The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft

The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft
North American Windows cover art
Developer(s)XPEC Entertainment
Publisher(s)The Adventure Company
Producer(s)Mike Adams
Composer(s)Joshua R. Mosley
Platform(s)PC, Wii
ReleaseSeptember 30, 2008 (Windows)
September 29, 2009 (Wii)
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player[1]

The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft (originally to be titled The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure) is the first title in The Hardy Boys PC game series created by JoWood Productions and The Adventure Company. It was based on The Tower Treasure, the first book in the book series. The game was released September 30, 2008.[2] A sequel was made called The Hardy Boys: The Perfect Crime; this game was critically panned.[3]

Plot summary

The Spencer Mansion vault is robbed, and the Bayport Police call on brother detectives Frank and Joe Hardy for help. They soon find themselves in the middle of a major criminal investigation that takes them out of their hometown, Bayport, and into New York City. But the pieces don't add up, and Frank and Joe become embroiled in a drama of sinister proportions, and begin to suspect the recent theft is somehow linked to something from the past.

The game featured Jesse McCartney as the voice of Frank Hardy, and Cody Linley as the voice of Joe Hardy.[4]

Critical reception

Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave the game a score of 51 out of 100, based on 8 critic reviews.[5] IGN said the game "just doesn't deliver". They noted that the game had "substandard sound, art and level design, and it just doesn't gel."[6] Nintendo World Report's Pedro Hernandez wrote that the "game has severe issues", and "while its intentions are good, the exploration and puzzle-solving suffer from poor planning and execution."[7]

Just Adventure gave the game a B+.[8] Nick Brakespear from PC Zone disliked the game, rating it 22%, and sarcastically referring to the brothers as, "Red Arms Boy" and "Shit Hair Boy".[9] Russian magazine Gameland scored the game 7.5/10.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Game page for The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure on PC at Video Game Generation". Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved September 28, 2007.
  2. ^ "JoWooD and The Adventure Company Bring The Hardy Boys to PC – PC News". Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved September 28, 2007.
  3. ^ "The Hardy Boys: The Perfect Crime for Windows (2009)". MobyGames. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  4. ^ Goldberg, Harold (October 2008). "Computer Corner: The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft". Boy's Life. Vol. 98, no. 10. pp. 56–57. ISSN 0006-8608.
  5. ^ "The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft Reviews". Metacritic.
  6. ^ Johnson, Neilie (November 7, 2008). "Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft Review". IGN.
  7. ^ Hernandez, Pedro (November 9, 2009). "The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft Review". Nintendo World Report.
  8. ^ Collins, Greg (December 19, 2008). "The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft Review". Just Adventure. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  9. ^ Brakespear, Nick (October 2009). "The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft, The end isn't nigh enough". PC Zone. No. 211. p. 72. ISSN 0967-8220.
  10. ^ Одинцова, Наталья, ed. (March 2010). "The Hardy Boys; The Hidden Theft". Gameland. Vol. 5, no. 302. p. 103.
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