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*Without giving too much away, [[spoiler: At the end of the game, when the house catches on fire, you have the choice of saving Clara, not choosing to save her alters the epilogue with Nancy stating that they have yet to find Clara, and that a woman watching could swear she saw two woman descending from the house. Yes, the game developers did just give you the chance of letting someone die.]]
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!!#17 Legend of the Crystal Skull
* If you look closely, there's a little bit of ParanoiaFuel in the gumbo van. [[spoiler:The avatar used for the gumbo seller is exactly the same as Shorty's from ''Shadow Ranch''.]] It's probably just laziness on the developer's parts, but it's still creepy.
!!#17 Legend of the Crystal Skull
* If you look closely, there's a little bit of ParanoiaFuel in the gumbo van. [[spoiler:The avatar used for the gumbo seller is exactly the same as Shorty's from ''Shadow Ranch''.]] It's probably just laziness on the developer's parts, but it's still creepy.
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* So you're walking around the pond looking for clues and you see a shadow near the water's edge that you can click on. You look into the water and [[spoiler: OHMYGODTHEREISAFACEINTHEWATERAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!]]. After it fades and you restart your heart, you look in again. There's nothing there.
** It's in the pond under the tree on the right, if you've exited from the ryokan lobby. Mind you, it doesn't appear every time. [[spoiler: Look for Kasumi's face]]
* The soundtrack of the game is most likely the most unsettling of the series. There is only a handful of the BGM that are nice, the rest? Unsettling BGM of distorted traditional shamisen music, a BGM that almost sounds like metal grinding against metal and more.
** It's in the pond under the tree on the right, if you've exited from the ryokan lobby. Mind you, it doesn't appear every time. [[spoiler: Look for Kasumi's face]]
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* So you're walking around the pond looking for clues and you see a [[TitleDrop shadow near the water's edge edge]] that you can click on. You look into the water and [[spoiler: OHMYGODTHEREISAFACEINTHEWATERAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!]]. After it fades and you restart your heart, you look in again. There's nothing there.
** It's in the pond under the tree on the right, if you've exited from the ryokan lobby. Mind you, it doesn't appear every time. [[spoiler: Look for Kasumi'sface]]
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* The soundtrack of the game is most likely the most unsettling of the series.There is only Only a handful of the BGM that are is nice, the rest? Unsettling BGM of distorted traditional shamisen music, a BGM that almost sounds like metal grinding against metal and more.
** It's in the pond under the tree on the right, if you've exited from the ryokan lobby. Mind you, it doesn't appear every time. [[spoiler: Look for Kasumi's
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* Nancy gets shot at. And the shots are heard again in one of her last flashbacks. [[spoiler:The shooting was faked, but it's still terrifying.]]
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** This is also one of the only things in the game that can't be explained away by the actions of the culprit [[spoiler: or Linda.]] It just ''happens''.
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-->'''Nancy''': Can I get you anything?
-->'''Linda''': A glass of water would be nice. I get so thirsty sometimes. And I get so ''[[ImAHumanitarian hungry.]]''
** Then she yells at you to get out, and when you come back there's a bleeding-raw steak on her bedside table. Eeeugh.
-->'''Nancy''': Can I get you anything?
-->'''Linda''': A glass of water would be nice. I get so thirsty sometimes. And I get so ''[[ImAHumanitarian hungry.]]''
** Then she yells at you to get out, and when you come back there's a bleeding-raw steak on her bedside table. Eeeugh.
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* Even the more "mundane" aspects of the game were unnerving to this troper. For example, the explanation for the hauntings: [[spoiler:Nancy and company were unknowingly inhaling constant lungfuls of carbon monoxide due to Thornton Hall's faulty furnace.]] If you're a hypochrondriac, have a good time obsessing over that idea.
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* Even the more "mundane" aspects of the game were unnerving to this troper.are unnerving. For example, the explanation for the hauntings: [[spoiler:Nancy and company were unknowingly inhaling constant lungfuls of carbon monoxide due to Thornton Hall's faulty furnace.]] If you're a hypochrondriac, have a good time obsessing over that idea.
