You should've added the floor tiles puzzle from Message in a haunted mansion! That is one of the worst exacted puzzles in these games because you have to get the pieces in the exact pixels to get it to count and one tiny slip of the mouse will get you to rage
Theres a glitch for the sauna! If you bang on the door as time runs out or until Nancys text box says something like"Oof *falls down*" and then when you turn around you will have unlimited time to solve the puzzle.
The clock puzzle in thorton hall was so easy in my opinion. Set all the clocks to 12, start the thing than stop when the fastest clock reaches 12 again. From there just mirror it. If one lands on 1:15 you should turn it to 11:45 and so on. You dont even have to look at the times 😁
To me the hourglass puzzle and the clocks are very similar, and we went with the clocks instead just because they’re used twice and one version is timed. BUT FOR REAL THOUGH WE CHEATED ON THE HOURGLASS PUZZLE SOOOOO HARD IN OUR PLAYTHROUGH Just crazy difficult to do all the timing in your head.
The clocks were not so bad tho... since there was a technique to figuring out the solution by simply setting the clocks to determine their rate... and to be fair, the time you are given is ample amount... compared to that dumb hourglass puzzle, if you mess up u die
The hourglass puzzle is pretty darn easy if you're willing to get a clock and time each hourglass, write them down on paper and figure out what time to turn each one. If you don't believe in writing anything down or using anything except the screen to help you, it's going to be needlessly tough.
I know you commented this 3 years ago, But I legit love the giant Nonogram puzzle! Like when I played SAW recently I was looking forwards to playing it! (Though I will say that I dispise the giant Sodoku puzzle so I guess its a bit of a trade off)
I’m kinda late to this video lol but for the waverly silverware puzzle, you said you just went based on descriptions but it was really simple for me cause the pictures in the book of all the knives then all the spoons and all the forks actually seemed to go in order that the descriptions were. At least that’s how I solved it and it worked nice and easily. So you can just match the description placement to the placement of the utensil in the picture then know exactly what one it is.
Omg I noticed this literally recently as I played this game for the first time in a long time and when I tell you the way I felt soooo dumb 😓 I realized this after I spent HOURS on this puzzle lol tbf the game didn’t make it as clear as they could have 🥴
Having the pictures definitely helped, but what threw me off was that A) the utensils in the pictures were in a different order than the utensils on display and B) even with pictures, a couple of utensils looked so alike that it was difficult to tell which one to pull in the display
Also, I loved his video! I think it was a nice twist on a traditional list video. You guys definitely make super engaging videos about the games, and would also be interested in your opinions and playthroughs of games outside of the canon when you're done!
I agree with all of these so much, except for the shadow ranch veggies. I love the chores in that game! Thanks for the content, I just found your channel this week and I love all your videos!!
Unpopular opinion but I love fox and geese, the darkroom puzzle and the teapot puzzle. ICE was the second game I ever played (first finished) and I still revisit it to just play fox and geese. For the darkroom puzzle you just have to remember how high trays are compared to the menu buttons at the bottom of the screen, and for the teapot puzzle you just have to write everything down. All the other ones on your list were great, as much as I love VEN I had to use soooooo many hints to get through it.
I haven't been able to watch all the reviews because I haven't played them with my sister yet, avoiding spoilers, I'm so in for this topic! You should do a best environments video!
Good to know you’re avoiding spoilers, hope we haven’t spoiled much already - that’s awesome that you still have first-time games for you and your sister to play - which ones are you planning to play next?
You do on each of the main reviews out of necessity, you have to talk about the villain though, no question! I’ve played almost all of them though, so no worries. It’s evergreen content too, once people finish playing the videos will still be there. We have.. CAR, DAN, CRE, ASH, TMB, SPY, LIE, and MID left. I think SPY will be next after we replay SAW on senior -- our favorite! We’re testing Parsec today to switch control of the mouse while chatting on Discord during the remote Fall school year. Fingers crossed that it works well!
I’ve seen where some hint makers suggest to window your game and click outside the window to pause if it’s a timed puzzle. This helped me immensely in the lighthouse number puzzle in Sea of Darkness. I agree with a lot of these on the list, but I actually kind of enjoyed the chemical moving puzzle from Castle Malloy. Although I did die a ton and had a mini heart attack every time with the explosion lol. You guys have really great content, by the way! I’ve been binging your videos😊
It’s soooooo stupid but such an iconic and silly death animation that I don’t mind messing it up honestly. Seeing the dressing room blow up 3 frames per second is weirdly satisfying
I always hated the puzzle in Blue Moon Canyon when you have to move the correct pillars with the symbols to crawl through. Also, the puzzle to open the door in Ransom of the Seven Ships where there's a bunch of locks that show up in a random place and you've got to use the key on one of them. Not a fan. However, making the tea in Danger by Design was always one of my favourites. Five minutes and I was done.
Honestly I kinda respect the ransom of the seven ships one, that game had a theme of really difficult puzzles and that last one couldn’t be cheated. You had to actually the solve the riddle. Tea on the other hand, pardon my small brain but I haven literally never been able to figure it out lol
What always entertains me about these games (epitomized by the fax machine puzzle!) is just how much undesirable, tedious stuff you have to do as Nancy... And Nancy is never just like "f*** this-- I'm too good for this-- I'm a detective, not your repair guy" She jumps through so many hoops to get the answers. I think about this a lot...
