One of the more depressing thoughts about this game is the thought that Nancy might REALLY be a valedictorian if she actually went to school instead of spending all her time going on vacations.
She is no longer in school. It is mentioned that Ned and Deirdre are in college, so I figured that made it obvious that Nancy has also finished high school. Not everyone goes to college (I am an autodidact who sucks at school and can't remotely afford school anyway or going into debt from student loans, so high school was it for me when it comes to school), so it's no surprise that Nancy isn't in college, especially when her knowledge and skill is already being put to use. I would absolutely choose traveling the world for free and solving mysteries over going to college any day.
@@englishatheart Maybe that's it, maybe Nancy is a little older than book Nancy and is graduated. But when did she graduate? In Secrets Can Kill, Nancy is still a student, but is taking a semester off. Did she come back and graduate without us knowing it, or do all the games take place during that one semester?
@@englishatheart I know that has nothing to do with what You are Talking about but even though Corine gets Expelled don't You think that Her and Izzy and Mel whould Great at an all Female Rap/ Hip-hop Band?
When I played this game as a kid, it made me nervous for high school because I thought they would actually make me do 30 page research papers on the regular.
Nancy has always been described as having Titian (strawberry blonde/reddish blonde/orange-y blonde) hair, which some people may consider to be more blonde and other people may consider to be more red. It's a very subjective color. I had strawberry blonde hair growing up, and people were always arguing over what color my hair was (red or blonde). 😂
44. This may not be the case in every library, but where I work "missing" is a temporary designation; it's used if someone has recently tried to find an item but couldn't. It's assigned "missing" and we'll look for it for a couple of weeks. If we don't ultimately find it during our yearly inventory, then it's marked as "lost". "Lost" items are either items that should be in the library but we haven't found for a year, or things that were checked out to people that never came back; once something's overdue a certain amount of time (like a month or two, it varies from one place to the next), it's flagged as lost. TL;DR: "Missing" items librarians anticipate having some luck in finding, as they're likely mis-shelved; "lost" items we assume are never coming back and look at purchasing a replacement. Also, it's a HUGE violation of patron privacy to list who has something checked out on a public catalog; only the librarian should have access to that information. It's literally the first thing you learn in library school: don't tell other people what other people have checked out. And the catalog doesn't list a call number for anything, which would make it absurdly difficult to find anything; good luck finding that one etiquette book among the 10,000 books in the non-fiction section. Oh, I have so many problems with this game now that I'm a librarian.
I'm a librarian and I was thinking that too! No library would ever have the patron listed who checked out the book. It's no wonder this game doesn't have a librarian present in the library. They would have fixed all these problems by now. XD
Why was Nancy’s cover backstory that she “got kicked out of a boarding school in France”? Why would a prestigious preparatory school accept her if she got kicked out of a school in France? And why do none of the girls question this?
Also, I’m surprised none of the girls questioned why Nancy didn’t have a French accent, or knew American things so well considering her fake identity was supposed to be from a foreign country lol
For your question on 97 with the map puzzle, I think that's an easter egg. The HER Interactive headquarters are in Bellvue,Washington so that's most likely a lil shout out to basically the birthplace of the Nancy Drew computer games
In the case file, Nancy says that she has to use a fake name because she knew her new classmates would immediately look her up online because that's what teenagers do apparently (Corine ends up looking her up on YR Page and asks why she couldn't find anything) If she used her real one, her cover would have been blown.
Huge Nerd True, but anyone else could have done that in previous games like in Danger by Design. It seems out of place that she would only do it in this game.
Kenzie Stieber Nancy didn't dye her hair red. Not only does the doll in Castle Malloy show her having red hair, she is also a redhead in the books (some say titian is a red-blond color, but pictures and the definition of the word show it is a brownish-red color, but definitely more on the red side of the spectrum).
What frustrated the hell out of me is not being able to explore certain parts of the academy. Like the double doors next to the classroom, the third floor, or the second floor in the library. Or getting the boys school involved in the game somehow. I would've liked to see that.
This was the first Nancy Drew game that I ever played and I played it as my cousin's house so I missed the case file at the beginning. I thought that Becca was her real name and Nancy Drew was our mentor or something.
In regards to 1:37 actually I had to write a 30 page short story + 7 page reflection statement justifying the story. This was the highest level of English possible in school AND we had a whole year to do it (because we had to repeatedly write drafts throughout the year) but just to clarify, it isn’t impossible to have a 30 page research paper (unless the timing is unrealistic.)
Personally, I think it’s laughable that she is complaining about having to find AT LEAST 6 sources…that’s 5 pages worth of material/analysis from each source. Finding 6 sources for 30 pages should be EASY…or your topic is too specific for a 30 page paper.
I had to have like 7 sources for a scientific paper and I had nowhere near 30 pages 🙃 I think it was like 10 or something. I guess it depends on the type of paper, how long your sources are, and what you need from each source.
Nancy says in the intro that she's using a fake name because she's undercover and she doesn't want her cover to be blown by the other girls doing an internet search on her and finding out that she's a detective.
Adam Gourley Doesn't it then seem out of place that she only uses an alias for this game (as far as I can remember, at least)? In other games such as Danger By Design she has a cover, but doesn't change her name completely.
Yeah, I see your point, and I guess what was his point, now that I think about it. Any of the other culprits could have also done an internet search on Nancy in the other cases and that could blow her cover. Except for The Secret of the Old Clock, because the Internet didn't exist back in the 1930's. But that was her first case anyway, so she wouldn't have had a reputation as a detective yet. Or the cases where she's not specifically there to solve a mystery, but stumbles onto one, like The Final Scene, Secret of the Scarlet Hand, Danger on Deception Island, Secret of Shadow Ranch, Shadow at the Water's Edge, or The Shattered Medallion. There she's on vacation or working and the mystery finds her, so the culprit wouldn't have reason to suspect her.
