The game's sound effects are quite realistic, and the background music is pleasant to listen to. The dialogs are also well written, though a few of the jokes backfire. The acting is natural and not overdone like in a soap opera. Movements of the characters are still a bit unnatural, in that they look like stiff robots who have not been oiled recently. Most objects which you need to search for look real and are easily recognizable. The surroundings are very detailed but not so much that they become distracting.
The game's graphics are really good and have greatly improved over previous games in the series (in particular, Nancy Drew: Secrets can Kill). She also seems unusually disinterested in what is happening at the resort. She locks herself in her room and almost never comes out. Finally, there is Beatrice, a professor who describes herself as a scholar of French history with a special interest on Marie Antoinette. She knows a lot about the history of the Wickford Castle and perhaps even more about the castle's secrets. There is Lisa, who works as a photojournalist. It is unclear why he is willing to work at the resort if he is such a famed athlete. He is a handsome man who knows that he is handsome. There is Jacques, who is a former ski champion and now gives ski lessons at the resort.
He also says he does not know how to contact the owner, a claim that Nancy finds suspicious. He orders Nancy around and tells her to run errands that are actually part of his job. Most of the time, Dexter is just in a bad mood or acts just a bit weird. Not surprisingly, the story features an interesting cast of characters, all with their own personalities and all make for pretty good suspects. Just what secrets are hidden in the Wickford Castle? As Nancy investigates, she stumbles into some legends about Marie Antoinette and rumors of a treasure hidden in a castle tower. Soon afterward, strange accidents are happening in the resort, but Nancy is unable to contact the owner for help. Even before Nancy can start enjoying her retreat, she finds herself locked up in the resort because of a snow storm. With Nancy, however, a vacation is never going to be a dull holiday. The owner of the resort is a friend of her father.
Although Her Interactive has targeted the game towards girls with the company slogan "For Girls Who Aren't Afraid of a Mouse", Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower is an interesting game for any sleuth in training who loves hidden treasures, a bit of history, and a mystery to unravel.Īfter her last case, Nancy decides to take a break and goes on a ski vacation at the Wickford Castle Ski Resort. Like the other games in the series, this game is based on the novel The Treasure in the Royal Tower by Carolyn Keene (a pseudonym used by the book's publisher, Stratemeyer Syndicate) and first published in 1995. Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower is the fourth game in the Nancy Drew game series developed by Her Interactive.