Linda Brown: Interactive Story vs Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness
Linda Brown: Interactive Story
Linda Brown: Interactive Story is The Other Guys' forey into the interactive storytelling business after their pretty good sucess with the Sherlock-themed hidden objects game, Sherlock Holmes: Lost Detective. Similar to the latter, this game features an intriguing and immersive, romance-and-mystery-filled story where you'll be playing as Linda Brown herself. Meet a host of interesting characters (and you can even date some of them), travel to various locations as you follow the trail of clues, and make important decisions that will change the path of your narrative.However, unlike games like Episode or Choices, Linda Brown: Interactive Story has a gameplay that is a lot similar to any of the games Telltale Games produced. This means that characters in the game will remember your reactions or responses and act accordingly the next time you meet.
The only major downside in this game is that, like Episodes and Choices, there are special "premium decisions" that you can make to further deepen the storyline, but the diamonds needed to buy these special decisions can be pretty costly - $3 per premium decision. Due to this, it might be great to have the option of earning diamonds by watching video ads.
Overall though, Linda Brown: Interactive Story is still a very well-written interactive story that doesn't only have romantic elements but also an intriguing mystery that rivals most hidden objects games. If you enjoy a good mystery with a dash of romance, this is the game you should play.
Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness
Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness puts you in the shoes of renowned detective, Nancy Drew, as she sets off on yet again another exciting adventure to discover the whereabout of Captain Magnus, the captain of the celebrated ship “Heerlijkheid” - a ship which also happens to be the centerpiece of a small Icelandic town’s local festival. The journey to find the captain is wrought with challenging puzzles that you'll need to solve as well as suspects to interrogate for clues and information. Will you be able to find Captain Magnus before it is too late?Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness is a puzzle-heavy adventure and as such, fans of puzzle games would definitely enjoy this installment. Do check it out!