Nancy Drew®: Midnight in Salem

I bought this game I think when it first game out in 2019. I didn't have a gaming laptop at the time, so like most everyone else back then who played/tried to play it, it was terribly laggy. I ended up quitting very early on in the story, because the lag made gameplay too difficult and unpleasant. Well, I got a gaming laptop a year or so ago, and I recently decided to go ahead and give Midnight another shot. I played Mystery of the Seven Keys earlier this year, and found it to be a bit lackluster, so I wasn't sure how I would feel about Midnight. I might be an outlier, but I really liked this game. I have criticisms for the environments (namely how unnecessarily big and empty and unattractive some of the spaces in the game are), and the game could have had more puzzles, but once I got into the story, I was fully strapped in. I thought the puzzles were really good, the storyline and characters were enjoyable (I mean, who doesn't hate/love the amazing frenemy situation between Deirdre and Nancy, lol?), the smaller/more enclosed environments were pretty decent, the game actually runs pretty smoothly on a decent gaming laptop (there might have been a few moments of lag, but if so, I…

I am a huge, lifelong fan of the Nancy Drew games. I have beaten and/or played all but the newest game. This is by far my least favorite in the series. The design of the game is totally different than the older titles, and not in a good way. The movement is clunky and it's incredibly easy to get stuck for hours or days on a chapter. Missing something incredibly minute makes it impossible to progress at some points. I'm not sure if it was due to a bug, but after three and a half days of exploring every nook and cranny of the map, I gave up on trying to get to the next chapter. I looked up a walkthrough, but from what I read there was nothing else necessary to progress. I think it's possible I encountered a game-breaking bug, Additionally, they changed Nancy's voice actor to someone who sounds radically different which was incredibly disappointing. After 20+ years of hearing Nancy speak throughout 30+ games it was extremely off-putting to see this change. I have dozens of other, minor complaints but the only other thing worth mentioning is that these are some of the easiest puzzles in the series. One of the things I love about the older games is that throughout the series there are p…

it's as horrible as everyone says it is.. this company should be embarrassed to have ever even published this

Nancy drew is always fun, but they changed a lot in this game. The way you get around, the way you look, how you talk to people, and how you get to your phone and items. They took away the "notes" and you cant check anything off of the checklist. It's basically just here to vaguely tell you what to do. There were barely any puzzles, and they were way too easy as well. It was basically just talking to people and cut scenes. The graphics were cool, but I'd rather the old school graphics and game play than this one. If you're a Nancy Drew fan, I would play this game, but don't have high hopes. Definitely save one of the older ones for after this one and the seven keys if you're playing all the way through them like I did.

Always loved playing Nancy Drew, and this was not a disappointment! Can't wait to play the next one up!

Storyline is good, I dislike the new controls and not being able to check things off your to do list yourself. The notebook you usually have is not there also, and no Bess is present. I feel like they dropped alot of OG stuff. I know changes are going to happen, the main this is the controls, they make the game a slog.