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** And the ease with which you can lose track of where you are and get lost in those woods, with creepy ghost rottweilers howling in the distance, does ''not'' help.
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** And, according to WordOfGod, [[spoiler:that monoxide was giving you ''hallucinations.'' That's their explanation for most of the seemingly supernatural stuff in-game. And these hallucinations, combined with the gas-induced drowsiness could shock you badly enough to CAUSE A HEART ATTACK. That's how they explain said supernatural stuff sometimes sending you to the 'You have made a fatal error' screen. So, yeah. Have fun replaying the game and wondering how much of it is real and how much is the fevered rantings of the hallucinating protagonist...who thinks she's perfectly sane and it's ''everyone'' else who's crazy.]]
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* In some areas you can spot a creature running in creepy jerking movements across the floor of the mansion. It looks like an armadillo, but slimier and more disgusting. Such creatures are never mentioned again, their nature and purpose are never explained. Did we mention that Nancy sleeps on the floor in this game?
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** Said dogs have a tendency to bang themselves against the doors. Very loudly and abruptly
* You can also hear them howling randomly in the distance if you're walking through the forest near the house at night. Needless to say, it's a little unnerving.
* You can also hear them howling randomly in the distance if you're walking through the forest near the house at night. Needless to say, it's a little unnerving.
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* At the end, when [[spoiler:Shorty, who turns out to be the culprit, is chasing you. You have to lead him down the wrong path so he'll fall into a hole. But if he catches you, you see him enter the room you're in and say, [[Film/TheShining "Heeeeeeeerre's SHORTY!"]]]].
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* About halfway through the game you can visit [[spoiler:Dry Creek, the local ghost town.]] Of course, it's [[spoiler:not really a ghost town the first time you arrive,]] as there are random shadows drifting through [[spoiler:the worn, crumbling buildings]] and the occasional noise of rocks falling or birds fluttering.
--> '''Nancy:''' ''I'm getting the definite feeling I'm not alone...''
* At the end, when[[spoiler:Shorty, who turns out to be the culprit, is chasing you. You have to lead him down the wrong path so he'll fall into a hole. But if he catches you, you see him enter the room you're in chased by the culprit [[spoiler:Shorty and say, fail to stop him, he'll pop his head around the corner and cheerfully say [[Film/TheShining "Heeeeeeeerre's SHORTY!"]]]].
--> '''Nancy:''' ''I'm getting the definite feeling I'm not alone...''
* At the end, when
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* The chanting during your first night is quite disturbing to say the least. [[NothingIsScarier We never find out what made it]] until after Nancy types up Nigel's memoires memoirs that it was Ethel and Jane holding a midnight ritual in the great hall.
* The suit of armor [[spoiler:in the secret passageways]] always seems to be watching you...
* The suit of armor [[spoiler:in the secret passageways]] always seems to be watching you...
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* When Nancy visits Copper Gorge's cemetery and encounters an apparently disembodied and quite unnerving voice, which informs her of the fact that it's the cemetery's caretaker. Even she's disconcerted.
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** Which repeats itself again and again randomly as you play through the game.
** Which repeats itself again and again randomly as you play through the game.
** "TRUTH SPEAKS EVEN THOUGH THE TONGUE WERE DEAD"
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*** With a pretty little flower design stitched directly below the above quotation.
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** Third freaky moment is when Nancy is heading down a hall, to see the nights and doors in the hallways flickering and slamming.
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** Third freaky moment is when Nancy is heading down a hall, only to see the nights and doors in the hallways lights flickering and the doors slamming.
*** Don't forget that she has to decipher the puzzle while listening to Darth Vader-esque breathing, the constant sound of dripping water, and random ''loud'' slams against the bedroom door.
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** The fourth and last freaky moment is the end, when discovering the puzzle in the [[spoiler:hidden bath where Kasumi died]]. After solving the puzzle, Nancy opens the safe, reads the letter, and finds a sword...[[spoiler:only to turn around and see the ghost face to face, still wide-eyed and gaping-mouthed as the ghost pins Nancy in the water and attempts to drown her. After solving the puzzle though, it's discovered she was a robot.]]
