Monday, October 3, 2022

The Men of Nancy Drew Games Pt 3

 Here is the last post of me cringe-rating men from Herinteractive's Nancy Drew games. Keep in mind there may be some game spoilers. I do not directly reveal culprits, though you may be able to figure it out based on the information here. 

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I am going from Captive Curse to Midnight In Salem. I will not be doing the two dossiers' men. If you want that please comment and respond. If I see no comments I will not return to it. Without further adieu, I will finish off the cringe ratings. 

Just a reminder, these are opinions. If you love a character I don't, you can feel free to love that character to your heart's content. The ratings will go from 1 (no cringe) to 10 (all of the cringe). 

Captive Curse

Karl Weschler - He is primarily here for comedy and to provide a fun mini-game. His character does have a weird story about a doppelganger and may play with figurines, but I only give him a 2. After all, he makes you traipse out to the woods and take a picture of the monster because he wants to believe it was Lucas the whole time. 

Lukas Mittlemeier - He's a kid that pulls a prank or two on Nancy and many pranks on Karl. Long story short, he's a fun character to play another mini-game with. He also ends up dropping something that gives you access to the security booth. He's a helpful kid that even rewards you with Raid cards for playing his game. He's a 2, just because of that bucket prank that makes you wear a new dress. 

Alibi In Ashes

*I am excluding Ned, George, and Bess because they are usually in contact with Nancy already.*

Chief McGinnis - I love this one. He knows Nancy didn't do it, but he's between a rock and hard place. He gives you the run of the station and probably purposely never leaves his office. Even with that, he didn't try too hard to not arrest Nancy, so he's a 3. Nancy and Chief McGinnis have always had a bit of a rocky relationship.

Alexie Markovic - This man's second language is sarcasm and he's been through all this before Nancy ever has. He's an ally. However, if you try to be Bess and talk to him you will not get past the vase without knocking it over. I love this one, too, but he doesn't like to cooperate with Nancy's friends without sarcastic complaining. He's a 2 to 3 (depending on what character you use). 

Tomb of the Lost Queen

Abdullah Bakhoum - "Be Ramses with me!" This one has an ego larger than the Pharaohs. He has a history of staging sites, as well. He's a 7. 

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Dylan Carter - This one is rather fun. If you prompt his tour guide speech you can ask the stupidest question you can think of. He's great and rather attractive. He is a 1, even with the black-market situation. 


Deadly Device

Victor Lossett - Victor refuses to give you access to the lab, gets mad when you make headway on the case, eventually fires you, and then turns out to be even worse than you thought he was. Seriously, he's a 10. 

Mason Quinto - I love beating his score in aggregation and messing with his personally organized pens and office supplies. He's fun to mess with. He's also about as helpful to talk to as a brick wall. While you get some things from him, he isn't open to you at all.  He's a 5 for being generally unhelpful. 

Gray Cortright - Gray dislikes people. That is him in one sentence. Given that, he also sees through Nancy's cover like it's made of clear glass. He was loyal to Niko and protects his research. He's a 1 to 2. 

I won't be including Niko because we never met him until he was dead. 

Ghost of Thornton Hall

Wade Thornton - He's an intelligent man with rough edges. He's a victim of a family that has more or less told him he's an outsider, much like what happened to Harper. If you've played the game you know he's gone to jail for being a whistleblower. He's a 1. Wade is the sanest of the family in my opinion. 

Colton Birchfield - Poor, sweet Colton has been trapped in a situation where the woman he actually loves was chased away by his family just so he could be taken into the Thornton family by marriage. He clearly has had some mental issues and is judged for this. I feel bad for him the whole game. He's a 1. 

The Silent Spy

Ewan Macleod - I don't think much about him. He doesn't have too much depth if you look at the storyline. He's also lied to you.  He's a 3. Ewan doesn't bug me all that much, but he isn't a great character all around. 

Alec Fell - Alec is generally helpful. He finds your luggage for you. He finds Moira for you. He's not hard to look at, either. He's a 1. 

The Shattered Medallion

Sonny Joon - We finally meet the intern we see evidence of everywhere, and he turns out to be as strange as we thought. He's taken the show hostage. After a while, he sends us looking for some alien device that we actually find. He's a 2. There are no words to explain him. 

Patrick Dowsett - Again, lack of depth. This man is not much at all in the plot, which doesn't make sense anyway. He sinks like a gorilla, apparently. He's also not much of a conversationalist. He's a 5 for being mostly useless. 

Labyrinth of Lies

Thanos Ganas - He's a member of the greek mafia, in a plot to smuggle museum artifacts. Thanos is dangerous according to the Hardy boys. He's a man of few words. While he's not hard to look at, I'd hate to meet him in a dark alley. He's a 2 to 3 because he's a mafia man. 

Grigor Karakinos - He, too, is in on this plot. Grigor, at least, helps Nancy at the end. He's also kind of thick with flattery. If he applied himself he'd be a good actor, but obviously, the show is in such a state it is not even presentable. He's a 2. 

Sea of Darkness

Soren Bergursson - He appears helpful in the beginning, but proves to be less so later. He is considered an outsider despite being born in Iceland. For reasons I won't state, he's a 5 to 6. 

Magnus Kiljansson - The poor man doesn't know how to maintain a relationship very well. He also got held captive in an ice cave by the time we meet him. He's who we're hired to find. He's got tunnel vision to rival even Nancy's (and she forgot her anniversary dinner). He's a 2.

Gunnar Tonnisson - He's so sweet and funny. He may not be overly popular, but I love this guy. He calls Dagny a Minke and Nancy a fish. Gunnar is also accompanied by a sad story, of how he lost his family to the sea. I want to hug this man every time I hear it. He's a 1. 

Midnight In Salem

I am not rating the cringy graphics, so please understand that. I'm looking at character based on dialogue options. 

Judge Danforth - Judges are supposed to base things on evidence. Despite Mei having no evidence to prove her guilty, Judge Danforth decides she's the culprit on prejudice alone. He deserves that speech Nancy gives him at the end game conversation. He's a 7-9. He also blames Mei for his son's activities, which aren't her fault. 

Jason Danforth - He thinks he's a lady killer. He's not. While that doesn't put him in a good light to begin with, he's also being used and being prevented from a friendship with Mei. He's a 5 after I reflect on some of the strings being pulled on him behind the scenes. 

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And with that, I conclude this series, which I did just for kicks and giggles. I may just do the women of the games after a while if no better blog ideas are brought up or come about. Thank you for reading my opinions and feel free to discuss in the comments what you think. 



Sources:

Nancy Drew | Nancy Drew Wiki | Fandom

List of Nancy Drew video games - Wikipedia

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