@@rakastettu2237 It's probably because this was the first case where mostly teenagers were the suspects. The other times Nancy went undercover, the adult suspects wouldn't think to look her up online because HER thinks only people 19 and under know what the internet is.
(More the programmers fault) Why when you take a picture of someone they are too impatient, as they demand you hurry in an unrealistically too short of a time to aim zoom and focus
What if the fire alarm went off in the middle of the night or something and if it was actually a fire? Would one of the twins have to stay inside and die to keep up the act?
I imagine she would escape but not go to whatever designated place the school instructs everyone to go during a fire. Instead she'd hide in the woods or something until the all-clear was given, then sneak back inside
Corrine's bio lists her interest in English, and is from Boston which is where Poe is from. Not very subtle clues she was the culprit. Also I didn't understand why she took the time to photoshop a pic of herself with Izzy saying they were friends??? Anyway I've been replaying all the Nancy Drew games purely for nostalgia recently and found your "everything wrong with" videos. Thanks for the laughs lol
I’m a librarian and “lost” items and “missing” items are two different things in our system. “Lost” items are materials that people check out, never returned, and are now fined for that item. “Missing” items are items that are not checked out but that we are unable to locate in the library (even though it’s listed as being available), so then we have to mark it missing.
Can we add Leela's voice to the tally? Genuinely don't know what I hate more, her voice or Izzy's face. Also would totally on my last day before leaving after exposing Corinne, tell the principal about the cheating with homework rubbish to get the jerks into trouble and then have a fun "I'm a detective, so long suckers" moment with all the students.
The inside of the library is a cavernous two-story room, yet it can't fit in that space. Nancy's bedroom with the window facing the tree is supposed to be directly above the library (which is on the second floor) and the front of that part of the building doesn't extend past the front entrance. The inside of the library is basically the same size as the entire dormitory.
I think it's like in shadow at the waters edge but you have to go to bed at a certain time to get it only it's an optional thing not up you have to get that to solve the mystery thing
the light switch thing could be because the building is really old and they have limited options for electric setups when renovating, but i kinda doubt the developers thought that deep so idk
Okay, so here's what I think happened with the whole Jacob framing Mel thing. Corine probably hacked into his computer or something like that. The twins mentioned that every time they receive an email from the Black cat it's always from a different address, so she probably just decided to use his so that it couldn't be retraced to her, and it makes Izzy or Leela look suspicious. Also, identical twins can be different heights.
This was so much fun! I've got a few more for you. We never really get to talk to Rachel the same way we do to each of the other girls. Rachel just gives us chores and then we find out her secret. The phone conversation with Megan is the only thing in this game that could be construed as a conversation. With all the face-to-face interactions, Nancy pretty much jumps in and starts asking questions without trying to establish a rapport with girls her own age. Nancy has no social graces. For that matter, it's a wonder some of the girls don't get suspicious of all the questions. Izzy tells her some of her questions are strange, but that's about it. Nancy never logs out of the library computer. It's a bit of a stretch to assume that no one else is going to use it, even if they do have their own laptops. Instead of reaching in and grabbing the token right away, Nancy stands there a moment and lets the squirrel run off with it. Nancy's deliberately slow just so the game designers can create another puzzle. Some of those nighttime hiding places shouldn't be able to conceal a full-grown woman. How the heck does Paige not notice Nancy? Just as Nancy doesn't notice the members of the Blackwood society, neither do they notice Nancy climbing the tree despite all the noise she makes. None of them are observant. Izzy keeps a picture of just herself on her desk and hides the key to her trunk behind it. 1) That's not a good hiding place. 2) It's not a good photo. And 3) it's kinda weird to just have a framed head shot to turn and look at when you look up. Izzy is narcissistic and not at all photogenic. Michael's right, how does Waverly manage to guarantee the valedictorian a full-ride scholarship to the university of her choice? The way scholarships work, it's usually either the university itself or the government that provides the funding. Does Waverly have a deal with every college or university in the nation that the student automatically gets that free ride? There are channels, policies, and lots of red tape before you get any kind of scholarship. This free ride is too much of a sweet deal. Okay, gotta cut myself off again. Can't wait for the one on Trail of the Twister!
Money for scholarships is NOT provided by the school or the government; it is provided by an individual or a business. As long as the donor/donors continue to provide funding each year, it is perfectly realistic for the school to be able to provide a scholarship to one student each year. Also, there is no red tape in order to give a scholarship to the student's college of choice. All the scholarship donor needs to do is send a check to the school with the student's name on it so the school can apply the funds to that student's account. Trust me, I work in a financial aid office; I know this stuff. 😉
43- cataloger here! This is actually surprisingly correct cataloging lol. They're published as a set, so they're on one record together-- the actual page for the encyclopedia would have the details/volume breakdown. The half set thing is weird though. 44- others have noted this, but they can be different! Personally though, I've only ever used "LOST."
You mentioned Nancy being a redhead in this but a blonde in the last game, but if you noticed the doll of her from Castle Malloy, it also had red hair. So Nancy has always been a redhead, this is just the first game to have someone verbally point it out.
