Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery vs Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is a story-driven, “choose your own adventure”-like, adventure-RPG where you get to attend the renowned School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Featuring a whole new storyline but with many familiar characters, you'll get to learn how to cast spells and brew potions, make new friends (and rivals) along the way, and get drawn to the many mysteries that the ancient school hides within its depths. The game even backs up your own adventures with an intriguing story about your missing brother who apparently was expelled as he had broken school rules when he was searching for the fabled Cursed Vaults.The gameplay is pretty casual and straightforward for the most part - as long as you have enough energy points, you can complete actions, tasks, and subsequently quests. However, it's unfortunate that the game doesn't use a more reflex-based gameplay during intense scenes that obviously call for more rapid actions. This is the only thing that truly breaks the immersion of the game.
Nevertheless, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is still a very well-made game and it is worth playing for the visuals, the experience of being an "actual" Hogwarts student, and the mystery-infused storyline. The game is free to play and is available on both Android and iOS.
Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge
Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge sends you, while playing as Nancy Drew, to Japan where you are staying in a traditional Japanese inn with Bess and George. However, your vacation took a turn for the worse when a vengeful ghost start scaring away the other guests. Being the inquisitive detective that you are, it's now up to you to find out what's really going on before the ghost got the revenge it seeks!With a nice Japanese theme and the usual exciting gameplay that makes the Nancy Drew game series so popular among players of point-and-click adventure games, Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge is a great addition to the game franchise.