove to be difficult. I think if this game came out a bit later, the newer cell phone and updated journal feature of the later games would really help this one along.

Cons: I absolutely abhor the parrot that is supposed to give you hints in this game. You have to make it snack cakes constantly or it won't talk to you. Sadly, there are clues and puzzles that rely on this birds expertise. It's a clever addition to the story, but the voice drives me batty! Likewise, I really hated having to constantly play games with Jane to get glow sticks to explore the tunnels. The "Jane destroyed all the flashlights so you have to use glow sticks" excuse is weak. It is mundane and monotonous. Especially since it is the same game you are required to play over and over again despite Jane having a trunk of assorted games.

In conclusion, this game really feels like a labor of love in a way some of the other titles just don't stand up against. I will come back to play this one again. Make sure to bring your own pen and paper to take lots of detailed notes to help you solve this case!

Awesome classic game. Love the Nancy Drew Games and have owned them all at one point or another. Grew up with them. 100% recommend for ND fans both new and returning for the 100th time. Always a fun game to play through.

This is my fourth or fifth Nancy game, and my least favorite. The story was super interesting but ended up being unfulfilling. Things go unanswered. There was hardly a point to the entire game. I recommend only playing this for the puzzles. For god's sake, chose Junior Detective so you get a checklist!!

One of my most played in the franchise, love this one.

"Bad Seed" meets Burke's Peerage, but with puzzles! :D

You're gonna need a Xanax.

A mix of Myst like puzzle and detective work. This is the first Nancy Drew game I've played and so far I love it. Puzzles are great and have involved finding secrets hidden in books, symbols and sounds in the house and interviewing people to find the answers.

Nothing beats getting the right combination on a lock puzzle and watching the static scene you were looking at overlay an FMV video showing a secret hatch open with a new clue or key inside!

I see a lot people talk about how they don't make good myst likes or point and click adventures anymore but never hear Nancy Drew brought up in the conversation. It looks like they have been making these for years. There are tons and they are still making them and from what I can tell they are all great. I'll for sure be playing more of them after this.

I currently haven't finished the game yet as I'm stuck trying to figure out what to do with my items and which way I should press buttons on the wall with all the symbols and I consider that a good thing in the best way!

I LOVE PUZZLES!!!!!!!!

10/10. Love this game but can't stand most of the characters.

This is peak Nancy Drew. Fun story, good puzzles, and a cool setting.

This is a very puzzle heavy game and is non-linear, so you can do most of the puzzles in whatever order you find them in, until the last three or so. This means there's no clear order of operations and you might feel at a loss of what to do next sometimes. I like the story and visuals though, so it's a favorite, even if it can be tedious.

Good story, and I liked it. I miss Loulou already.

pretty fun story and puzzles :) some of them are a little hard to figure out and the mechanics are kinda clunky, but im really enjoying this game

This game is dated and,(though serviceable in most aspects) it shows.

The biggest negative is that the mini-games you are forced to play are so awfully RNG, they feel like they were made by someone who knows what games are, but didn't know why they are fun (there are 2 iterations of go fish because I guess they ran out of ideas). I threw in the towel at they "typing" mini game (you type random letters and numbers scattered across the screen like a horrible version of "whack-a-mole", as opposed to having text displayed in a line, so your eyes are constantly parsing the screen to lock onto the next character to type before they disappear).

There are also only 2 songs.

The puzzles themselves are mostly fine otherwise, but unless you're an expert typist, do yourself a favor and play on Junior mode.

good

This game is such a classic, you will not be disappointed. Soundtrack: stunning, graphics: subpar but WE LOVE HER; characters and storyline: STUNNING. Mama, this game behind you asking to get played. So do it.

this is the fourth nancy drew game i purchase and complete as an adult, and it's by far the least fun. the setting is beautiful and the story could be cool, but a lot of puzzles are really annoying and nonsensical to the point that it just feels like work. i had to look up many things (while in the other games i've only been looking up 1 thing). if you're looking to play one of these games i would strongly recommend that you try another one, this one is more infuriating than fun.

BEST GAME EVER! giVE ME REPS

I played the game before during a time when computer disks were still a thing. I enjoy how interactive the game is. Plus mystery games are always fun. Its not like those game commercials where its a mystery game but really its just Tetris or a puzzle game. Overall 10/10 would recommend.

I really want to like this game, and I do, but if your computer is too modern then you'll likely experience this issue where your computer's mouse is going to lag and flash when attempting the mini-games.

To me, this lag is a game breaking issue where I cannot move past certain games, such as the game Jane asks you to play called polygraphic punch, and thusly I am blocked from continuing on because I cannot win a key item. I've tried looking up solutions, turning down my graphics/monitor display/refresh rate/mouse settings-- pretty much everything besides running the game inside of another virtual machine (which I'm not comfortable doing) but I can't win the mini game because my mouse is just too slow to hit the numbers in time and get a high score. It is strange because my mouse flows pretty normally in conversation and other puzzles, but once I am placed in this timed mini-games and it slows to a crawl.

If anyone knows how to fix this issue, please let me know? Maybe it is me, and I'm the stupid one. I would love to continue on with the game if it wasn't for this mouse flashing/lag issue.

I wish there was an update to fix this.

Thanks,

my favorite part was wanting to blow my brains at the family tree puzzle