Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice - E

Great mystery about going undercover in Italy.

Publisher: Her Interactive Category/Genre: Computer Software - Girl Software Platform: Windows Price: $19.99 Online Enabled: No Graphics: High. Almost photo-realistic. Fascinating view of Venice, Italy. Playability: Easy/Med. Can play on two different difficulty levels. Reading Level: Medium Release Date: 07/07/2008 ESRB Rating: E for Mild Violence

Common Sense Note

Parents need to know that this is an E-rated mystery game with no offensive material or media issues. It can be challenging to solve and thus we've set the age appropriateness at age 10. This is a game that cross-generations can play together, particularly mother and daughters or grandmothers and granddaughters.

Families can talk about whether this game does a good job of reflecting the Nancy Drew license. Does playing the game make you want to read the Nancy Drew books? Does the setting in Venice, Italy make you want to travel there to see it for yourself?

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Common Sense Review

Reviewed By: Jinny Gudmundsen

NANCY DREW: THE PHANTOM OF VENICE is a PC mystery game in which you take on the role of Nancy Drew to solve a series of Italian robberies. Nancy flies to Venice to help the Italian police infiltrate a Venetian crime ring that has been stealing valuable artifacts.

Since you become Nancy Drew, you see the city of Venice as if you are looking through her eyes. You move through scenes by pointing and clicking. At times, your cursor will turn into a magnifying glass which allows you to sleuth up close. By talking to people and snooping, you will unravel the mystery. Since Nancy is undercover with the blessing of the Italian police, you get to do some cool spy things like planting tracking devices.

What make this mystery game so good is that it's complicated, has fascinating characters to meet, and it's set in beautiful Venice, which is depicted in near photo-realistic graphics. The game play includes solving challenging puzzles and even playing arcade games.

As in previous Nancy Drew games from Her Interactive, you will never die or fail because if you make a fatal mistake, the game brings you back to the moment before the error, to let you try again. This unique feature lets you be scared, but never too scared.

For other great Nancy Drew mysteries try: Nancy Drew: Danger by Design set in Paris, France and Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull set in New Orleans, Louisanna.

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	Social Behavior You become a spy for the Italian police so sometimes you do things that aren't completely legal.
	Commercialism This is part of a series of Nancy Drew games, and at times, there are references to the other games in the series.
	Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco
	Educational Value You must use logic to solve this mystery.