I'm trying to come up with a theory as to what is with the screaming in the middle of the night in the real world I think it was just put in to add more spooky atmosphere to the game because nothing really scary happens in this game so they added this randomly . Whatever's going on with the scream in the middle night page seems to know what's going on because she immediately after the screen says everything's fine and if she didn't know what was going on she would at least pause to investigate you would think to make sure nobody was like dying or something so I'm thinking the screen came from another administration person like page because page is actually pretty young herself so the screen could come from her or another administrator her age because she immediately knows that everything's OK so it could be that she is the one who screamed while she was walking around I mean one Waverley Academy is a pretty creepy place to be walking around in the middle of the night
OK after giving it some thought I think Paige is the mysterious creamer in the night and here's why after the scream she immediately address is everyone else saying if they leave their room they'll get five to merits if it's a student was the screamer I think she would lecture the student before addressing anyone else in the building I get the feeling like she's really clumsy but we just don't see it because we never see her in the game but I think page like fell down the stairs stairs something screamed and then immediately addressed everyone to let them know hey I'm just clumsy and if you could him out here and see that I fell down there so stairs will get five to merits because you know she's trying to be that whole tough girl and I get the feeling she's really clumsy because we hear her mouth cordless playing the cello of the entire time throughout the night so first of all she doesn't take the curfew as a threat and second of all there isn't any pause in the music or anything during the scream so she basically just keeps right on playing perfectly throughout the entire screen and audio scene so this must happen pretty frequently.
writing teams and graphics teams don't communicate on the level you think they do especially for games that are made in this manner. i've been on the other side of this basically begging ppl to correct art assets for the sake of consistency so watching this makes me laugh. ur valid keep making these they're funny i know it's a joke i'm just venting into the wind i guess.
Okay this is so weird but hearing you point out these mistakes? I know exactly how this game was made. Concept created probably by higher ups. Writing Team comes up basic plot, puzzle ideas, cutscenes (probably good dividers), then writes sections separately (probably divide it up into dialouge per character, cutscenes per writer, etc). Artists work on characters and locations. Then it's all shoved together into a game? But some of these issues could be solved by basic communication between the two groups? I mean there has to be someone editing all the dialouge so it has a cohesive voice and style but like...they missed stuff.
If you forget to take a picture of the completed map puzzle before having to follow Rachel/Kim, then you have to risk being caught in the classroom to take the picture. I tried to wait until night-time, since I wasn't allowed to set my alarm because I had to find the blackmailer, and wasted hours of game time playing the piano and playing games with Leela, only for the game to reset to day instead of progressing to night as it should've done.
Actually and this is really weird but I think I had the same glitch before but I decided to try entering the History Classroom during the day. For some reason on the last day of investigation, Paige doesn't catch Nancy sneaking into the classroom meaning you can still take the photo on the last day. I have no idea why Paige isn't paying attention to the classroom during the day anymore but she isn't. It makes zero sense why the clearly obsessed Paige who yells at you all the time and watches everywhere suddenly doesn't care about that one rule. From a gameplay stance, it makes perfect sense we can't have the player locked out of the game due to one photo but from a character stance, it makes no sense whatsoever.
The books described Nancy's hair as being strawberry blonde. Also, it is possible for identical twins to be different heights. In the case of identical twins, one twin sometimes absorbs more nutrients in the womb which deprives the other twin of nutrients. I saw a video about it once in one of my classes. Also, I don't get #19.
The thing that always gets stuck in my craw is that at the beginning Corinne is writing a 30-page research paper, but then later when she gives you the essay that won her a prestigious award, it’s like less than 30 sentences And if you though no phones in the rec room was bad, St. Andrew’s School (where Dead Poets Society was filmed) has what’s known as the ‘phone rule’ which prohibits students from having their phones outside their dorm rooms
I have one he forgot you can't leave your room at night even to use the bathroom. You get a hwfty punishment for using the bathroom at night. How is noone expelled with a systwm like that?
9: because in the case file she said that if she used her real name, her cover would have been blown immediately because those girls would be on search engines almost immediately 15: what else is new 16: sometimes in the books they describe her hair as Strawberry Blond 24: see what I said for 15 30: more like "Nancy does everyone else's Homework cliche" 33: yeah but then her secret would be out in the open I think the big question is, why didn't Rachel tell Kimberly about Nancy oh and here's another one, why not use any of the students that were in the Curse of the Black Cat which is the book this game is based off of 129: izzy hates everyone
When I first watched this video, I was confused when Arglefumph said that Rachel was two people. But then the game gets to the twist of Rachel having a twin that looks exactly like her, and then I understood why Arglefumph said that Rachel was two people. But I haven’t even played any of the Nancy Drew games.
Ok, so I work for a public library and we do consider “Missing” and “Lost” books as two different things. A “Missing” item is one that we just can’t find on the shelf, so we mark it as missing. A “Lost” item is an item that is checked out to someone, but is sooo long overdue that we consider it lost. Everything else is differently wrong! :)
9. MICHAEL OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T READ THE CASE FILE. IT SAID THAT THE STUDENTS WOULD LOOK NANCY UP ON THE INTERNET AND HER COVER WOULD BE BLOWN. SO SHE'S USING A FAKE NAME. P. S. I'M NOT SCREAMING MY CAPS LOCK KEY IS BROKEN.
How do you get that scene where you have to hide from Paige in the middle of the night? I've played Warnings like six times and I've never gotten that scene lol
You basically walk around indoors after hours, and then when Paige starts her rounds, you look for different hiding places. You can also just move ahead of her and make it to your destination, so you can go the whole game without hiding.
13. I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think Fulbright Scholarships are for international students wanting to study in the US. If so, Corinne wouldn't be eligible for one.