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** The fourth and last freaky moment is the end, when discovering the puzzle in the [[spoiler:hidden bath where Kasumi died]]. After solving the puzzle, Nancy opens the safe, reads the letter, and finds a sword...[[spoiler:only to turn around and see the ghost face to face, still wide-eyed and gaping-mouthed as the ghost pins Nancy in the water and attempts to drown her. After solving the puzzle puzzle, though, it's discovered she was a robot.]]
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* That scary cat. It looks like a freaking demon cat!
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** How about the way it twitches when it moves and stutters when it meows? Something tells this troper that the inventor needed to work on it a bit more...
** How about the way it twitches when it moves and stutters when it meows? Something tells this troper that the inventor needed to work on it a bit more...
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* One of the [[NonStandardGameOver Non-Standard Game Overs]] in the climax really deserves a mention. When you finally find [[spoiler: Jessalyn Thornton]], you have the opportunity to threaten him/her with telling everybody where they hide. [[spoiler: Her voice momentally becomes trembling and scared, the moment before she sics the Charlotte's ghost on you]]. The worst thing is that if you choose the other conversation option, this person appears completely normal, if understandably very scared and frustrated. You'll spend the rest of the game knowing what they are capable of. Sweet dreams.
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* If you watch '"DoctorWho'' the moving statues are more than terrifying, even if shortly before, Wade might have explained this may have been one of the 'contraptions' from the war that one of the Thornton's ancestors built (which still doesn't ecplain why Charlotte's statue moved).
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* Even the more "mundane" aspects of the game were unnerving to this troper. For example, the explanation for the hauntings: [[spoiler:Nancy and company were unknowingly inhaling constant lungfuls of carbon monoxide due to Thornton Hall's faulty furnace.]] If you're a hypochrondriac, have a good time obsessing over that idea.
* Even the more "mundane" aspects of the game were unnerving to this troper. For example, the explanation for the hauntings: [[spoiler:Nancy and company were unknowingly inhaling constant lungfuls of carbon monoxide due to Thornton Hall's faulty furnace.]] If you're a hypochrondriac, have a good time obsessing over that idea.
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--> '''Wade''': ''Let's hope it's one of the living''.
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--> '''Wade''': ''Let's hope it's one of the living''.
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!!#28 The Ghost of Thornton Hall
* First and foremost is the fact that WordOfGod has said their goal was to make a game that was '''even scarier''' than ''Shadow At The Water's Edge.'' Judging by the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ClvYZqgRI trailer,]] it would appear they have succeeded.
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* At the end, when [[spoiler:Shorty, who turns out to be the culprit, is chasing you. You have to lead him down the wrong path so he'll fall into a hole. But if he catches you, you see him enter the room you're in and say, [[TheShining "Heeeeeeeerre's SHORTY!"]]]].
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** The second freaky moment involving "the ghost" is when Nancy is about to take a bath at the ryokan. She then walks to the mirror, and sees a girl facing down in the reflection. Scared, Nancy turns around and sees nothing, but turns around to see the ghost holding her arms up, mouth gaping open and wide eyes, ''crawl as fast as if she was teleporting'', crash her hands into the mirror and shatter it.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Ryokans are great to stay at... right? This screenshot isn't even the scariest part of the game, this is just the trailer.]]
Nancy Drew is a great mystery game for children and adults alike... Too bad there are some moments that makes the audience uneasy.
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'''Going by each game:'''
!!#2 Stay Tuned for Danger
* The ending of this game DEFINITELY needs a mention. [[spoiler: The villain locks you in a TV studio, gives you a really long rant about how life is a soap opera, and then murders you. With his bare hands. Laughing. With red lights and random screaming in the background from his other victim.]]
!!#3 Message in a Haunted Mansion
* The mirror in the hallway. You walk past it a few times, nothing happens. Then... ''floating ghost girl''!
* Don't forget the painting that whispers "I see you" when you walk past it and the screech [[spoiler: when you go into your room the second time]] and the creepy voice on the telephone!
