I found this part to be quite boring. The setting is nice, but most of the puzzles are either too easy, or too tedious (hello, sewing, or chore run across the whole town. Two times over). The end challenge was interesting, and so were characters, but location design is quite bland and I don't think I liked anything outside the "esper's" house (that magnificent cat!). The fact that I'm just off a genuinely fantastic game doesn't help either.
The plot was also a big mess, the fact that they've frankensteined three books into one story is partially a reason, but even without that - there were so many little annoyances with the way it was presented. The kitchen burned and possibly a place of a crime with clues? Why, you can never go there. A banker that's quite willy-nilly about his job and let's you have the contents of another's deposit box? Sure! A suddenly resurfaced will, typed out on a type-writer with no witnesses? Perfectly acceptable. The original Nancy Drew book stated quite clearly, that for a type-written will at least two witnesses are required for it to be accepted.

Overall - I didn't like the game in many ways. I could recommend it for it's unique setting and an entertaining realization of the town with driving around, but many aspects are either underused, or used in a bad way.

Good thing the next game is also one of my favourites and should not disappoint.

I found this part to be quite boring. The setting is nice, but most of the puzzles are either too easy, or too tedious (hello, sewing, or chore run across the whole town. [b]Two times over[/b]). The end challenge was interesting, and so were characters, but location design is quite bland and I don't think I liked anything outside the "esper's" house (that magnificent cat!). The fact that I'm just off a genuinely fantastic game doesn't help either. The plot was also a big mess, the fact that they've frankensteined three books into one story is partially a reason, but even without that - there were so many little annoyances with the way it was presented. The kitchen burned and possibly a place of a crime with clues? Why, you can never go there. A banker that's quite willy-nilly about his job and let's you have the contents of another's deposit box? Sure! A suddenly resurfaced will, typed out on a type-writer with no witnesses? Perfectly acceptable. The original Nancy Drew book stated quite clearly, that for a type-written will at least [b]two[/b] witnesses are required for it to be accepted. Overall - I didn't like the game in many ways. I could recommend it for it's unique setting and an entertaining realization of the town with driving around, but many aspects are either underused, or used in a bad way. Good thing the next game is also one of my favourites and should not disappoint.