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Nancy Drew®: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2009

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Quick resume

Hunt for Clues on the Trail of a Pack of Phantom Hounds!

Global score

92/100

Genres

Adventure, Point-and-click

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    Pros

    • Engaging mystery and story
    • Atmospheric setting and music
    • Nostalgic appeal
    • Logical and varied puzzles
    • Exploration of detailed environments

    Cons

    • Tedious backtracking especially in woods
    • Some repetitive fetch quests
    • Dated graphics and clunky navigation
    • Limited character interaction depth
    • Occasional game crashes and glitches

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "Strong atmospheric and immersive experience that allows players to escape into a nostalgic, eerie world."

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    • Expectation

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    • Experimenting

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      "Encourages exploration and trying to solve puzzles in different ways, though within a structured narrative."

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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      "Minimal social interaction limited to chat; primarily a solitary experience."

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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      "Sedentary point-and-click gameplay with no physical activity or health-related features."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention to solve puzzles and progress; not designed for casual or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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      "Progression through collecting map pieces and unlocking new areas drives gameplay forward."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Calm, atmospheric experience with relaxing music and slow pace, though some tense moments exist."

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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      "Narrative immersion with mystery, character notes, and unfolding plot."

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Expression. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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