* So much other things to count. We also have...
** The rare occurrence in the dining room where the lights dim, the candles light ''on their own'', and you hear very creepy whispering. Then everything goes back to normal.
** The woman crying in the hallway.
** The phoenix flicking its head in the parlor.
** The noise coming from behind the windows in the parlor.
** The random ghostly howl in the hallway.
** The seance.
** The shadow in the back of the hallway.
** The note that says "LEAVE THE MANSION, NOW!!!". It's written in such a way that it appears to be somebody screaming at you up close. Yes, the game somehow made it possible to make it look like a note screams at you.
** The random shadow walking past the stained glass door...''right into the wall''.
* [[spoiler: However, if you scour the game enough, you realize most of these are faked.]]
!!#06 Secret of the Scarlet Hand
* The entire endgame sequence [[spoiler: wherein you are trapped inside an airtight monolith ''with a corpse''. And you only have a limited time to figure out how to get out, because if you don't, you'll suffocate (a fact Nancy helpfully reminds you of fairly often). Oh, and it's pitch black, so you have to use a tiny green glowstick to see. Have fun!]]
!!#07 Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
* Five minutes into the game, after you're confirmed to be stuck out in the middle of nowhere in an old house (sans locks) the house gets attacked by the eponymous dogs.
!!#10 Secret of Shadow Ranch
* At the end, when [[spoiler:Shorty, who turns out to be the culprit, is chasing you. You have to lead him down the wrong path so he'll fall into a hole. But if he catches you, you see him enter the room you're in and say, [[TheShining "Heeeeeeeerre's SHORTY!"]]]].
** It's even worse when you play the game through a second time, since [[spoiler: Shorty]] starts to seem a lot less friendly and a lot more like a StepfordSmiler Type C waiting for you to let your guard down.
!!#11 Curse Of Blackmoor Manor
* The entire atmosphere of the game is just... freaky. The music, the (first) nightmare, the castle at night, the secret passageways...
* It's scary half a minute in! You walk up to the front door and see a pair of glowing red eyes! "Nancy..."
* Blinking. Monkey. The monkey above Jane's door sometimes ''rolls its eyes'' and ''blinks''.
!!#13 Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
* Dolls. Rows and rows of dolls. One says 'Mama' in a creepy voice when you pick it up. One has literally two left feet. Another has a cracked face that even the husband of the doll collector thought was creepy.
* The singing, coming from nowhere. Also the glowing yellow lights that fly alongside the train.
!!#19 The Haunting of Castle Malloy
* The opening cinematic, when Nancy is driving, a glowing, shambled figure flies across the windshield. Right afterward, when you have to explore the castle's grounds, you hear a screech.
* The BGM ranges from pretty Irish music to outright disturbing music.
* The entire nursery was freaking creepy. The morbid little nursery rhymes on the chalkboard... Bleh...
** Not to mention when the banshee pops up in front of the window!
!!#21 Warnings at Waverly Academy
* In the climax of the game, you find out that the "Black Cat" is none other than [[spoiler: Corine. She was after one of the founders' treasure. Her reaction to the exposure? She traps you in the room, and sets a giant pendulum guillotine to slowly descend to slice you.]]
!!#23 Shadow at the Water's Edge
* The trailer has a nice little preview of things to come. The picture above shows the end of the trailer, a ghost girl who haunts the ryokan that is the main setting of the game.
* The first freaky moment happens when Nancy goes to sleep the first night. She wakes up early in the morning, and sees a floating shadow of a girl going across her window. When Nancy opens the door, she sees nothing...
** The second freaky moment involving "the ghost" is when Nancy is about to take a bath at the ryokan. She then walks to the mirror, and sees a girl facing down in the reflection. Scared, Nancy turns around and sees nothing, but turns around to see the ghost holding her arms up, mouth gaping open and wide eyes, ''crawl as fast as if she was teleporting'', crash her hands into the mirror and shatter it.
** Third freaky moment is when Nancy is heading down a hall, to see the nights and doors in the hallways flickering and slamming.