Congrats on 100 subs, you guys definitely deserve it! You should keep making these top 15 videos on different topics, they're great! Keep up the good work guys 😊
My most recent playthrough of Castle Mallory I decided to keep track how many times I exploded in the chemical puzzle... SEVENTEEN TIMES! It was ridiculous
I always forget the tea puzzle is so hated haha DAN was the second nd game I ever played and my dad and I solved it first try... maybe it was luck but I like to think there was some skill in there lol I dunno. Loved the video as always!
Congratz on hitting 100 subs! My fam and I used to play these together, and its a lot of fun and nostalgic watching you two play through them. Two other puzzles that broke Nancy for me were the ice floe puzzle on the lake of Icicle Creek and the dress sewing puzzle (more like mini-game?) in the Secret of the Old Clock. With the ice floe puzzle, I'm not sure if I just never figured out the trick to it, but I always found super infuriating. The same goes for the dress sewing section.
The dress sewing Puzzle was always the worst if your mouse or trackpad was too sensitive or not sensitive enough, yeah Glad to hear you’re enjoying the vids ! :)
Lol SAW introduced me to monograms and I became a monster. Play them all the time and have my gifted students do them (they are also fans). 25x25 is large though and the boxes are tiny so that final one is a bit of pain for that but I still love them and know all the tricks for solving.
Man what bugs me the most is how if a single pixel is out of place then you can’t proceed - thats awesome though that someone actually understands them lol
Glad you enjoy the commentary! You may also like our Top 15 scariest moments vid as well as our Nancy Drew Game Ranking series (Episode 3 coming soon!)
Otter box in HAU trips up a lot of people; including me. But the chemical sorting is the more annoying puzzle in that game. 100% agree on the VEN sewer tank walkways - almost hand in hand with the ASH tunnels. For me TOT has the most frustrating puzzles: the irrigation sprinklers, the siren map, catching mice FIVE times!, and the doppler box with the switches you have to toggle three at a time.
I feel very validated that Fox and Geese is on here. That was the only time I rage quit an ND game as a kid. I didn't actually finish the game until years later as an adult when I found the disk in a box of old things. Even then I was pulling my hair out. Which was kind of validating for kid-me since I was having a hard time even with with a fully formed prefrontal cortex and a college degree
I had no clue the nonogram puzzle was hated. After completing all the small ones throughout the game I was so excited to see a huge one at the end 💀 I must be a huge nerd.
I loved Fox and Geese! And like one other commenter, I would always make a save file to come back and play when the mood struck. I’ve never understood why that puzzle was so hated.
nonograms are so fun and the first time I played that game I was excited to see such a big one since the usual apps I use usually do 15x15 grids or less. but I totally get they’re not for everybody
Amazing that something as easy as Fox & Geese stumps so many people. It's not even chess, it's just a checkers variant, fercryinoutloud, and you can make several mistakes and still be able to force a win. Like Scopa, this is a puzzle that I sometimes play out of the game just for fun.
Bro, I thought the slider puzzle at the end of Captive Curse with all the letters was EXTREMELY difficult. It took me HOURS to solve it because I absolutely refused to get a spoiler. And I got it eventually, but my GOD did it piss me off. I guess my brain just isn't very good at working backwards like that. Also, I know this is a hot take, but I actually love Fox and Geese. I know how crazy that may sound, but I look forward to it every time I play White Wolf. And I can beat it all 4 times in a fairly timely manner as well. No lie, I love it so much that I bought the game in real life. 😂
My way around the dining puzzle in Waverley is I noticed the order of the silverware in the photos goes in order with the sub headings. So if you follow that, it makes it so much easier
You should do a big tier list with the compiled rankings so far! It could be spoiler free so ppl wanting to avoid spoilers can see the final grades of all the games
I have had to wander my way through the VEN pipe puzzle until I either got to the first floor, reloaded a save or got to the solution by chance. Its literally the only puzzle that stops me from a VEN replay
The Thornton clocks are actually super easy. Just set them all to midnight, run them, note how much each moved and set them back from midnight the number of hours they moved forward. Voila!
You’re right, they really aren’t that bad! I think since making this video I’ve come to learn that they look like an overwhelming mess but once you actually slow down and use a method like that they’re super manageable
I just found your channel, & I absolutely love it! Congrats on 100 subs 🎊🎉🤩! I hate the silverware puzzle from WWA so much, it killed me 😡😡😡! The veggie puzzle too, oh my goodness, as well as THE INVISIBLE MAGNETS, ughhhhhhhh 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️! I agree with you Julian, this puzzle IS NOT solvable without the hack. Also, don't even get me started on Fox & Geese; it makes me murderous 🤬🤬🤬!!! I actually really enjoyed the fax machine puzzle from POV, I thought it was very clever, but not the sewer puzzle 🙃🙃🙃. For me personally, I really hated the pipe puzzle from WWIC, I wish you would've included it (I had to cheat 🤣🤣🤣). I'm also not a fan of the slider puzzle around Jane's door from CBM; this is the only puzzle from this game I could not solve for the life of me. One of my biggest pet peeves with the Nancy Drew series is when you're solving certain puzzles, like the Frass puzzle, and Nancy doesn't tell you it's correct or incorrect. I think that would be a great differentiation between JR & SR Detective mode. I think it would be great if all the puzzles would let you know if you finished it correctly in JR Decetive mode. Keep up the great work 😁😁😁!!!
