
The cursor changes its color while rolling over any object or spot pointing out, thus allowing for interaction.ĭirection arrows will appear while moving from one scene to another in a particular location, and to move from one location to another the game offers an overhead view of the River Heights map. While controlling Nancy or any other character, you use the mouse pointers to move from one place to another. Though Nancy still has access to a phone, she can consult leads with her friends, and pass the case to any of them based on the investigation’s necessity. So these four trust each other in every step, and be willing to provide every possible aid when danger calls. George and Bess are her closest of friends, and Ned is her boyfriend. They have been part of Nancy’s team for years, and together they have solved many mysterious cases. They are George Fayne, Bess Marvin and Ned Nickerson. Besides playing as Nancy, you can also play and control three other characters as well. Just like every other game of the Nancy Drew series, this sequel offers a similar gameplay. Luckily for her, she notices some familiar faces during the fire escape who could be the main suspects, and she has friends who can carry out the investigation on her behalf. As she doesn’t have any clue on who started the fire or how the building lit up, she must remain under police custody. It isn’t easy for her to find the way out, but when she finally does, police have already arrived and she gets arrested for being the only person found at the crime scene.

The proof is in the pudding with the 25 th installment of the Nancy Drew series ‘Alibi in Ashes’, which is a blazing illustration of great gamesmanship – this time solving the mystery of an anonymous fire outbreak in the River Heights Town Hall.Īfter a resourceful tutorial session, following the trace of a clues challenge, you take the role of Nancy Drew, who finds her way towards the River Heights’s Town Hall, and the situation takes a rapid turn for the worse, when the building she’s inside catches ablaze. Out of innumerable point-and-click adventure games out there, Nancy Drew is almost certainly one of the best series ever created. When it comes to pushing a series to its limit, Her Interactive without doubt knows how to pull that off.