** During the mandatory moment in the series when Nancy is trapped and has to escape for her life in this game, the ghost traps Nancy in one of the bedrooms, and she has to decipher the puzzle before getting a large wooden support slammed on her head.
** You're staying alone in Yumi's apartment for the night. It's pink and full of adorable critters, should be okay, right? [[spoiler: Sure, until you wake up to glowing green letters slowly spelling out a message in the window next to your bed. "I know your secret. I can't wait to see you again."]]
** The fourth and last freaky moment is the end, when discovering the puzzle in the [[spoiler:hidden bath where Kasumi died]]. After solving the puzzle, Nancy opens the safe, reads the letter, and finds a sword...[[spoiler:only to turn around and see the ghost face to face, still wide-eyed and gaping-mouthed as the ghost pins Nancy in the water and attempts to drown her. After solving the puzzle though, it's discovered she was a robot.]]
* So you're walking around the pond looking for clues and you see a shadow near the water's edge that you can click on. You look into the water and [[spoiler: OHMYGODTHEREISAFACEINTHEWATERAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!]]. After it fades and you restart your heart, you look in again. There's nothing there.
** It's in the pond under the tree on the right, if you've exited from the ryokan lobby. Mind you, it doesn't appear every time. [[spoiler: Look for Kasumi's face]]
* The soundtrack of the game is most likely the most unsettling of the series. There is only a handful of the BGM that are nice, the rest? Unsettling BGM of distorted traditional shamisen music, a BGM that almost sounds like ''metal grinding against metal'' and more.
* The creators have admitted that their goal was to make the scariest Nancy Drew game so far.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Ryokans are great to stay at... right? This screenshot isn't even the scariest part of the game, this is just the trailer.]]
Nancy Drew is a great mystery game for children and adults alike... Too bad there are some moments that makes the audience uneasy.
----
'''Going by each game:'''
!!#2 Stay Tuned for Danger
* The ending of this game DEFINITELY needs a mention. [[spoiler: The villain locks you in a TV studio, gives you a really long rant about how life is a soap opera, and then murders you. With his bare hands. Laughing. With red lights and random screaming in the background from his other victim.]]
!!#3 Message in a Haunted Mansion
* The mirror in the hallway. You walk past it a few times, nothing happens. Then... ''floating ghost girl''!
* Don't forget the painting that whispers "I see you" when you walk past it and the screech [[spoiler: when you go into your room the second time]] and the creepy voice on the telephone!
* So much other things to count. We also have...
** The rare occurrence in the dining room where the lights dim, the candles light ''on their own'', and you hear very creepy whispering. Then everything goes back to normal.
** The woman crying in the hallway.
** The phoenix flicking its head in the parlor.
** The noise coming from behind the windows in the parlor.
** The random ghostly howl in the hallway.
** The seance.
** The shadow in the back of the hallway.
** The note that says "LEAVE THE MANSION, NOW!!!". It's written in such a way that it appears to be somebody screaming at you up close. Yes, the game somehow made it possible to make it look like a note screams at you.
** The random shadow walking past the stained glass door...''right into the wall''.
* [[spoiler: However, if you scour the game enough, you realize most of these are faked.]]
!!#06 Secret of the Scarlet Hand
* The entire endgame sequence [[spoiler: wherein you are trapped inside an airtight monolith ''with a corpse''. And you only have a limited time to figure out how to get out, because if you don't, you'll suffocate (a fact Nancy helpfully reminds you of fairly often). Oh, and it's pitch black, so you have to use a tiny green glowstick to see. Have fun!]]
!!#07 Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
* Five minutes into the game, after you're confirmed to be stuck out in the middle of nowhere in an old house (sans locks) the house gets attacked by the eponymous dogs.
!!#10 Secret of Shadow Ranch
* At the end, when [[spoiler:Shorty, who turns out to be the culprit, is chasing you. You have to lead him down the wrong path so he'll fall into a hole. But if he catches you, you see him enter the room you're in and say, [[TheShining "Heeeeeeeerre's SHORTY!"]]]].
