Just stick with the original Drawn to Life game.
357372
This game was very boring compared to the original Drawn to Life game. The closest it gets to "drawn to life" is you get to rub a stylus over white areas of the town and it changes them back to their original colors.
4857544
I thought it would be a fun alternative to Bananagrams but it is the EXACT SAME GAME. Save your money and just purchase one or the other.
4251836
Really disappointed with this game. It is way to easy to win in no time. Not very challenging at all
 Was hoping for at least a simular experience like original Life game. Feelsore like a Candy Land or Chutes and Ladders kind of game.
4320502
Plays exactly like Zombie Dice, but instead of just trying to roll the highest score, you now have objective cards that are claimed when the printed score is obtained. I felt like the added cards killed the portability of the game, the simplicity, the short play time, and the "push your luck" thrill of its predecessor, so really can't recommend it.
2655918
We just bought this toy and played it for the first time.  This toy is such a disappointment and the fact that it is nothing like the original made it even worse.  The 'straws' that they included are an obvious after-thought since the holes are of a decent size.  The result is that you put them in and they slide right back out if you put them in an upward or downward angle.  We only took out a handful of straws each, once we painstakingly got them all to stay in place, and the marbles started to fall.

I remember playing this toy as a kid of 10-11 and strategically trying to decide which stick to pull and avoid making a marble fall.  There's no chance at strategy at any level here.  It took probably about 2-3 times longer to set it up than it took for the game to end.

Poor quality tells me that the childhood memories for toys are not going to be relived in this day and age where companies lack any pride in the products that they offer.  How can any executive for that company have any pride in the products that are hitting the store shelves when they are a shadow of the original?  Has corporate greed taken the lead in the boardroom and manufacturing floor?  Sadly, I think it has.
3675228
Bought this after reading reviews saying you get sucked in to playing. Im a fan of open world games and had high hopes. Unfortunately, those hopes were dashed. The game doesnt seem to have any real purpose other than stay alive. The story line is non existent. You can hardly get to any of the challenges that come across the radio because your running back and forth just trying to find supplies. You never really get ahead. Even at only $20 its a game I wish I had never bought.
3749867
Was expecting it to play out like the original Monopoly, it didn't and although it's made for shorter games, it truly is not as fun as the other versions.
1784018
It's supposed to be a slots game, but they try and turn it into an adventure type game, and you're yanked of the game you actually want to play and forced to spin on a game that I personally feel is dumb. There are also not alot of "real" slots in this one, which may or may not be a deal breaker for you.
4523274
This kind of game has been done to death. There is nothing original here, the graphics aren't that great, the game play is sloppy and the cut scenes are less than impressive. Words of wisdom, save your money.
2797514
At first the concept seems interesting. However once you start to play it really misses the mark. It's nothing like life at all. The goal is to get five bananas. However you blink and the games over. It's that easy. Maybe twenty minutes of game play tops. Reply value is at minimum. We were originally going to give this as a Christmas gift but when we saw how different it was we decided against it. Instead we played it. We were disappointed. Glad we never gifted it. Pretty sure it will be shelved. This game would have been better of as its own game
1550759
I actually knew how to play the game, I thought this would be an affordable solution to have the game but because it's a watered down version of the original, the words in the box are so easy, you might as well give that version to 7-10 year olds, so if you already played this game before and you want your own version just go buy the original don't waste your money with this product.
1820323
Nothing wrong with the game or the customer service, but didn't like the game itself nearly as much as we enjoyed the original who what where.  To simplify it, it was more like other drawing games, and I thought that made it less fun than the original.
1389991
First, let me start off by saying I am a huge fan of the Nancy Drew game series. Now for the disappointing news - Secret of the Old Clock just isn't "up to par". Those of you that have already played will know exactly what I mean by that. After months of waiting and the fact that this is Nancy Drew's 75th anniversary, I really did expect a better game to come from the programmers. Come on guys you know you could have done better!

Her Interactive has tried to freshen things up a bit by having SOTOC take place during the Depression era, but unfortunately they forgot to do the same with the puzzles and the interface. With the exception of the Mini-Golf Course in this game(a good idea in theory), all we get in this installment is more of the same, old, non-interesting puzzles that all of us adventure gamers have seen a thousand times before. And while we are on the subject of the Mini Golf Game, I think the programmers

need to do a lot of retooling of the putting element, as there isn't even enough room to make a decent attempt. And don't even get me started on the Roadster and the endless driving about town nonsense.

Where are the interesting characters, storylines, intrigue, plots, and intuitive puzzles? I suggest that Her Interactive and Atari think about making a much longer game for those loyal fans out there that love the Nancy Drew concept. How about a 40 hour game next time - huh? Maybe then we'll get at least a few more hours of play. Please stay away from just rushing to get the next

game to market, I prefer quality in my purchases. Better luck next time - I hope.
4204934
If you've played the original Cranium then you know they took the best of several games and created one of their own. Cranium Dark is based on the original Cranium but with a twist.  This is like charades and Pictionary combined.  You have a card that says how you act (or draw or sculpt) that everyone sees and then another card that you have to get the rest of the group to guess.  The game still has the clay (not gluten free) and pads to draw on.  The creators tried to be funny in the instructions but I found their attempt to be pretty lame.  Regardless they've created a fun game where you have to act like a TV evangilist while describing "milking a cow" or you have to use someone else's hand to draw.  Inside the box you have fewer action cards than the others.  This could limit how many people you have playing or how long you play.  Otherwise, it's lots of fun.
1529828
Okay, sure, if you've never played the 1991 Video Board Game "Nightmare" (the original game, as this one is a remake called Atmosfear), then perhaps this game is for you. But, if you've played any of the previous games in the series (Nightmare, Baron Samedi: Zombie, Nightmare II, Anne de Chantraine: Witch, Nightmare III, Elizabeth Bathory: Vampire, Nightmare IV, Atmosfear The Harbingers, Atmosfear The Harbingers Booster Tape, Atmsofear The Harbingers Alternate Booster Tape, and Atmosfear The Soul Rangers), this game is nothing more than a poor attempt to bring back to life a once-great game. The Gatekeeper hurls horrible insults at you, especially comparing it to the insults chucked in the original Nightmare tape. Also, the Gatekeeper is ruder than in the tape, and because of random programming, the stupid DVD freezes every time before the Host pops up for the random programming.
I live in the NTSC range, and this DVD is PAL. I had to convert the DVD over to NTSC to play it, and now, having played it, I feel cheated out of my time. Don't spend time with this game unless you have never played the previous ones, then you don't have high expectations. (NOTE::: KHUFU DVD IS JUST AS BAD, IF NOT WORSE! THEY ADDED A CHARACTER: MEDUSA, AND THEY ALL PLAY TOO DIFFERENTLY:::)
4578232
Stick with the original version - it leaves this one in the dust.
1525104
Poor Product.  Had the original game that lasted for years.  Have had this for only a couple of days.  Buttons don't work quite right, really have to push down on them.  Hard to see the cards you decide to hold as the hold display is right at the bottom of the screen and the text appears in a darkened area.

Do yourself a favor and try to find one of the original games at a yard sale.  Sorry I tossed my old one out before I got this.  I would have retrieved it from the trash can in place of this.

Not worth the effort to return it.

Update - Finally threw it away because the buttons are trash on it. Saves things you don't push a button on, repeats a roll when you don't push a button.  Another example of a company making junk.