I personally think Leela should've been the leader of the Blackwood Society instead of Izzy. Firstly, it would make sense since her and Mel were friends at one point and that would connect with her choosing Mel to be a member rather than it being Izzy's decision since those two hate each other and Izzy's boyfriend tries to falsely incriminage Mel on plagiarism. Secondly, it would've been more suprising that the athlete was the head. Thirdly, it would have kept Leela relevant in the narrative as after you get Megan's picture she just sort of stops being important (except for the brief boyfreind drama with Izzy).
Does Nancy get hired for this case because if not how else would she know there's a mystery and if she's hired then why do they expell her they should give her "detention" or something so then the mystery could actually be solved
The case file says that the Waverly headmistress has forbidden Nancy to speak to the administration during her undercover assignment. No adults are looking out for Nancy in the mystery to protect her cover - which is counter intuitive.
This is just a theory, what if Izzy picked everyone in Ramsey Hall to be a member of the Blackwood Society, though Megan and Danielle couldn’t be members since all of them were gathered when they were away unless Izzy replaced them or Rachel AND Kim went for some reason, it was just a theory.
142. Would the book be Public Domain because of its age, or does the clock start ticking when it's first published? If it's not Public Domain, the Poe Estate would own it.
Was the Poe story an unpublished manuscript? If it was published it would be OOC at this point since many of his other stories are now. If it was unpublished then the Poe Estate would own it.
@@DestinyKiller Unpublished. But does the law cover something like this? Would the Poe Estate own it? And if they did, would they be able to demand that Nancy hand it over? I'm not sure, I've never heard of a case like that. Probably HER hadn't either, so they wisely punted on the question. It seems like there are two questions here. 1) Who owns the intellectual property? (i.e. who has the right to publish it), and 2) Who owns the physical manuscript? Would the Poe Estate own both of those things, or just one, or neither?
@@GraemeCree I would think that the Poe Estate would own it since it is a work that would fall under their ownership, if they own all Poe works and have the right to publish them. I'm not entirely sure but it's a very interesting question
One of the more depressing thoughts about this game is the thought that Nancy might REALLY be a valedictorian if she actually went to school instead of spending all her time going on vacations.
She is no longer in school. It is mentioned that Ned and Deirdre are in college, so I figured that made it obvious that Nancy has also finished high school. Not everyone goes to college (I am an autodidact who sucks at school and can't remotely afford school anyway or going into debt from student loans, so high school was it for me when it comes to school), so it's no surprise that Nancy isn't in college, especially when her knowledge and skill is already being put to use. I would absolutely choose traveling the world for free and solving mysteries over going to college any day.
@@englishatheart Maybe that's it, maybe Nancy is a little older than book Nancy and is graduated. But when did she graduate? In Secrets Can Kill, Nancy is still a student, but is taking a semester off. Did she come back and graduate without us knowing it, or do all the games take place during that one semester?
@@englishatheart I know that has nothing to do with what You are Talking about but even though Corine gets Expelled don't You think that Her and Izzy and Mel whould Great at an all Female Rap/ Hip-hop Band?
@@englishatheart something tells me she must have graduated early or something...from High School and it's possible if you earn credits fast enough
"Why did Danielle steal Oklahoma and hide it here?" The quote is hilarious out of context.
This game always made me feel so cozy. I just loved the Victorian vibe of the school and how it snows and stuff. It's just so lovely
When I played this game as a kid, it made me nervous for high school because I thought they would actually make me do 30 page research papers on the regular.
That Paige/George bit was funny.
I helped edit that. :D
Nice!
"THIS is Jacob??" I died of laughter!!!!!!
Final sin: Nancy doesn't foil Corine - it's only because Mel stood in Corine's way that we successfully catch her.
Nancy has always been described as having Titian (strawberry blonde/reddish blonde/orange-y blonde) hair, which some people may consider to be more blonde and other people may consider to be more red. It's a very subjective color. I had strawberry blonde hair growing up, and people were always arguing over what color my hair was (red or blonde). 😂
Exactly!
Thanks for clearing that up. That was the biggest Nancy Drew mystery for me when I grew up reading the books!
The definition and pictures I've seen say it's a brownish red, not blonde.
Brit B. In some book illustrations, she has red, brown, and blonde hair. The world may never know.
Brit B. Story of my life XD
44. This may not be the case in every library, but where I work "missing" is a temporary designation; it's used if someone has recently tried to find an item but couldn't. It's assigned "missing" and we'll look for it for a couple of weeks. If we don't ultimately find it during our yearly inventory, then it's marked as "lost". "Lost" items are either items that should be in the library but we haven't found for a year, or things that were checked out to people that never came back; once something's overdue a certain amount of time (like a month or two, it varies from one place to the next), it's flagged as lost.
TL;DR: "Missing" items librarians anticipate having some luck in finding, as they're likely mis-shelved; "lost" items we assume are never coming back and look at purchasing a replacement.
Also, it's a HUGE violation of patron privacy to list who has something checked out on a public catalog; only the librarian should have access to that information. It's literally the first thing you learn in library school: don't tell other people what other people have checked out. And the catalog doesn't list a call number for anything, which would make it absurdly difficult to find anything; good luck finding that one etiquette book among the 10,000 books in the non-fiction section. Oh, I have so many problems with this game now that I'm a librarian.
I'm a librarian and I was thinking that too! No library would ever have the patron listed who checked out the book. It's no wonder this game doesn't have a librarian present in the library. They would have fixed all these problems by now. XD
Why was Nancy’s cover backstory that she “got kicked out of a boarding school in France”? Why would a prestigious preparatory school accept her if she got kicked out of a school in France? And why do none of the girls question this?
