Why I buy this one ?
- Features the voice and likeness of Hollywood teen stars Jesse McCartney and Cody Linley as Frank and Joe Hardy.
- Play as Two of History's Most Famous Literary Detectives and interact with Fenton and Laura Hardy, the Hardy Boys' friend Chet Morton and others.
- Experience the Hardy World on your PC - the literary world of the Hardy's is brought to life! Check out the Hardy Home, Bayport Police Station and the various places most have only experienced through the pages of a book.
- Cell Phone Feature - use your cell phone to give pal Nancy Drew and other characters a call and get insight on the case. Search For Clues - super-sleuth your way to solving the small mysteries along the way as you help Bayport Police catch the culprit.
- Mystery Solving Mini-Games - each mini-game solved throughout the investigation gives players valuable pieces of evidence to help solve the case. Choose Your Dialogue - choose from a variety of responses to make your Hardy Boy's experience your own!

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What our customer's say!

"For the first it's OK", Many ways they can improve. Graphics are great but the story line was a little lame. Felt lost and clueless quite often. I keep in mind that the first Nancy Drew game was quite lame as well. And look how GREAT they are now. There is hope for the Hardy Boys. I would suggest playing just so you can get use to the tools and game format.

"Hardy Boys", I am unable to give a review on the game because I have not been able to resolve the technical issues. I currently have a request in to the technical support for the manufacturer but they are slow to respond. There are many technical problems with the game so it's been frustrating. I certainly would NOT have purchased this game if I'd done my homework first!!

"Snoozefest", I have every Nancy Drew game made,and was so exited to know Hardy Boys had a game.What a waste of money!!!!!I love adventure company games and was so anticipating this one.Do not be suckered in to buying it!!!The first 10 minutes are ridiculous just trying to get the stupid keys.The worst of all is waiting between scenes for the game to load.I have never experienced such a long wait for loading.I swear I dozed off a couple of times.This game is a complete waste of good money!!!!!

"Bad, Bad & Bad", This game is terrible.. I too was excited being a fan of the Nancy Drew games.. I was hoping that this would be along the same lines as Nancy Drew.. its not.. the boys movements are terrible.. the story makes no sense when collecting items.. its just bad..

"disappointed", If you are used to Nancy Drew games and are expecting the same quality, you will be greatly disappointed. Game crashed after ten minutes of play. People don't move easily. Not fun at all.

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"Oh so disappointed", From the comic book intro to the character renderings to starting out the game having to sneak out of the house.. so disappointing.

As a fan of the Nancy drew games by Her Interactive, I was looking forward to the release of a Hardy Boys game. On playing it, I must say I became much more appreciative of the way the Nancy Drew games are set up. By never really seeing the main characters, it allows the players to retain some imagination and also to really feel like they are stepping into the shoes of the character.

Also, the Hardy boys game lost the ability to appeal to adults who might have been fans of the novels in their youth.. or even ones simply looking for a new adventure/mystery game.. by starting out the game by having the characters get in trouble with their mom.

If this continues as a series, I hope the next one will do more justice in adding to the saga of the Hardy Boys.


"Real review and drama", I had lots of drama trying to get this game to work. I am including a copy of that post after my review.
As for the game, it was not bad. Not really worth everything I had to do to get it to work, but it was one of the better games I have played from The Adventure Company. I don't like the interface. It is hard to move around but I got use to it. I much prefer the Nancy Drew games. There were a few innuendos that I noticed, which kind took me by surprise, but I don't think kids would get any of them. Graphics are fine. I did have the game shut down on me once, but may have been my computer. Couple of gliches, but nothing major. Over all, (once the game was playable), I did have fun and it kept me guessing. I might consider getting the next one. Hopefully the company will test the game and make sure it is working BEFORE they release it. I do have to say, they were very helpful and very nice about fixing the problem.

First Review:
I just received this and the game is not working. The game starts, and I can click on everything on the main menu, except for New Game. When I do, it crashes and gives an error message. Tech Support, at this time, has not been established yet, so I went to the fourms. They have a board for tech questions and lots of people are having this problem. The companys answer to this is that we don't have the right video card. Here is the note taken from the site:

NOTE: If the Name or Manufacturer lists SiS, S3, Intel, or Via, your computer has an integrated graphics controller which is not sufficient to run the game. In addition, the Approx. Total Memory must be 64 MB or greater.

But the system requirments that are listed say nothing about this :

Windows®: 2000/XP/Vista(tm)
CPU: 1.4 GHz Pentium® 3
RAM: 256 MB
CD/DVD-ROM: 16x
Video Card: 64 MB DirectX® 9 Compatible
Sound: 16-bit DirectX® Compatible
Disk Space: 2.3 GB Available
Input: Mouse, Keyboard and Speakers

I am waiting for a response from the makers.

UPDATE:

They are currently working on a patch to fix this problem, which they say we should have tomorrow. I will update again if it works and what I think of the game.

2ND UPDATE:
They released the patch and it seems to work. I am having another problem with the game. The cursor is off about an inch. It makes it very difficult to play. They are checking into it. I have not seen anyone else who has had this problem with the mouse. What little I was able to play, it is nothing like moving around like Nancy Drew, for all of you Drew fans. Difficult and annoying, but maybe that had to do with my new problem. I will update again if this problem gets fixed.


UPDATE:AGAIN: They were able to send me a second patch which fixed my new issue. Now I get to play and let you know what I think of the game.