There’s a cheat to the invisible magnets puzzle. I learned it from one of Arglefumph’s walkthroughs. It gets rid of the wood so you can see the actual maze.
It’s so funny listening to y’all talking about the big nonogram puzzle because I just do those for fun in my free time. No one else I’ve tried to explain them to has gotten it though. The sudoku puzzles though? Can’t stand them lol I’m so bad at them
I always forget about those underwater tunnels from Phantom. I'll be playing along, loving the game then I get to those tunnels and always debate if it's worth it ti even finish the game.
I don't mind if a puzzle is a little tedious, as long as it doesn't bring you to a hard stop. Slow progress is better than no progress. As I say, Fox and Geese, though you have to play it too many times, is really dreadfully easy. It's not even a game, just an exercise, because the Geese can win by force every time, even against perfect play. It's embarrassing that a variant of checkers has so many people tearing their hair out. The Frass Puzzle, though tedious, is exactly the kind of cataloguing exercise that a real scientist would actually do, and, in that way, was kind of cool. But there are two that I DID have a problem with that you didn't mention. One is the endgame puzzle from Stay Tuned For Danger. On Master Detective, you have an impossibly short time to solve it. I was afraid I was going to have to abandon the game and start over from the beginning on Senior Detective when I managed to get through it half by luck. Another bad one are the Bees puzzles from Crystal Skull and Phantom of Venice, when played on Senior Detective. They just kept coming and coming and coming, and I was clicking and clicking and clicking until my finger was getting sore, and I was worried about breaking either the mouse or my finger or both. It took several tries to get through, and was no fun at all. Underwater Suddoku was no more difficult than any other Suddoku, IF you're willing to work it out on pencil and paper. But that's the kicker, today's players seem reluctant to do that, and want to solve everything on the screen. If you make it more difficult for yourself by doing it that way, I've got no sympathy. You know, in a text adventure game you're expected to have graph paper, and make a map of the game as you go. Map Making was long gone by the time Nancy Drew games came around, but it seems like the designers still expect people to work out some things on paper. Like the Forest Maze from Ghost Dogs. I never bothered trying to memorize it, I just printed off a screen shot of the map, and referred to it during play, so as to never get lost.
I believe everyone who played Secret of shadow ranch hated the veggies puzzle. The puzzle that got me was the piano puzzle in warning of Waverly Academy. Even a walkthrough couldn’t help me.
For me a hate the pomegranate seed puzzle at the end of Labyrinth of Lies, honestly that entire game was such a disappointment because, they built hugely elaborate sets UNDERGROUND!?? …just, why would anyone do that? It makes no sense and I couldn’t get over it the whole game.
I like Nonograms but the SAWE final puzzle gives me a headache. I think it’s the low difference in color between the bits that makes it hard to perceive. I can only imagine how irritating it is for someone that doesn’t like nonograms.
For the Silverware puzzle, the description are in order that the untensiles are in the photo, for example the fourth spoon descrition matches the fourth spoon from the left.
Speaking of hidden object games, have you guys ever played Mystery Case Files? Great game series. Most Big Fish hidden object games are good, but the Mystery Case Files series (at least up through Dire Grove, I have not gone beyond that yet) is great.
Cant say I’ve ever heard of those actually but I’d be down to try them out! I usually just love all the moody and atmospheric artwork in games like that
The Fox and Geese wasn't to bad but it dose get tiring. It's actually based on a game called Chinese Cheeckers. So you sort of got it right. It is a checker game but it's a Chinese board game ^^ I also agree with nongrams puzzel and the massive sidoku puzzel.
Every single math puzzle is the bane of my existence Yanno timed puzzles too probably those really don’t go well with anxiety😂😂😂 Also THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THAT HORRIBLE UNDERWATER COLORRR SUDOKU I would take monster sudoku over that any day You guys’ hatred over the tea puzzle😂😂😂 I never would have guessed that to be the top pick but I guess I get it lol😂😂
Suprised the Relic puzzle at the end of MED isn’t on here. I’ve tried solving that legitimately before and it’s impossible. I also can’t stand the endgame faraday cage puzzle in DED or the tunnels in ASH.
22:40 I kinda miss those good news bad news puns... they kind of made Trail of the Twister bearable to the point of me purposely crashing the car... It was just so comical on how nancy crashes and they kind of made that chemical puzzle bearable due to how in your face it was plus just be a save scummer if u want to avoid those 15 second sequences
Dude the good news bad news sequences were the funniest shit to me as a kid because I had a super small memory span and couldn’t remember any of them so every time it was like a surprise lol
Okay update: thank you for making the tea puzzle number one!!! It makes no logical sense - some of the ingredients that end up being part of the solution go against the rules!!!!
