

Points of interest appear as a thin red outline around a magnifying glass, which isn’t always easy to see. Since this is an older Nancy Drew title, the navigation isn’t as clean and clear as later games. Part of the frustration with other parts of the game are not necessarily full-on "cons" but rather frustrations.

One slider-like puzzle in particular doesn’t reset when you walk away, which can lead to a bit of frustration. It’s just that there aren’t enough of them, and they can’t be skipped. The puzzles that are there are quite good (and require a notepad beside you to help keep track of clues!). However, the main point of the Nancy Drew games is to solve mysteries, right? The requisite puzzles are here, but not in the same abundance as you may be used to. Granted, after some time you will adjust to them, if you’ve only been playing Nancy’s more recent exploits, it’s a bit of a shift. Character animations in particular are rather stiff. While certainly not ugly by any stretch, Final Scene isn’t as slick and sophisticated as other, later games in the series. Unfortunately, the graphics aren’t quite up to par with the audio. And speaking of sound, the voice acting is, again, very well done. A weird combination of jazz/big band and suspense film, it helps set the tone beautifully. Nancy Drew titles are always known for being well-made, but the music here is really top notch. The mood is set early on by the game’s great soundtrack. She is ordered to stop the demolition or else she’ll never see Maya again! With suspects all around her, from the old projectionist who would lose his job to the historical activist to the big star’s agent out for publicity, it’s a real head-scratcher for poor ol’ Nancy. However, when Maya goes into a backstage room and is kidnapped, Nancy is up to her eyeballs in intrigue.

NANCY DREW THE FINAL SCENE RAR MOVIE
In Nancy Drew: Final Scene – the fifth game in the series – Nancy is invited by her friend Maya to a classic movie theater that is going to be closed down and demolished after premiering a big new movie as its last hurrah. Good thing the point-and-click adventure game around her is pretty good, though not quite up to her usual great standard. In Nancy Drew: Final Scene well… You can guess nothing good comes of being in Nancy’s vicinity. Maybe it could prevent someone being kidnapped, or landing right in the middle of a mysterious haunting or some other calamity. Someone really needs to buy Nancy Drew a good luck charm.