** It's even worse when you play the game through a second time, since [[spoiler: Shorty]] starts to seem a lot less friendly and a lot more like a StepfordSmiler Type C waiting for you to let your guard down.
!!#11 Curse Of Blackmoor Manor
* The entire atmosphere of the game is just... freaky. The music, the (first) nightmare, the castle at night, the secret passageways...
* It's scary half a minute in! You walk up to the front door and see a pair of glowing red eyes! "Nancy..."
* Blinking. Monkey. The monkey above Jane's door sometimes ''rolls its eyes'' and ''blinks''.
!!#13 Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
* Dolls. Rows and rows of dolls. One says 'Mama' in a creepy voice when you pick it up. One has literally two left feet. Another has a cracked face that even the husband of the doll collector thought was creepy.
* The singing, coming from nowhere. Also the glowing yellow lights that fly alongside the train.
!!#19 The Haunting of Castle Malloy
* The opening cinematic, when Nancy is driving, a glowing, shambled figure flies across the windshield. Right afterward, when you have to explore the castle's grounds, you hear a screech.
* The BGM ranges from pretty Irish music to outright disturbing music.
* The entire nursery was freaking creepy. The morbid little nursery rhymes on the chalkboard... Bleh...
** Not to mention when the banshee pops up in front of the window!
!!#21 Warnings at Waverly Academy
* In the climax of the game, you find out that the "Black Cat" is none other than [[spoiler: Corine. She was after one of the founders' treasure. Her reaction to the exposure? She traps you in the room, and sets a giant pendulum guillotine to slowly descend to slice you.]]
!!#23 Shadow at the Water's Edge
* The trailer has a nice little preview of things to come. The picture above shows the end of the trailer, a ghost girl who haunts the ryokan that is the main setting of the game.
* The first freaky moment happens when Nancy goes to sleep the first night. She wakes up early in the morning, and sees a floating shadow of a girl going across her window. When Nancy opens the door, she sees nothing...
** The second freaky moment involving "the ghost" is when Nancy is about to take a bath at the ryokan. She then walks to the mirror, and sees a girl facing down in the reflection. Scared, Nancy turns around and sees nothing, but turns around to see the ghost holding her arms up, mouth gaping open and wide eyes, ''crawl as fast as if she was teleporting'', crash her hands into the mirror and shatter it.
** Third freaky moment is when Nancy is heading down a hall, to see the nights and doors in the hallways flickering and slamming.
** During the mandatory moment in the series when Nancy is trapped and has to escape for her life in this game, the ghost traps Nancy in one of the bedrooms, and she has to decipher the puzzle before getting a large wooden support slammed on her head.
** You're staying alone in Yumi's apartment for the night. It's pink and full of adorable critters, should be okay, right? [[spoiler: Sure, until you wake up to glowing green letters slowly spelling out a message in the window next to your bed. "I know your secret. I can't wait to see you again."]]
** The fourth and last freaky moment is the end, when discovering the puzzle in the [[spoiler:hidden bath where Kasumi died]]. After solving the puzzle, Nancy opens the safe, reads the letter, and finds a sword...[[spoiler:only to turn around and see the ghost face to face, still wide-eyed and gaping-mouthed as the ghost pins Nancy in the water and attempts to drown her. After solving the puzzle though, it's discovered she was a robot.]]
* So you're walking around the pond looking for clues and you see a shadow near the water's edge that you can click on. You look into the water and [[spoiler: OHMYGODTHEREISAFACEINTHEWATERAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!]]. After it fades and you restart your heart, you look in again. There's nothing there.
** It's in the pond under the tree on the right, if you've exited from the ryokan lobby. Mind you, it doesn't appear every time. [[spoiler: Look for Kasumi's face]]
* The soundtrack of the game is most likely the most unsettling of the series. There is only a handful of the BGM that are nice, the rest? Unsettling BGM of distorted traditional shamisen music, a BGM that almost sounds like ''metal grinding against metal'' and more.
* The creators have admitted that their goal was to make the scariest Nancy Drew game so far.
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