THANK YOU Oh my god FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AGREES, this whole comment section has just been people attacking us going RNRRRRNG ITS NOT THAT HARD NRNRNRHHGG FENNELLRY FAMILY Lol glad you enjoyed the list :)
My friend and I actually managed to complete that final Shadow at the Water’s Edge nonogram on senior without cheats, still not sure how we managed it but it is possible. I suggest saving multiple times as you go. Whenever you KNOW something is correct, save. That way when you make a mistake, you can just go back without having to start from the beginning again. Hope this helps for when you guys try it without cheats!
For the frass puzzle, adding a voice line to play after each entry might get annoying after a while but its definitely something they couldve added bc I made a text version of a number checker in javascript 101 class
For me, the clock puzzle is not that bad. All you have to do is set the clocks all to midnight, let them run and see how far each one goes, and then just reverse them as necessary. Likewise, the tea puzzle sucked, but I don't think it was the worst. The Malloy chemical puzzle and Fox and Geese can piss right off though.
Got another for an honorable mention: BARNACLE BLAST from The Haunted Carousel. When you get down to 2 barnacles on your screen and your stupid bouncing ball thing WILL NOT HIT THEM!! 🤣🤣😤😤😤
AHEM. Are you aware you did not put Sheep catching in castle Malloy on this list? Or running in circles in Ghost dogs woods looking for birds or generally just trying to hit the graveyard?
@@ashtonleahall1791 my first time (and toottallly not the rest of the times) I literally was just randomly clicking. Long long time later I made it and was like, wait. I actually made it that way?
@@Jcat_Nguy23 Sameeeeeeeee, I also didn't realize the 1st time I played that the circular piece you pick up from the moving rooms was a map 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️.
So~ Uhm- Where are the Gears Puzzle (TOT), Stone Circle Sorting Puzzle (LIE), Decoding Olivia's "Coded Message" (MID) and Mini Golf Game (CLK)?? Honestly, the Victorian Dining Cutlery (WAC) is not bad since I managed to finish it without a walkthrough, despite taking some time. And, I found the Chemical Sorting (HAU) very hilarious every time you mess up.
I suppose we just have differing opinions for the most of the puzzles but man I really do love the mini golf from old clock. To me it’s one of the puzzles that even if it is super difficult it’s always fun to try over and over again
THE SCARLET HAND AUDIO PUZZLES ARE SO AWFUL. The worst. Thanks for the content! Looking forward to more!!
At least someone agrees with us on sOmething on this list lol
You should've added the floor tiles puzzle from Message in a haunted mansion! That is one of the worst exacted puzzles in these games because you have to get the pieces in the exact pixels to get it to count and one tiny slip of the mouse will get you to rage
Theres a glitch for the sauna! If you bang on the door as time runs out or until Nancys text box says something like"Oof *falls down*" and then when you turn around you will have unlimited time to solve the puzzle.
What??! How did I not know about this? I’ve died SO many times trying to do those pipes in time. Ugh.
Thx for the tip!
We need more videos like this in the ND fandom!
The clock puzzle in thorton hall was so easy in my opinion.
Set all the clocks to 12, start the thing than stop when the fastest clock reaches 12 again. From there just mirror it. If one lands on 1:15 you should turn it to 11:45 and so on. You dont even have to look at the times 😁
I am HORRIFIED that the hourglass puzzle from RAN isnt even mentioned 😂😂😂 for me its worse than anything else in the series
To me the hourglass puzzle and the clocks are very similar, and we went with the clocks instead just because they’re used twice and one version is timed. BUT FOR REAL THOUGH WE CHEATED ON THE HOURGLASS PUZZLE SOOOOO HARD IN OUR PLAYTHROUGH
Just crazy difficult to do all the timing in your head.
The clocks were not so bad tho... since there was a technique to figuring out the solution by simply setting the clocks to determine their rate... and to be fair, the time you are given is ample amount... compared to that dumb hourglass puzzle, if you mess up u die
The hourglass puzzle is pretty darn easy if you're willing to get a clock and time each hourglass, write them down on paper and figure out what time to turn each one. If you don't believe in writing anything down or using anything except the screen to help you, it's going to be needlessly tough.
@@vote4holt Yes The Hourglass Puzzle is so ridiculously tough
@@GraemeCree I even tried The Hourglass Puzzle with A stopwatch and I still failed it
I'll be that person......I love nonograms!!!
I know you commented this 3 years ago, But I legit love the giant Nonogram puzzle! Like when I played SAW recently I was looking forwards to playing it! (Though I will say that I dispise the giant Sodoku puzzle so I guess its a bit of a trade off)
#1-15: All of the shattered medallion
Accurate
*cackles*
@@cambriadaW What A Terrible Game The Shattered Medallion
I’m kinda late to this video lol but for the waverly silverware puzzle, you said you just went based on descriptions but it was really simple for me cause the pictures in the book of all the knives then all the spoons and all the forks actually seemed to go in order that the descriptions were. At least that’s how I solved it and it worked nice and easily. So you can just match the description placement to the placement of the utensil in the picture then know exactly what one it is.
