#nd34

[bloody-icecream]

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

[henrikvanderhussy]

I simply Do Not Care about the graphics. Good, bad, or mediocre, I'm indifferent. If the puzzles and the story are good, and if the controls handle better than MID, then I am so fucking down

[elliotchen-apologist]

[notprincehamlet]

no context mystery of the seven keys trailer

[lickieloo]

The actual outdoor clock in KEY suggests that the game takes place in May!

And Leo's calendar suggests it's around the 15th since we know he was supposed to leave for his conference! So mid-May game if anyone was wondering!

[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?????

[hidden-clue]

Okay so following the theory that HeRInteractive outsourced the entire game #34 and they just got it back from other companies, which would explain why they would do such poor buildup marketing and only announce it 3 weeks before release - I assumed that these last 3 weeks they need for beta testing and bug fixing. So I asked my friend who works in game development and beta testing whether 3 weeks would be enough to test and fix game's bugs - she said NO.

Which makes sense, that's a very short window of time to catch the bugs, report them, get developers to locate the issues, fix them, test them again, it's a process that can take months! So. If they really did give it just 3 weeks to be fixed of bugs... we might be getting another buggy game.

[that-one-fandom-girl]

I made a couple more KEY memes! :)

[nancydrew428]

Please reblog this saying whether or not you will tag spoilers for ND34, what tag(s) you will use, and how long you plan to do so for :)

[stopitmeg]

spoiler free KEY post!

i couldn’t help but start bullying the npcs LOL

[blackflame-queen]

I dont know if it's it's the NPCs, the artstyle, or the engine; but it kinda feels like solving a mystery in Sims 4 (I mean this neutrally)

[elliotchen-apologist]

Let’s all say: THANK YOU WOMEN ‼️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[nancythedrew]

i love that with this new Unity engine HeR is able to take us players on adventures to mysterious and unique locations that we wouldn't be able to experience in our real lives, like a kitchen or an Apple store.

[thenancydrewtimes]

ND34

[detectivereads]

Nancy Drew Game 34 trailer!!!!

Ok watching this video I freaked!!!!!!!

There are so many new characters, and they are beautiful!! Getting a strong connection with Labyrinth of Lies, The Silent Spy, and Phantom of Venice with some Indiana Jones.

The puzzles look great and the graphics look amazing. I am very hopeful for this game.

BUT WE GOT A RELEASE DATE !!!!!!!! OH MY GOD~~~~!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!! MAY 7!!!!!!!

Was not expecting the game so soon but 2024 IS AMAZING!!!!!

These are my thoughts; I have been excited about this game, and I want to wait and see how the game plays and see it in action. But seeing the characters in the trailer in play I am hopeful that this is going to be great.

[drewlyyours]

QUICK Review of KEY because I’ve been thinking about it:

(No outright spoilers)

I’ll be honest. I liked it! I liked the stuff that catered to the old fans and I liked the stuff that catered to the new fans. They’ve improved environments and character form.

But the dialogue was awful. You couldn’t call anybody (despite having The Hardy Boys, Ned, AND Carson), nobody answered until the game wanted you to. I miss chatty moments! Just humorous bits with the boys! I was so excited for that, but nothing.

The conversation with suspects wasn’t great either. It was really lacking and linear. The choices were there but the conversation could only possibly go where the game wanted it to go. I don’t always dive into the character questions, but I LOVE to ask everything during replays. Without new dialogue, the game doesn’t feel replayable to me. At all.