Always understood it that her backstory was she was transferring, and the rumor mill turned it into "kicked out."
Also, I’m surprised none of the girls questioned why Nancy didn’t have a French accent, or knew American things so well considering her fake identity was supposed to be from a foreign country lol
@@NostalgictotheMax It also says that she is originally from the USA, so i guess that's why
The Paige/George thing has me SHOOK
For your question on 97 with the map puzzle, I think that's an easter egg. The HER Interactive headquarters are in Bellvue,Washington so that's most likely a lil shout out to basically the birthplace of the Nancy Drew computer games
In the case file, Nancy says that she has to use a fake name because she knew her new classmates would immediately look her up online because that's what teenagers do apparently (Corine ends up looking her up on YR Page and asks why she couldn't find anything) If she used her real one, her cover would have been blown.
Probably why Nancy also dyed her hair red
Huge Nerd True, but anyone else could have done that in previous games like in Danger by Design. It seems out of place that she would only do it in this game.
it was a special request from her client to go undercover
they should redo all games remastered. woohoo
Kenzie Stieber Nancy didn't dye her hair red. Not only does the doll in Castle Malloy show her having red hair, she is also a redhead in the books (some say titian is a red-blond color, but pictures and the definition of the word show it is a brownish-red color, but definitely more on the red side of the spectrum).
I agree about not having Mel as my girlfriend. :/
Also! Point for the fact Nancy did NOT bring up her own mothers death when the twins brought up theirs for once.
What frustrated the hell out of me is not being able to explore certain parts of the academy. Like the double doors next to the classroom, the third floor, or the second floor in the library. Or getting the boys school involved in the game somehow. I would've liked to see that.
Oooooh. Wouldn’t it be awesome if we could play as Ned at the boys school?
2. I've seen light switches on the outside of a closet in very old buildings.
My condo isn't that old, but I have a light switch on the outside of my closet. I like it since I don't have to open the door into a dark place.
my room has that😂
This game made me think that all fancy boarding schools offered you full college scholarships when I was younger
Don't for get that Poe literally could not have given Rita Hallowell that book in the first place. Sincerely, a Lit nerd.
Corine's essay about Poe's death is more or less copy/pasted directly from the Wikipedia article.
11. Corrine. I laughed so hard, I paused the video for 3 minutes straight.
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actually you can break into paige's room buuut you get caught and expelled
This was the first Nancy Drew game that I ever played and I played it as my cousin's house so I missed the case file at the beginning. I thought that Becca was her real name and Nancy Drew was our mentor or something.
37: Leela is me when I try to do anything productive
In regards to 1:37 actually I had to write a 30 page short story + 7 page reflection statement justifying the story. This was the highest level of English possible in school AND we had a whole year to do it (because we had to repeatedly write drafts throughout the year) but just to clarify, it isn’t impossible to have a 30 page research paper (unless the timing is unrealistic.)
Personally, I think it’s laughable that she is complaining about having to find AT LEAST 6 sources…that’s 5 pages worth of material/analysis from each source. Finding 6 sources for 30 pages should be EASY…or your topic is too specific for a 30 page paper.
I had to have like 7 sources for a scientific paper and I had nowhere near 30 pages 🙃 I think it was like 10 or something. I guess it depends on the type of paper, how long your sources are, and what you need from each source.
Nancy says in the intro that she's using a fake name because she's undercover and she doesn't want her cover to be blown by the other girls doing an internet search on her and finding out that she's a detective.
Adam Gourley Doesn't it then seem out of place that she only uses an alias for this game (as far as I can remember, at least)? In other games such as Danger By Design she has a cover, but doesn't change her name completely.
Yeah, I see your point, and I guess what was his point, now that I think about it. Any of the other culprits could have also done an internet search on Nancy in the other cases and that could blow her cover. Except for The Secret of the Old Clock, because the Internet didn't exist back in the 1930's. But that was her first case anyway, so she wouldn't have had a reputation as a detective yet. Or the cases where she's not specifically there to solve a mystery, but stumbles onto one, like The Final Scene, Secret of the Scarlet Hand, Danger on Deception Island, Secret of Shadow Ranch, Shadow at the Water's Edge, or The Shattered Medallion. There she's on vacation or working and the mystery finds her, so the culprit wouldn't have reason to suspect her.
Adam Gourley Excellent points. I didn't think about the earlier games.
@@rakastettu2237 It's probably because this was the first case where mostly teenagers were the suspects. The other times Nancy went undercover, the adult suspects wouldn't think to look her up online because HER thinks only people 19 and under know what the internet is.
13. The tuition at Waverly is probably close to the tuition at Harvard. They be rolling in money.
10:00 with George is actually kind of creepy
I just played this game, and NEVER had to hide when Paige was coming. Like, she was never around after curfew. I must have been super quick lol
(More the programmers fault)
Why when you take a picture of someone they are too impatient, as they demand you hurry in an unrealistically too short of a time to aim zoom and focus
GEORGE!!!!??? lol I laughed so hard
What if the fire alarm went off in the middle of the night or something and if it was actually a fire? Would one of the twins have to stay inside and die to keep up the act?
I imagine she would escape but not go to whatever designated place the school instructs everyone to go during a fire. Instead she'd hide in the woods or something until the all-clear was given, then sneak back inside
The books often describe her as strawberry blonde. Meaning she’s supposed to be red-blonde.