Omg I noticed this literally recently as I played this game for the first time in a long time and when I tell you the way I felt soooo dumb 😓 I realized this after I spent HOURS on this puzzle lol tbf the game didn’t make it as clear as they could have 🥴
Having the pictures definitely helped, but what threw me off was that A) the utensils in the pictures were in a different order than the utensils on display and B) even with pictures, a couple of utensils looked so alike that it was difficult to tell which one to pull in the display
What about the rotating rooms in Blackmoor Manor? it's solvable but OH it is the bane of my existence.
I find the tea puzzle easier than some other puzzles on this list.
Also, I loved his video! I think it was a nice twist on a traditional list video. You guys definitely make super engaging videos about the games, and would also be interested in your opinions and playthroughs of games outside of the canon when you're done!
I agree with all of these so much, except for the shadow ranch veggies. I love the chores in that game! Thanks for the content, I just found your channel this week and I love all your videos!!
Glad to hear you’re enjoying the channel! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Kelsey!
Unpopular opinion but I love fox and geese, the darkroom puzzle and the teapot puzzle. ICE was the second game I ever played (first finished) and I still revisit it to just play fox and geese. For the darkroom puzzle you just have to remember how high trays are compared to the menu buttons at the bottom of the screen, and for the teapot puzzle you just have to write everything down. All the other ones on your list were great, as much as I love VEN I had to use soooooo many hints to get through it.
If you flush the toilet like 20 times, you get an easter egg and the prints are magically done :3
I haven't been able to watch all the reviews because I haven't played them with my sister yet, avoiding spoilers, I'm so in for this topic! You should do a best environments video!
Good to know you’re avoiding spoilers, hope we haven’t spoiled much already - that’s awesome that you still have first-time games for you and your sister to play - which ones are you planning to play next?
You do on each of the main reviews out of necessity, you have to talk about the villain though, no question! I’ve played almost all of them though, so no worries. It’s evergreen content too, once people finish playing the videos will still be there. We have.. CAR, DAN, CRE, ASH, TMB, SPY, LIE, and MID left. I think SPY will be next after we replay SAW on senior -- our favorite! We’re testing Parsec today to switch control of the mouse while chatting on Discord during the remote Fall school year. Fingers crossed that it works well!
I’ve seen where some hint makers suggest to window your game and click outside the window to pause if it’s a timed puzzle. This helped me immensely in the lighthouse number puzzle in Sea of Darkness. I agree with a lot of these on the list, but I actually kind of enjoyed the chemical moving puzzle from Castle Malloy. Although I did die a ton and had a mini heart attack every time with the explosion lol. You guys have really great content, by the way! I’ve been binging your videos😊
Glad to hear you’re having a good binge, Abigail! And honestly I didn’t know about the windowed trick, I’m gonna have to try that lol
I am astonished that you haven't mentioned the bomb in Rick's room.
The fact that IT ISN'T RANDOM and the solution is SO STUPID still grinds my gears.
It’s soooooo stupid but such an iconic and silly death animation that I don’t mind messing it up honestly. Seeing the dressing room blow up 3 frames per second is weirdly satisfying
It also sucks that if u don't have the screwdriver before u enter u can't leave to go get it
And assuming you did have the screwdriver, how are you supposed to organically know what to do?
I always hated the puzzle in Blue Moon Canyon when you have to move the correct pillars with the symbols to crawl through.
Also, the puzzle to open the door in Ransom of the Seven Ships where there's a bunch of locks that show up in a random place and you've got to use the key on one of them. Not a fan.
However, making the tea in Danger by Design was always one of my favourites. Five minutes and I was done.
Honestly I kinda respect the ransom of the seven ships one, that game had a theme of really difficult puzzles and that last one couldn’t be cheated. You had to actually the solve the riddle.
Tea on the other hand, pardon my small brain but I haven literally never been able to figure it out lol
I’d take the vegetable picking puzzle in Shadow Ranch over the magnet puzzle every time.
Congratulations. Jameson & Julian!
What always entertains me about these games (epitomized by the fax machine puzzle!) is just how much undesirable, tedious stuff you have to do as Nancy... And Nancy is never just like "f*** this-- I'm too good for this-- I'm a detective, not your repair guy" She jumps through so many hoops to get the answers. I think about this a lot...
Congrats on 100 subs, you guys definitely deserve it! You should keep making these top 15 videos on different topics, they're great! Keep up the good work guys 😊
Thanks Ali :))
My most recent playthrough of Castle Mallory I decided to keep track how many times I exploded in the chemical puzzle... SEVENTEEN TIMES! It was ridiculous
God bless
I actually don’t mind this puzzle as much as others do. *shrugs*
@@karricompton I can't stand it even moving The Arm one second causes The Chemicals to Explode it's ridiculous how tough it is even on Junior mode
Only seventeen???? Literally, I must have blown myself up over 100 times before I finally solved this puzzle the first time I played HAU.
I always forget the tea puzzle is so hated haha
DAN was the second nd game I ever played and my dad and I solved it first try... maybe it was luck but I like to think there was some skill in there lol I dunno. Loved the video as always!
