Excellent game!

Secret of the Scarlet Hand is an older Nancy Drew title, and in my opinion, one of the most challenging. It features tricky puzzles, note-taking, and constant travel all over the map. Also, your notebook isn't on hand, but back at your hotel room - I never realized how helpful it was until I played this!

Phone numbers, tasks, etc. are all things that your notebook records, but without it on-hand you'll need to take notes or screenshots for reference. This was a challenging aspect, one that I didn't expect, though it made it more rewarding to progress in the game.

The character models are a little wonky in this, though I found the voice acting an improvement compared to previous titles (like Ghost Dogs of Moonlake...). The puzzles are diverse yet challenging, even with the information in your notebook. I would highly suggest this game for older players; teens and adults alike, and not younger players.

The story itself is engaging - it centers around the art world and the politics involved, the debate reflected in the characters themselves. Nancy Drew games never fail to have an interesting backstory, and real history interwoven throughout the game. :)

Another strength is the fact that conversations can fizzle out, and end abruptly if you select the wrong responses. This is something missing from other Nancy Drew games - I never understood how Nancy is a famous detective yet will tell anyone (even someone she suspects is the villain) the clues she's uncovered and who she thinks the one at fault is. She should be sneakier than that, right? Or at least less confrontational...

Over all, I enjoyed this game and I think veteran players would too. Newer players to the Nancy Drew series may find it more challenging than most, though I could be wrong - the reverse might be true! :) It's definitely worth playing, whether you get it on sale, or purchase it at full price.

As a long time Nancy Drew fan, I can say Secret of the Scarlet Hand is a classic! It has a great plot, good amount of puzzles, and leaves no questions unanswered. It's also super informative about the Mayan culture!

I have played a handful of ND games since they came out on PC, from a child to an adult. This was one of the ones I had the most fun with - one of the ones I would play again. Would highly recommend, sale or no sale.

I wasn't sure what to expect with this game as I know it's marketed for teenage girls and I am nit in that category at all, but I found I was drawn into the mystery and enjoyed it.

It's not too tough and not so easy but there is always a clear direction and a phone hint system if needed. I also learnt a bit about the Mayans.

There aren't many locations, but enough to keep up the interest. I'll give another one of these titles a go in a couple of months as if they are similar to this one, they provise decent entertainment for a few evenings.

Was really enjoying this game! The puzzles are difficult but satisfying. I got about 3/4 of the way through and ran into a known bug where you can't call an NPC to get one of the key pieces you need to finish the game. Read several forums and they all said you have to start over... Whaaaat?? I spent 11 hours on this. I'm not doing it again! I just watched the ending I was about an hour from reaching and uninstalled it. Disappointing, kids! This game also suffers from the CPU spike throughout the game that causes mouse lag. But I've found all the early 2000 ND games do this on my 2018 Alienware gaming rig. :P

I have to say this installment of Nancy Drew has me reeling. The emptiness left behind by the lack of scares and spooks was carefully filled with a genuinely interesting set of suspects. Each one had a motive, a unique reason to meddle with the affairs of Beech Hill... The puzzles in this game are top notch, and the clues comfortably flow into one another, rarely did I have to stop to look up what to do. Excellent story with plenty of intriguing turns. Henrik is an Icon and I am prepared to love him forever. The ending was a bit anticlimactic but that is my complaint for almost all of Nancy's adventures that I have had the pleasure of participating in. 9/10 Home Run.

This is one of my favorite Nancy Drew games. I've played this through at least twice, once on my own account and once on a friends (before I bought it for myself). If you like the ND games then you will love this one.

Even though it says I've played on six hours total I've actually played this game many more hours than that. (I've played this through at least three times before!) This is a fun game and one of the earlier games that Her Interactive began developing. Its a really simply game to follow along with and generally figuring out what is coming next isn't too difficult. I will warn ahead of time though that you will need a notebook since the game doesn't have one itself. A timeless game in my opinion!

I loved this game. It is filled with information about the Mayan people and the end is unpredictable. Don't skip it!

Pretty fun but some of the puzzles are kind of annoying. I spent more time walking back and forth to different areas to complete the puzzles than I would've liked. It was still fun, but things started to feel repetitive after a couple hours. Probably better to play in multiple sittings rather than just playing through in one night.