After 12 years of the original release of Nancy Drew Secrets Can Kill, Her Interactive decided it was time to update the believed game. So on August 24, 2010, 12 years after the released of the original game, Her Interactive released Secrets Can Kill Remastered. When the game was first released I was super excited to play this game when the Remastered version was released. So let"s get started!
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| Secrets Can Kill Remastered: Paseo Del Mar High School |
Game Description
Play the Game that Started the Award-Winning Series! As a tribute to Nancy Drew’s 80th Anniversary, Her Interactive has remastered the first game that launched the award-winning adventure series. With completely updated graphics and new puzzles, this special edition will appeal to old and new mystery game fans alike!
Read Between the Lines to Expose a Killer! A family visit throws you, as Nancy Drew, into the scene of a crime that happened only last night! Jake Rogers is dead, and a secret died with him–or did it? Roll up your sleeves and dig into an engrossing mystery that is full of places to explore, puzzles to solve, suspects to question, danger to evade and evidence to evaluate. A wily killer may still be on the loose…so keep your wits about you in Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill!
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| Secrets Can Kill Remastered: Maxines Dinner |
Graphics
The graphics in SCKR are such an improvement from the original game. We not only received updated graphics of the main locations such as the high school, Maxie's, and of course Aunt Eloise's house. All these locations look amazing and honestly, they look better than the original since I find it a little more realistic with the shadowing and depth layer in the design. It definitely helps bring you into the game and makes you want to hang out at Maxine's or go to the library at Paseo Mar High School.
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| Secrets Can Kill Remastered: Paseo Del Mar High Library |
Gameplay
The gameplay for SCKR was amazing! This was such an improvement from the original game. Though the game is played pretty much the game as the original game in the sense of storyline and such. It just felt like the mouse controls were smoother and it just felt easier to control. I have a very bad habit of trying to get to locations as fast as I can and that makes me a little click happy. With the being said, I was not only able to get to where I wanted to go super fast (As long as I wasn't lost), I was able to maneuver through the game with ease. And compared to the original game you review the ability to look up and down in the game with also helped with the overall movement of the game.
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| Secrets Can Kill Remastered: Connie Watson In Student Lounge |
Storyline
The storyline was for this game was a definitely needed update to the original. Though most of the storyline was the same. They made some great improvement to the game by adding a new character, Detective Beach, who is Nancy's contact in the game (Instead of having Daryl Gray be you're inside contact for the school). This made the game super interesting and it gave you the feeling that you weren't alone in solving the game and that you were helping the police solve the crime. Detective Beach's character definitely gave the game the solid foundation, where we knew we could rely on him to help us move forward in the game. As well as being able to talk to Nancy's friends and get better advice or should I say hints than in the original game. |
| Secrets Can Kill Remastered: Aunt Eloise's Safe Slider Puzzle |
Puzzles
Not only were old puzzles updated, but we were given the chance to solve new puzzles as well. Many of the classic puzzles such as the slider puzzle in Aunt Eloise's safe, the word puzzles on the bulletin boards, and a some of the most important puzzles in the game (No Spoilers! I promise.). The only difference between the original game and the remastered if the final end puzzles that you have to solve which is "the box". I don't really think that puzzle has a title as I couldn't find one, but this puzzle is the newest puzzle in the game and it not only the most important but it is also can give you a great gift if you can solve it before you need to to get a egg-cellent surprise! *Hint* *Hint*
Thank you everyone for reading! If you haven't yet, go check out my review/overview for the original game, Nancy Drew Secrets Can Kill Original Review. I love this version of the game since it has so many new puzzles, dialogue, and just so much mystery in it. If your looking for more games to play then check out my Game Reviews page as it hold all the links to my reviews! If you want to get a copy of the game for yourself then you can find get it at Her Interactive (with a free strategy guide) or on Her Interactive Steam.
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