There’s a cheat for the photo developing in the dark puzzle. Flush the toilet 10 times and then you can walk out with the photos developed! 😃
Congratz on hitting 100 subs! My fam and I used to play these together, and its a lot of fun and nostalgic watching you two play through them.
Two other puzzles that broke Nancy for me were the ice floe puzzle on the lake of Icicle Creek and the dress sewing puzzle (more like mini-game?) in the Secret of the Old Clock. With the ice floe puzzle, I'm not sure if I just never figured out the trick to it, but I always found super infuriating. The same goes for the dress sewing section.
The dress sewing Puzzle was always the worst if your mouse or trackpad was too sensitive or not sensitive enough, yeah
Glad to hear you’re enjoying the vids ! :)
Lol SAW introduced me to monograms and I became a monster. Play them all the time and have my gifted students do them (they are also fans). 25x25 is large though and the boxes are tiny so that final one is a bit of pain for that but I still love them and know all the tricks for solving.
Man what bugs me the most is how if a single pixel is out of place then you can’t proceed - thats awesome though that someone actually understands them lol
I used to hate them, but u replayed it, and it was actually pretty fun, I now play about an hour of nonograns on a daily basis through an app
lmao you guys are so funny, i died laughing every time you insulted a difficult puzzle. by the way... i happen to think the vegetable picking is easy😂
Glad you enjoy the commentary! You may also like our Top 15 scariest moments vid as well as our Nancy Drew Game Ranking series (Episode 3 coming soon!)
@@vote4holt The Vegetable picking Puzzle can be really easy if You live on A Farm and actually work with Fruits and Vegetables all Day long
@@vote4holt No I don't live on A Farm or handle Fruits or Vegetables
Otter box in HAU trips up a lot of people; including me. But the chemical sorting is the more annoying puzzle in that game. 100% agree on the VEN sewer tank walkways - almost hand in hand with the ASH tunnels. For me TOT has the most frustrating puzzles: the irrigation sprinklers, the siren map, catching mice FIVE times!, and the doppler box with the switches you have to toggle three at a time.
the bug puzzle in "Ghost Dogs" is so annoying.
I remember my first playthrough of SAW. I took one look at the Master Sudoku and said, "I'm not doing that." And I pulled up the solution. 😂
Sidenote: Very sad that there was no mention of the Jabberwocky Poem in Silent Spy. I still have no clue what that was after two playthroughs
Beware the Jabberwock!
Congrats you guys, 100 subs is amazing!!!🥳🥳🥳
Thanks Cambria :)
I feel very validated that Fox and Geese is on here. That was the only time I rage quit an ND game as a kid. I didn't actually finish the game until years later as an adult when I found the disk in a box of old things. Even then I was pulling my hair out. Which was kind of validating for kid-me since I was having a hard time even with with a fully formed prefrontal cortex and a college degree
Congrats on 100 subs!! You guys deserve it
The vial puzzle in Shattered Medallion damn near gave me a stroke! I felt part of my mind die when I was finally finished
I had no clue the nonogram puzzle was hated. After completing all the small ones throughout the game I was so excited to see a huge one at the end 💀 I must be a huge nerd.
I loved Fox and Geese! And like one other commenter, I would always make a save file to come back and play when the mood struck. I’ve never understood why that puzzle was so hated.
I think the video game generation isn't much into board games any more, so even checkers is excrutiatingly difficult.
nonograms are so fun and the first time I played that game I was excited to see such a big one since the usual apps I use usually do 15x15 grids or less. but I totally get they’re not for everybody
besties im sorry but nonagrams are so fun
BRO WE SUCK AT THEM THO
Amazing that something as easy as Fox & Geese stumps so many people. It's not even chess, it's just a checkers variant, fercryinoutloud, and you can make several mistakes and still be able to force a win. Like Scopa, this is a puzzle that I sometimes play out of the game just for fun.
Bro, I thought the slider puzzle at the end of Captive Curse with all the letters was EXTREMELY difficult. It took me HOURS to solve it because I absolutely refused to get a spoiler. And I got it eventually, but my GOD did it piss me off. I guess my brain just isn't very good at working backwards like that.
Also, I know this is a hot take, but I actually love Fox and Geese. I know how crazy that may sound, but I look forward to it every time I play White Wolf. And I can beat it all 4 times in a fairly timely manner as well. No lie, I love it so much that I bought the game in real life. 😂
My way around the dining puzzle in Waverley is I noticed the order of the silverware in the photos goes in order with the sub headings. So if you follow that, it makes it so much easier
I was so sure #1 was gonna be the picture frame puzzle from Shadow at the Water's Edge!
You should do a big tier list with the compiled rankings so far! It could be spoiler free so ppl wanting to avoid spoilers can see the final grades of all the games
I have had to wander my way through the VEN pipe puzzle until I either got to the first floor, reloaded a save or got to the solution by chance. Its literally the only puzzle that stops me from a VEN replay
The gear puzzle in Twister not being here is a travesty
Solid puzzle can’t even lie
The Thornton clocks are actually super easy. Just set them all to midnight, run them, note how much each moved and set them back from midnight the number of hours they moved forward. Voila!