Another weird one is that Izzy claims that everyone on the Valedictorian floor has gotten a note, even though Rachel and Nancy haven't
Corrine's bio lists her interest in English, and is from Boston which is where Poe is from. Not very subtle clues she was the culprit. Also I didn't understand why she took the time to photoshop a pic of herself with Izzy saying they were friends??? Anyway I've been replaying all the Nancy Drew games purely for nostalgia recently and found your "everything wrong with" videos. Thanks for the laughs lol
for all the times ive played this game ive never realized danielle really was just rachel.... they were triplets....
Julia explain?
Rachel and Kim are twins but apparently they have a triplet and that's Danielle bc she has the exact same character design lol
Please keep doing these, I love them!
I’m a librarian and “lost” items and “missing” items are two different things in our system. “Lost” items are materials that people check out, never returned, and are now fined for that item. “Missing” items are items that are not checked out but that we are unable to locate in the library (even though it’s listed as being available), so then we have to mark it missing.
Cool explanation!
Can we add Leela's voice to the tally?
Genuinely don't know what I hate more, her voice or Izzy's face.
Also would totally on my last day before leaving after exposing Corinne, tell the principal about the cheating with homework rubbish to get the jerks into trouble and then have a fun "I'm a detective, so long suckers" moment with all the students.
The inside of the library is a cavernous two-story room, yet it can't fit in that space. Nancy's bedroom with the window facing the tree is supposed to be directly above the library (which is on the second floor) and the front of that part of the building doesn't extend past the front entrance. The inside of the library is basically the same size as the entire dormitory.
I’ve never even heard that scream?! How does that happen?
It always happened when I played the game. Maybe it's triggered somehow.
I always hear the scream when I play. Idk what triggers it
I’m not sure. I’ve played this game many times and have never heard it.
Same - I just finished it yesterday and I never encountered the screaming portion, nor did I ever return the Poe book.
I think it's like in shadow at the waters edge but you have to go to bed at a certain time to get it only it's an optional thing not up you have to get that to solve the mystery thing
These videos will never get old 😂 This is one of my favorite games though!
identical twins can be different heights if one got more nutrients in the womb. rachel is alpha lmao
Despite regularly disguising herself, this is the only game where Nancy assumes a fake name for the entire plot.
7:29 Clearly Rachel and Kim are the granddaughters of Professor Hotchkiss.
the light switch thing could be because the building is really old and they have limited options for electric setups when renovating, but i kinda doubt the developers thought that deep so idk
124. That's because you are talking to Kim, not Rachel. If you guess her as Kim, she confirms it.
"who puts light switches outside a closet?"
*looks to the closets in his house*
Okay, so here's what I think happened with the whole Jacob framing Mel thing. Corine probably hacked into his computer or something like that. The twins mentioned that every time they receive an email from the Black cat it's always from a different address, so she probably just decided to use his so that it couldn't be retraced to her, and it makes Izzy or Leela look suspicious. Also, identical twins can be different heights.
This was so much fun! I've got a few more for you.
We never really get to talk to Rachel the same way we do to each of the other girls. Rachel just gives us chores and then we find out her secret.
The phone conversation with Megan is the only thing in this game that could be construed as a conversation. With all the face-to-face interactions, Nancy pretty much jumps in and starts asking questions without trying to establish a rapport with girls her own age. Nancy has no social graces.
For that matter, it's a wonder some of the girls don't get suspicious of all the questions. Izzy tells her some of her questions are strange, but that's about it.
Nancy never logs out of the library computer. It's a bit of a stretch to assume that no one else is going to use it, even if they do have their own laptops.
Instead of reaching in and grabbing the token right away, Nancy stands there a moment and lets the squirrel run off with it. Nancy's deliberately slow just so the game designers can create another puzzle.
Some of those nighttime hiding places shouldn't be able to conceal a full-grown woman. How the heck does Paige not notice Nancy?
Just as Nancy doesn't notice the members of the Blackwood society, neither do they notice Nancy climbing the tree despite all the noise she makes. None of them are observant.
Izzy keeps a picture of just herself on her desk and hides the key to her trunk behind it. 1) That's not a good hiding place. 2) It's not a good photo. And 3) it's kinda weird to just have a framed head shot to turn and look at when you look up. Izzy is narcissistic and not at all photogenic.
Michael's right, how does Waverly manage to guarantee the valedictorian a full-ride scholarship to the university of her choice? The way scholarships work, it's usually either the university itself or the government that provides the funding. Does Waverly have a deal with every college or university in the nation that the student automatically gets that free ride? There are channels, policies, and lots of red tape before you get any kind of scholarship. This free ride is too much of a sweet deal.
Okay, gotta cut myself off again. Can't wait for the one on Trail of the Twister!
Money for scholarships is NOT provided by the school or the government; it is provided by an individual or a business. As long as the donor/donors continue to provide funding each year, it is perfectly realistic for the school to be able to provide a scholarship to one student each year.
Also, there is no red tape in order to give a scholarship to the student's college of choice. All the scholarship donor needs to do is send a check to the school with the student's name on it so the school can apply the funds to that student's account. Trust me, I work in a financial aid office; I know this stuff. 😉
My bedroom is like the study room type area in the living room and my light switch is outside the door. So thats fun!
43- cataloger here! This is actually surprisingly correct cataloging lol. They're published as a set, so they're on one record together-- the actual page for the encyclopedia would have the details/volume breakdown. The half set thing is weird though.
44- others have noted this, but they can be different! Personally though, I've only ever used "LOST."
You mentioned Nancy being a redhead in this but a blonde in the last game, but if you noticed the doll of her from Castle Malloy, it also had red hair. So Nancy has always been a redhead, this is just the first game to have someone verbally point it out.
