#nancy Drew mystery of the seven keys

[amiiizuki]

somehow my thoughts right now are both

"WDYM IT'S BEEN 5 YEARS SINCE THE LAST GAME?? I THOUGHT I FIRST PLAYED IT A YEAR AGO?!?!"

and

"WDYM IT'S BEEN 5 YEARS SINCE THE LAST GAME?? I THOUGHT SALEM CAME OUT 8 YEARS AGO?!?!?"

oh, and also "WDYM THE GAME RELEASES IN 5 DAYS?? I THOUGHT IT WAS DEAD?!?"

[netscapenavigator-official]

There being a five year gap in between ND33 and ND34 is really confusing to me. I get that money is tight for HeR Interactive, and their CEO clearly cares more about turning the company into a profitable business rather than a crowd/user-funded indie dev studio... but like... where did those fives years go, exactly?

A lot of the assets used in ND34 were reused from ND33. Like all of the ambient NPCs in KEY being models of Frank, Joe, Lauren, Mei, the Judge, etc. wearing different clothes. The visuals were... a minor improvement, but five years of improvement? I don't think so.

The controls weren't exactly smooth. The P&C System was extremely finicky, and the Freeroam mode was typical Unity gliding around bullshit. The puzzles, out the gate, gained a reputation in the community for being improperly balanced and extremely difficult.

I know spitting out 2 games per year isn't sustainable (and even wasn't back in HeR's prime)... but five years for Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Seven Keys... What the fuck did HeR Interactive spend that time doing, exactly?????

[its-a-hil]

for anyone curious about playing the new nancy drew: don't! it's bad! the puzzles are absolutely horrible, nancy's voice sounds like tiktok TTS, and there are pretty much no redeeming features! it fucking sucks!

[letsgethaunted]

📸 Nancy is packing her new camera for Prague! | HeR Interactive

🤳 3 new items unlocked on Nancy’s Prague packing list 📝 for her next case, Mystery of the Seven Keys! 🔐

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[geekcavepodcast]

Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Seven Keys Trailer

HeR Interactive's 34th Nancy Drew game takes the detective to Prague. In Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Seven Keys, a heirloom necklace has been stolen and Nancy is tasked with finding it.

Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Seven Keys launches on May 7, 2024.

[bloody-icecream]

Me in twenty days… if you even care 💔🥀🪦

[henrikvanderswoon]

nancy absolutely bookin it in this game

[francie-froo]

WE’RE SO BACK!! look at all these puzzles!!!

[papenniesandbentoboxes]

[elliotchen-apologist]

mystery of the seven keys: loading screens

[sassydetectivespodcast]

need a man like him

[amiiizuki]

oh fuck the game is out

I forgot again💀

[netscapenavigator-official]

I remember seeing someone on r/nancydrew say that Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Seven Keys would be a great game if it was anything but a Nancy Drew game, and, at first, I whole-heatedly agreed... but after playing This Bed We Made, I fully disagree.

This is what a small studio mystery game should be. The soundtrack is crisp. The visuals have a style to them, as opposed to having that unity stock asset-look. The game doesn't wait for you to notice small things, and Sophie's voice lines help keep the player on the right track. The puzzles feel challenging, but not overwhelming. Just, ugh!

For a moment, I was sitting there, listening to one of the background songs, and I just thought to myself, "this is what modern Nancy Drew could be... if only." This Bed We Made feels like it was a mystery game made from a place of passion and love, while Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Seven Keys feels like a corporate coddling piece where someone on top asked themselves "okay, just how little can we scrape by with in order to turn a profit?"

ND34 tried, but I just feel like, underneath, you can still feel that the team behind it wasn't as passionate about it was in prior games. This Bed We Made has personality and identity; Nancy Drew: KEY feels like it isn't sure what it's supposed to be, so it defaulted to using its past as a crutch... but that didn't work, and now it really doesn't know what it's supposed to be. It's a shame for the ND-series, but now I'm excited to see what Lowbirth Studios puts out in the future... even if TBWM is only like... sixth months old. Maybe their future games can fill the Nancy Drew Adventure Series-sized whole in my heart.

[henrikvanderhussy]

me, trying to solve the safe on junior detective

[letsgethaunted]

A New Nancy Drew Mystery

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[naancypants]

while we're all playing KEY on may 7, richard topham will be meeting with jim archer about the $$$