Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island explained

Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island
Developer:Her Interactive
Publisher:DreamCatcher
Genre:Adventure
Modes:Single player
Platforms:Windows

Danger on Deception Island is the ninth installment in the Nancy Drew point-and-click adventure game series by Her Interactive. The game is available for play on Microsoft Windows platforms. It has an ESRB rating of E for moments of mild violence and peril. Players take on the first-person view of fictional amateur sleuth Nancy Drew and must solve the mystery through interrogation of suspects, solving puzzles, and discovering clues. There are two levels of gameplay, Junior and Senior detective modes, each offering a different difficulty level of puzzles and hints, however neither of these changes affect the actual plot of the game. The game is loosely based on the book Whispers in the Fog (1999).[1] [2]

Plot

When Katie Firestone, a friend of George Fayne, invites Nancy Drew to Deception Island in Washington state for a whale-watching excursion, the sleuth arrives to find Katie's tour boat heavily vandalized. A threatening note that was left behind warns Katie to "stop meddling". Apparently, the residents of the harbor are divided over what to do with an orphaned female Orca whale that recently appeared in the channel, and Katie has ruffled a lot of feathers in the debate. Nancy must hunt down the vandal while unraveling some of Deception Island's hidden secrets.

Development

Characters

Cast

Reception

According to PC Data, Danger on Deception Island sold 40,601 retail copies in North America during 2003.[4] According to review aggregation website Metacritic, the game received "generally favorable reviews" from critics.[5]

Charles Herold of The New York Times found Danger on Deception Island to be inferior to The Haunted Carousel.[6]

Notes and References

  1. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qQw2ejVfew
  2. Web site: Nancy Drew Danger on Deception Island | Girl Games Online. Her Interactive. June 6, 2013. July 29, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130729142158/http://herinteractive.com/Mystery_Games/Nancy_Drew/Danger_on_Deception_Island/pc. dead.
  3. Web site: Nancy Drew Danger on Deception Island IMDb. IMDb.
  4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040411223950/http://www.justadventure.com/articles/State_of_Adventure_Gaming/March2004/Dec03ret_gam.shtm . Sales December 2003 - The State of Adventure Gaming . March 2004 . Sluganski, Randy . April 11, 2004 . . dead . April 13, 2020 .
  5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20070724155420/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/nancydrewdangerondeceptionisland. Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island (pc: 2003): Reviews . July 24, 2007 . . dead .
  6. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20101125171104/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/04/technology/game-theory-a-teenage-sleuth-in-fine-formula.html . Game Theory; A Teenage Sleuth in Fine Formula . December 4, 2003 . Herold, Charles . . November 25, 2010 . dead .