Maybe Nancy is wearing a wig like in phantom of Venice
Identical twins aren't always the exact same height though, Michael.
I think he meant that Rachel claims no one can tell them apart, but their different heights should make that easy.
About the whole blonde/red hair continuity thing: It’s possible for Nancy to dye her hair. At least, I would think so.
Fun fact: my apartment has the light switch on the outside of the closet.
I'm trying to come up with a theory as to what is with the screaming in the middle of the night in the real world I think it was just put in to add more spooky atmosphere to the game because nothing really scary happens in this game so they added this randomly . Whatever's going on with the scream in the middle night page seems to know what's going on because she immediately after the screen says everything's fine and if she didn't know what was going on she would at least pause to investigate you would think to make sure nobody was like dying or something so I'm thinking the screen came from another administration person like page because page is actually pretty young herself so the screen could come from her or another administrator her age because she immediately knows that everything's OK so it could be that she is the one who screamed while she was walking around I mean one Waverley Academy is a pretty creepy place to be walking around in the middle of the night
OK after giving it some thought I think Paige is the mysterious creamer in the night and here's why after the scream she immediately address is everyone else saying if they leave their room they'll get five to merits if it's a student was the screamer I think she would lecture the student before addressing anyone else in the building I get the feeling like she's really clumsy but we just don't see it because we never see her in the game but I think page like fell down the stairs stairs something screamed and then immediately addressed everyone to let them know hey I'm just clumsy and if you could him out here and see that I fell down there so stairs will get five to merits because you know she's trying to be that whole tough girl and I get the feeling she's really clumsy because we hear her mouth cordless playing the cello of the entire time throughout the night so first of all she doesn't take the curfew as a threat and second of all there isn't any pause in the music or anything during the scream so she basically just keeps right on playing perfectly throughout the entire screen and audio scene so this must happen pretty frequently.
I agree with it being Paige, she could just as easily be screaming because she found a mouse or something. xD
The sound files suggest it's Corine. The file is named "CMScream_sfx," where CM stands for Corine Myers.
@@123Yellowberry123 But isn't Corine in the room with Nancy at the time?
Elsie I guess for it to work, we have to assume Corine snuck out of the room and snuck back in without Nancy noticing.
writing teams and graphics teams don't communicate on the level you think they do especially for games that are made in this manner. i've been on the other side of this basically begging ppl to correct art assets for the sake of consistency so watching this makes me laugh. ur valid keep making these they're funny i know it's a joke i'm just venting into the wind i guess.
Okay this is so weird but hearing you point out these mistakes? I know exactly how this game was made. Concept created probably by higher ups. Writing Team comes up basic plot, puzzle ideas, cutscenes (probably good dividers), then writes sections separately (probably divide it up into dialouge per character, cutscenes per writer, etc). Artists work on characters and locations. Then it's all shoved together into a game? But some of these issues could be solved by basic communication between the two groups? I mean there has to be someone editing all the dialouge so it has a cohesive voice and style but like...they missed stuff.
I love these videos! Been waiting for another everything wrong!! Hahaha this is great
If you forget to take a picture of the completed map puzzle before having to follow Rachel/Kim, then you have to risk being caught in the classroom to take the picture. I tried to wait until night-time, since I wasn't allowed to set my alarm because I had to find the blackmailer, and wasted hours of game time playing the piano and playing games with Leela, only for the game to reset to day instead of progressing to night as it should've done.
I got that glitch too!! You have to hope you have a saved game before the Rachel cutscene or risk starting completing over.
Actually and this is really weird but I think I had the same glitch before but I decided to try entering the History Classroom during the day. For some reason on the last day of investigation, Paige doesn't catch Nancy sneaking into the classroom meaning you can still take the photo on the last day. I have no idea why Paige isn't paying attention to the classroom during the day anymore but she isn't. It makes zero sense why the clearly obsessed Paige who yells at you all the time and watches everywhere suddenly doesn't care about that one rule. From a gameplay stance, it makes perfect sense we can't have the player locked out of the game due to one photo but from a character stance, it makes no sense whatsoever.
Yeah, no phone signs in school to me mean you don't want students in that room. (4:05)
8:58 you don’t even have to do that puzzle. I’ve played the whole game and just wasn’t friends with Mel and I didn’t have to help her
GEORGE?! What the actual heck? That's hilarious!
I’m 27, and I still pat my tummy when I’m hungry. 😂
1. I don't know if the game was ahead of its time, but our house has light switches on the outside of some of the closets, as well as the pantry.
The books described Nancy's hair as being strawberry blonde. Also, it is possible for identical twins to be different heights. In the case of identical twins, one twin sometimes absorbs more nutrients in the womb which deprives the other twin of nutrients. I saw a video about it once in one of my classes. Also, I don't get #19.
I think 19 is just a joke that he would have thought Mel was cute when he was in school
DestinyKiller Ok, that makes sense.
To be fair the closet at my parents house had the light switch on the outside of the door
The thing that always gets stuck in my craw is that at the beginning Corinne is writing a 30-page research paper, but then later when she gives you the essay that won her a prestigious award, it’s like less than 30 sentences
And if you though no phones in the rec room was bad, St. Andrew’s School (where Dead Poets Society was filmed) has what’s known as the ‘phone rule’ which prohibits students from having their phones outside their dorm rooms
I've been waiting for this one!!! Thank you and love your videos!!
Mel is adorable ^^
What if someone has to go to the bathroom at that time? (11:38)
I have one he forgot you can't leave your room at night even to use the bathroom. You get a hwfty punishment for using the bathroom at night. How is noone expelled with a systwm like that?
