![]() ![]() Often I find I need to look up a hint to solve a complex puzzles, but in Shadow at the Water’s Edge I generally felt I could solve the mini games given enough time (I took three or four days to solve one, but I got through it). The puzzles Nancy is required to solve to advance the mystery hit just the right spot between too simple and too challenging. Clicking on the correct dotted lines won’t help anyone create something in real life. ![]() And these elements are too obviously supposed to be educational opportunities to be as much fun as the puzzles–after all, as a player, you’re not really doing origami. Other interactive elements include Nancy learning about origami, tea ceremonies, and calligraphy, but these are one-time deals once Nancy leaves the origami lesson, there’s really now way to go back. The mystery itself follows the trend in later games–Nancy captures the villain in the act, instead of having to confront different characters and accuse them of the crime (hopefully correctly, if you don’t want it to be game over)–so these mini games are really what allows players to tap into their logic skills. Players can spend hours solving Sudoku puzzles or nonograms, assembling bento boxes (a logic puzzle), playing pachinko in the arcade, and creating avatars to send to Nancy’s friends and to save on her phone as contact pictures. Immediately I’ll note that I enjoyed this game so much largely as a result of its plethora of mini games. Fortunately, Shadow at the Water’s Edge combines many of the best elements of previous offerings to create a game with just the right mixture of complexity, mystery, and fun. Though I love playing Her Interactive’s Nancy Drew PC games, the quality of each varies, making each new adventure somewhat of a surprise: you might find yourself playing in a complex, interactive world like that of The Secret of Shadow Ranch, or you might feel trapped by the limited locations of games such as Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon or Alibi in Ashes. Can Nancy solve they mystery in time to keep the ryokan open? Review The ryokan Nancy is staying at, however, seems to be haunted by an aggrieved ghost. Nancy, Bess, and George are in Japan–Nancy to teach English and her friends to attend a technology convention. ![]()
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