You’re right, they really aren’t that bad! I think since making this video I’ve come to learn that they look like an overwhelming mess but once you actually slow down and use a method like that they’re super manageable
I just found your channel, & I absolutely love it! Congrats on 100 subs 🎊🎉🤩! I hate the silverware puzzle from WWA so much, it killed me 😡😡😡! The veggie puzzle too, oh my goodness, as well as THE INVISIBLE MAGNETS, ughhhhhhhh 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️! I agree with you Julian, this puzzle IS NOT solvable without the hack. Also, don't even get me started on Fox & Geese; it makes me murderous 🤬🤬🤬!!! I actually really enjoyed the fax machine puzzle from POV, I thought it was very clever, but not the sewer puzzle 🙃🙃🙃. For me personally, I really hated the pipe puzzle from WWIC, I wish you would've included it (I had to cheat 🤣🤣🤣). I'm also not a fan of the slider puzzle around Jane's door from CBM; this is the only puzzle from this game I could not solve for the life of me. One of my biggest pet peeves with the Nancy Drew series is when you're solving certain puzzles, like the Frass puzzle, and Nancy doesn't tell you it's correct or incorrect. I think that would be a great differentiation between JR & SR Detective mode. I think it would be great if all the puzzles would let you know if you finished it correctly in JR Decetive mode. Keep up the great work 😁😁😁!!!
There’s a cheat to the invisible magnets puzzle. I learned it from one of Arglefumph’s walkthroughs. It gets rid of the wood so you can see the actual maze.
It’s so funny listening to y’all talking about the big nonogram puzzle because I just do those for fun in my free time. No one else I’ve tried to explain them to has gotten it though. The sudoku puzzles though? Can’t stand them lol I’m so bad at them
I always forget about those underwater tunnels from Phantom. I'll be playing along, loving the game then I get to those tunnels and always debate if it's worth it ti even finish the game.
I don't mind if a puzzle is a little tedious, as long as it doesn't bring you to a hard stop. Slow progress is better than no progress. As I say, Fox and Geese, though you have to play it too many times, is really dreadfully easy. It's not even a game, just an exercise, because the Geese can win by force every time, even against perfect play. It's embarrassing that a variant of checkers has so many people tearing their hair out. The Frass Puzzle, though tedious, is exactly the kind of cataloguing exercise that a real scientist would actually do, and, in that way, was kind of cool.
But there are two that I DID have a problem with that you didn't mention. One is the endgame puzzle from Stay Tuned For Danger. On Master Detective, you have an impossibly short time to solve it. I was afraid I was going to have to abandon the game and start over from the beginning on Senior Detective when I managed to get through it half by luck.
Another bad one are the Bees puzzles from Crystal Skull and Phantom of Venice, when played on Senior Detective. They just kept coming and coming and coming, and I was clicking and clicking and clicking until my finger was getting sore, and I was worried about breaking either the mouse or my finger or both. It took several tries to get through, and was no fun at all.
Underwater Suddoku was no more difficult than any other Suddoku, IF you're willing to work it out on pencil and paper. But that's the kicker, today's players seem reluctant to do that, and want to solve everything on the screen. If you make it more difficult for yourself by doing it that way, I've got no sympathy. You know, in a text adventure game you're expected to have graph paper, and make a map of the game as you go. Map Making was long gone by the time Nancy Drew games came around, but it seems like the designers still expect people to work out some things on paper. Like the Forest Maze from Ghost Dogs. I never bothered trying to memorize it, I just printed off a screen shot of the map, and referred to it during play, so as to never get lost.
This is awesome!!
Glad you think so, Rachel! Welcome to the channel :))))
I believe everyone who played Secret of shadow ranch hated the veggies puzzle. The puzzle that got me was the piano puzzle in warning of Waverly Academy. Even a walkthrough couldn’t help me.
I didn’t mind the veggies, and I’m a piano teacher, so I love the piano puzzles, lol.
For me a hate the pomegranate seed puzzle at the end of Labyrinth of Lies, honestly that entire game was such a disappointment because, they built hugely elaborate sets UNDERGROUND!?? …just, why would anyone do that? It makes no sense and I couldn’t get over it the whole game.
I had never finished the chemical puzzle for years simply because I could not grab onto any of them without them blowing up.
I like Nonograms but the SAWE final puzzle gives me a headache. I think it’s the low difference in color between the bits that makes it hard to perceive. I can only imagine how irritating it is for someone that doesn’t like nonograms.
For the Silverware puzzle, the description are in order that the untensiles are in the photo, for example the fourth spoon descrition matches the fourth spoon from the left.
See to me, the tea puzzle is just a logic puzzle and it's not difficult at all for me
Age of Empires 3 is how I know Terrapin is turtle meat
They based the Fox and Geese game on Chinese Checkers (by Hasbro I believe)
Speaking of hidden object games, have you guys ever played Mystery Case Files? Great game series. Most Big Fish hidden object games are good, but the Mystery Case Files series (at least up through Dire Grove, I have not gone beyond that yet) is great.
Cant say I’ve ever heard of those actually but I’d be down to try them out! I usually just love all the moody and atmospheric artwork in games like that
The Fox and Geese wasn't to bad but it dose get tiring. It's actually based on a game called Chinese Cheeckers. So you sort of got it right. It is a checker game but it's a Chinese board game ^^
I also agree with nongrams puzzel and the massive sidoku puzzel.
