Alex Hill: Whispers at White Oak Inn Steam Charts & Stats

Brilliant game! Awesome story, graphic and control. Can't wait for the next one.

Great game. Feels like an OG Nancy Drew. Legitimately difficult at times which I really appreciate.

Not bad! It's definitely got the original Nancy Drew vibes (the older games, not the newer ones). The game was a little short, but not too bad for the first one in the series. The puzzles were a decent level of challenge (not too easy, not too difficult - except for the end puzzle!!). I hope that the developer can continue to make new games for the series and improve on each one, just like the Nancy Drew games did!

I purchased this game because it was recommended for fans of Nancy Drew. Unfortunately none of the puzzles for this game would load correctly. I would just get a black void on the screen but clicked blindly over and over until they were "solved." This tells me 1) they weren't that hard and 2) this game needs a lot of the bugs fixed. Unfortunately it is no where near the depth and mystery of the beloved HER interactive games. This game just wasn't difficult or interesting.

This game definitely hits the spot for Nancy Drew game fans! It has all the things we love about the games, with the addition of some edginess. I feel like this game added some edginess that Nancy doesn't have, which I found fun. Amazing job making this game, can't wait for the next one!

If you grew up on the ND PC games and enjoy the classic point and click, this is def a game for you! I grew up on ND and love the point and click. This game made my inner child smile. Great job to the makers and creators!

Felt just like the classic Nancy Drew games while having it's own unique personality.

I would give this game a recommend. If you like the older Nancy Drew games, then this should float your boat. It feels exactly the same. I think the developer did a great job in recreating the feel. There's lots of good things to point out here. The bike was very much appreciated as it allowed the player to move from place to place by map rather than walking the trail. Cute little games (if you're into puzzles, there's a few optional ones to play along the way which was fun). I didn't feel overwhelmed by the environment (it's really easy to get lost in some games). It seemed just right. I was happy with the graphics and am into the point and click movement. I was happy with the story. On the con side, I did have to check out a walk through to advance the game a few times because the next move wasn't a logic type move (example, you need to talk to someone a second time when you just spoke with them). The voice acting was fine for most of the characters, but I felt that the main character (Alex) just didn't feel/fit right. But if she's taking on the role for another game, I'm sure just a bit more practice should do the trick! Overall, I will look forward to the next game!

I fun throwback to the old point and click games with more adult themes, excited to see where the series goes! There is of course some jank but the voice acting is solid and the story is interesting

This game is getting tons of praise from former HER Interactive fans. "Could Alex Hill possibly fill the empty void that is ND??" I truly understand. We all miss the magic of ND games. And there's only so many times we can go back and play Ghost Dogs again. At first, this game APPEARS to have all the dressings of a mid-era ND entry. I wanted it to be this too. But please do not be fooled as I was. This game is absolutely not worth the hefty price tag, given that it is a bug-filled, first-time developer beta. It is just a lot of scaffolding. Yes, I can prepare coffee and order 12 different breakfast items... but where's the rest? There are long stretches where you are left to wander the same paths over again until the game finally recognizes your current checkpoint and allows you to proceed. The puzzles are non-existent, or so simple that [spoiler] you will literally read instructions minutes before being given a puzzle that say, "Make sure you place the moon before the star, etc. [/spoiler]. Thank goodness for other people out there who have beaten the game before me because some events feel completely random. [spoiler] Expecting me to check in with two phone characters in order to advance minute aspects of the plot is baffling. [/spoiler] The lack of any kind of hint system or ability to take notes means that you are given vague objectives and you're completely out of luck until you do whatever is expected of you. There's just... no flow. Alex is an upHill game because you're never on a roll. The characters and dialogue are thinly written. The player often sits through the same conversations or rehashing of information again and again (and again!). Alex Hill was like a particularly unhelpful therapist, repeating the same line back to the character that they themself just said. Culprit: "I did this bad thing!" Alex: "So YOU were the one who did this bad thing." The story [spoiler] is unsatisfying and left inconclusive. If you realize, as I did early on, that it must be Lauren, then there's nothing left to wonder about. The hauntings were such a tiny fraction of the game that I forgot why we were even here. [/spoiler] The setting goes unused and I felt unconnected to the Inn itself. The voice acting frequently included errors (particularly [spoiler] Dennis' lines. He would say different versions of the lines than what the captions said [/spoiler]). But the voice acting for Alex herself really stands out. The errors really take you out of the gameplay. So many garbled words or dropped consonants. Developer, if you are reading this, please take some voice acting lessons to help you enunciate your words before your next game. Or, at the very least, record your lines and then listen back carefully to make sure that each word is spoken clearly and with emotion. Alex Hill was frequently unintelligible, which made the whole game feel distant. Dear reader, you are very likely an ND aficionado. I mean, look at you, reading this review. I miss those games too. But the myriad positive reviews for [u]this[/u] game have much more to do with how HER Interactive betrayed and hurt us all, and much less to do with the quality of Alex Hill.