Okay that George/Paige thing is so creepy
9: because in the case file she said that if she used her real name, her cover would have been blown immediately because those girls would be on search engines almost immediately
15: what else is new
16: sometimes in the books they describe her hair as Strawberry Blond
24: see what I said for 15
30: more like "Nancy does everyone else's Homework cliche"
33: yeah but then her secret would be out in the open
I think the big question is, why didn't Rachel tell Kimberly about Nancy
oh and here's another one, why not use any of the students that were in the Curse of the Black Cat which is the book this game is based off of
129: izzy hates everyone
106 and 128 are pure savage LOL. Steps to Reformatting is a book in the library catalogue. Pretty sure that Corrine took the Poe book.
Someone probably already said this, but Nancy drew has strawberry blonde hair which is blonde AND reddish.
Can you do Ghost of Thornton Hall next? Pleaseee
He's doing the games in order. This is game 21. Ghost of Thornton Hall is 28.
Next is Trail of the Twister.
Trail of the twister has been posted! Next is.... shadow at the waters edge?
In this game doing the chores for the twins was the most annoying part. Nonetheless, this game is my favorite.
This is amazing
When I first watched this video, I was confused when Arglefumph said that Rachel was two people. But then the game gets to the twist of Rachel having a twin that looks exactly like her, and then I understood why Arglefumph said that Rachel was two people. But I haven’t even played any of the Nancy Drew games.
Play them! They are awesome.
@@ashleygibson2342 Maybe I will if I can get some for my computer.
Ok, so I work for a public library and we do consider “Missing” and “Lost” books as two different things. A “Missing” item is one that we just can’t find on the shelf, so we mark it as missing. A “Lost” item is an item that is checked out to someone, but is sooo long overdue that we consider it lost. Everything else is differently wrong! :)
Omg I can’t believe you uncovered that Paige is George! Lol that’s kinda embarrassing for herinteractive
Eh, not really. A lot of games reuse character models
You can finish the game without helping Mel.
9. MICHAEL OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T READ THE CASE FILE. IT SAID THAT THE STUDENTS WOULD LOOK NANCY UP ON THE INTERNET AND HER COVER WOULD BE BLOWN. SO SHE'S USING A FAKE NAME.
P. S. I'M NOT SCREAMING MY CAPS LOCK KEY IS BROKEN.
Yeah, but HER’s assuming that no one over age 19 knows how to use the internet
How do you get that scene where you have to hide from Paige in the middle of the night? I've played Warnings like six times and I've never gotten that scene lol
You basically walk around indoors after hours, and then when Paige starts her rounds, you look for different hiding places. You can also just move ahead of her and make it to your destination, so you can go the whole game without hiding.
13. I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think Fulbright Scholarships are for international students wanting to study in the US. If so, Corinne wouldn't be eligible for one.
Hang on, correction on that. It doesn't say "Fulbright", it says "full ride". It shows up that way in the text box, and is used twice in the game.
I'm confused about the motives of the twins. Only one of them can get the degree at the end. Right?
I personally think Leela should've been the leader of the Blackwood Society instead of Izzy. Firstly, it would make sense since her and Mel were friends at one point and that would connect with her choosing Mel to be a member rather than it being Izzy's decision since those two hate each other and Izzy's boyfriend tries to falsely incriminage Mel on plagiarism. Secondly, it would've been more suprising that the athlete was the head. Thirdly, it would have kept Leela relevant in the narrative as after you get Megan's picture she just sort of stops being important (except for the brief boyfreind drama with Izzy).
I'm going to be so sad after you do #32....
Does Nancy get hired for this case because if not how else would she know there's a mystery and if she's hired then why do they expell her they should give her "detention" or something so then the mystery could actually be solved
The case file says that the Waverly headmistress has forbidden Nancy to speak to the administration during her undercover assignment. No adults are looking out for Nancy in the mystery to protect her cover - which is counter intuitive.
This is just a theory, what if Izzy picked everyone in Ramsey Hall to be a member of the Blackwood Society, though Megan and Danielle couldn’t be members since all of them were gathered when they were away unless Izzy replaced them or Rachel AND Kim went for some reason, it was just a theory.
i have a walk in closet in my new apartment that has the lightswitch outside..... i get it now lol
I wonder if Washington state doesn’t fall off the map because that is where Herinteractive is based out of? 🧐
Am I the only one who has never had that scream in the middle of the night?????
#32 Right??? That's always bothered me lol
142. Would the book be Public Domain because of its age, or does the clock start ticking when it's first published? If it's not Public Domain, the Poe Estate would own it.
Was the Poe story an unpublished manuscript? If it was published it would be OOC at this point since many of his other stories are now.
If it was unpublished then the Poe Estate would own it.
@@DestinyKiller Unpublished. But does the law cover something like this? Would the Poe Estate own it? And if they did, would they be able to demand that Nancy hand it over? I'm not sure, I've never heard of a case like that. Probably HER hadn't either, so they wisely punted on the question. It seems like there are two questions here. 1) Who owns the intellectual property? (i.e. who has the right to publish it), and 2) Who owns the physical manuscript? Would the Poe Estate own both of those things, or just one, or neither?
@@GraemeCree I would think that the Poe Estate would own it since it is a work that would fall under their ownership, if they own all Poe works and have the right to publish them. I'm not entirely sure but it's a very interesting question
My closet's light switch is outside the closet
Nancy drew said yes to everything
4:19 literally me right now with midterms
9:55 What the heck?!