Oh my god those stupid nonograms...I cheat every time...same with the tunnel puzzle in Venice.
Every single math puzzle is the bane of my existence
Yanno timed puzzles too probably those really don’t go well with anxiety😂😂😂
Also THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THAT HORRIBLE UNDERWATER COLORRR SUDOKU I would take monster sudoku over that any day
You guys’ hatred over the tea puzzle😂😂😂 I never would have guessed that to be the top pick but I guess I get it lol😂😂
Suprised the Relic puzzle at the end of MED isn’t on here. I’ve tried solving that legitimately before and it’s impossible. I also can’t stand the endgame faraday cage puzzle in DED or the tunnels in ASH.
To be perfectly honest, I’ve played MED so few times that I don’t even remember how that puzzle works. It very well may belong here
22:40 I kinda miss those good news bad news puns... they kind of made Trail of the Twister bearable to the point of me purposely crashing the car... It was just so comical on how nancy crashes and they kind of made that chemical puzzle bearable due to how in your face it was plus just be a save scummer if u want to avoid those 15 second sequences
Dude the good news bad news sequences were the funniest shit to me as a kid because I had a super small memory span and couldn’t remember any of them so every time it was like a surprise lol
Okay update: thank you for making the tea puzzle number one!!! It makes no logical sense - some of the ingredients that end up being part of the solution go against the rules!!!!
THANK YOU Oh my god FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AGREES, this whole comment section has just been people attacking us going RNRRRRNG ITS NOT THAT HARD NRNRNRHHGG FENNELLRY FAMILY
Lol glad you enjoyed the list :)
I third this! I hated the tea puzzle! I don’t like being yelled at for putting in the wrong herb.
One biggish puzzle I hate is the security puzzle at Palazzo Zattere in VEN. I've stopped playing the game because it drives me nuts.
My friend and I actually managed to complete that final Shadow at the Water’s Edge nonogram on senior without cheats, still not sure how we managed it but it is possible. I suggest saving multiple times as you go. Whenever you KNOW something is correct, save. That way when you make a mistake, you can just go back without having to start from the beginning again. Hope this helps for when you guys try it without cheats!
For the frass puzzle, adding a voice line to play after each entry might get annoying after a while but its definitely something they couldve added bc I made a text version of a number checker in javascript 101 class
For me, the clock puzzle is not that bad. All you have to do is set the clocks all to midnight, let them run and see how far each one goes, and then just reverse them as necessary. Likewise, the tea puzzle sucked, but I don't think it was the worst.
The Malloy chemical puzzle and Fox and Geese can piss right off though.
I never finished Castle Malloy because of the chemical puzzle.
Got another for an honorable mention:
BARNACLE BLAST from The Haunted Carousel. When you get down to 2 barnacles on your screen and your stupid bouncing ball thing WILL NOT HIT THEM!!
🤣🤣😤😤😤
The puzzle in “Secret of the old clock” with the mini golf was horrible!
AHEM. Are you aware you did not put Sheep catching in castle Malloy on this list? Or running in circles in Ghost dogs woods looking for birds or generally just trying to hit the graveyard?
Or the spinning rooms in Blackmoor? YES THAT IS HOW IT FLIPPING WORKS. ROOMS SPIN. God forbid you make a wrong turn.
@@Jcat_Nguy23 tbh, I just went straight until I reached the forge door 😂😂😂. The 1st time I tried to get through, it killed me!
@@ashtonleahall1791 my first time (and toottallly not the rest of the times) I literally was just randomly clicking. Long long time later I made it and was like, wait. I actually made it that way?
@@Jcat_Nguy23 Sameeeeeeeee, I also didn't realize the 1st time I played that the circular piece you pick up from the moving rooms was a map 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️.
@@ashtonleahall1791 true
I play shadow ranch for the vegetable puzzle
Why do I find the tea puzzle so easy and can do it first time😅
Lucky sod lol
When i did danger by design i used the same method you guys did haha I used little post it's
Uggggh I HATE nonograms, it made me close the game. But I actually loved the Scarlet Hand museum puzzle!
THE INVISIBLE MAGNETS DESERVED A SPOT!!! I only solved it using the glitch that removes the bars
So~ Uhm- Where are the Gears Puzzle (TOT), Stone Circle Sorting Puzzle (LIE), Decoding Olivia's "Coded Message" (MID) and Mini Golf Game (CLK)??
Honestly, the Victorian Dining Cutlery (WAC) is not bad since I managed to finish it without a walkthrough, despite taking some time. And, I found the Chemical Sorting (HAU) very hilarious every time you mess up.
I suppose we just have differing opinions for the most of the puzzles but man I really do love the mini golf from old clock. To me it’s one of the puzzles that even if it is super difficult it’s always fun to try over and over again
No hourglass puzzle or picture frame puzzle???
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Just got around to watching this vid. FYI it’s not that hard, it’s just picking vegetables
lmao guys you are just bad at sudoku, i agree on most these but i completed sudoku on the first try...