Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses Game Review

(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

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As a little deviation from the usual Nancy Drew games by Her Interactive, the Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses game presents our favorite teen detective in a whole new light with a more casual gaming appeal. This time around, Nancy stars in a hidden object adventure as she investigates a seemingly cursed Hollywood production remake of the famous movie “Pharaoh” and in the process, tries to solve the mystery behind it all.

For this investigation, Nancy’s employer is the producer, Molly McKenna as Nancy works undercover being the new production assistant. You see, ever since the beginning of the project, strange accidents had been happening throughout the set and many of these accidents are even life-threatening and very much serious. It seems that the production was cursed at first, since shot in the same spot was the original “Pharaoh” movie where the leading actress died. But after some careful snooping, Nancy will have to prove the opposite, that everything is clearly and utterly just sabotage work.

Unlike the previous Nancy Drew games, there’s not much freedom in Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses, but follows a strict flow of the storyline from start to finish. There are two tasks you have to do in the actual game interface, with the first one making you find all the clues in particular scene, and the second task is to interact with all of these objects in order to clear out your most recent mission.

Even though not listed, finding all of the objects is easy enough since sparks fly whenever Nancy knows she’s up to something. The real challenge comes in your second task as you try to interact with and combine various objects together to achieve your desired results. Successful combination and interaction with the objects will acquire you combo points whenever done in succession. The combo stops when you make a mistake, and believe me, you’ll definitely desire to make every combo possible in this game.

Any Nancy Drew game wouldn’t be complete without puzzles and Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses is definitely no exception to this rule. Many times you’ll have to play mini-games to get through certain areas and sometimes, they even need a bit of IQ and memorization to solve, since you’ll be dealing with clues you’ve gathered during the course of your journey. Combined with the points-racking bonus game, it is still one fun Nancy Drew experience in terms of overall gameplay, although lighter in challenge than the brain-wracking original series.

The overall presentation also has a fresh feeling to it since the illustrations are quite cartoony in nature. Conversations also take place between you and the other characters, but you cannot pester them too much in here unlike the other Nancy Drew games because the conversations follow a predefined flow. However, the voice-overs are still well made and storyline is still filled with much mystery, making me realize how a great job the staff at Her Interactive does for all their released games.

In comparing against other casual games, Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses proves to be a real contender because of its unique gameplay and great production values. The game challenges the player very much too, even including a surprise ending only if you get to reach the highest detective ranking by acquiring the most points you can muster during your sleuthing adventure. All in all, it’s really worth the buy, as the game blends the deep mysteries of Nancy Drew to a more casual gameplay for those who shy upon Nancy’s first-person adventures.

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