Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure

by Dreamcatcher

Product Features

• Easy to hard puzzle difficulty to challenge all types of puzzle enthusiasts with a nonlinear approach to exploration and safecracking.
• A challenging puzzle adventure game with 35 unique safes to crack while exploring 40 lavish and intriguing rooms of an extravagant mansion created in beautiful detail.
• Decipher unexpected clues inside each safe that will help you open the others ultimately leading you to the master safe.
• The ultimate challenge for puzzle enthusiasts and wanna-be safecrackers from the developers of best-selling Return to Mysterious Island.
• Evolving game map allows players to navigate easily through the mansion accessing various rooms.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0028Q7JEY
• Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 4.8 x 5.4 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 7, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,675 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure is a unique single player, third-person oriented puzzle game for the Nintendo DS and DSi from the developers of the best-selling Return to Mysterious Island. Set within the mansion of a recently deceased billionaire known to have a taste for the eccentric, players are tasked with finding the owner's last will and testament, by cracking the game's 35 different kinds of safes, hidden in one of the games 40 rooms. Story A unique puzzle adventure game, Safecracker is set in an extravagant mansion. You are hired by the wealthy family of a recently deceased billionaire to search for the last will and testament of their late relative, Duncan Walter Adams, who was eccentric to say the least. He has hidden the deed to his riches in one of the safes scattered in his magnificent mansion. The deceased billionaire also happened to be an avid safe collector and you have been hired to crack all 35 of them. The stakes are high and the clues are scarce. You will need your experience, wits, deductive reasoning and puzzle solving skills to earn your pay check. Key Features A challenging puzzle adventure game with 35 unique safes to crack while exploring 40 lavish and intriguing rooms of an extravagant mansion created in beautiful detail. Decipher unexpected clues inside each safe that will help you open the others ultimately leading you to the master safe. The ultimate challenge for puzzle enthusiasts and wanna-be safecrackers from the developers of best-selling Return to Mysterious Island. Evolving game map allows players to navigate easily through the mansion accessing various rooms. Easy to hard puzzle difficulty to challenge all types of puzzle enthusiasts with a nonlinear approach to exploration and safecracking. Screenshots: Evolving game map. View larger. 35 rooms to explore. View larger. 35 unique safes to crack. View larger. Varying puzzle difficulty. View larger.

Product Description

A unique puzzle adventure game, Safecracker is set in an extravagant mansion. You are hired by the wealthy family of a recently deceased billionaire to search for the last will and testament of their late relative, Duncan Walter Adams, who was "eccentric" to say the least. He has hidden the deed to his riches in one of the safes scattered in his magnificent mansion. The deceased billionaire also happened to be an avid safe collector and you have been hired to crack all 35 of them! The stakes are high and the clues are scarce. You will need your experience, wits, deductive reasoning and puzzle solving skills to earn your pay check.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IF YOU WANT A DIFFICULT GAME -- THIS IS IT., December 24, 2009

By 

Margaret Agresti "mystery lover" (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure (Video Game)

Like other reviewers -- I was clueless when I first started playing the game. The instructions didn't tell you where to start or what to do.

So, I went online and found this game has been out already for Wii and other platforms. Many of the walkthroughs and solutions follow this game very closely. The Strategy Guide at [...] is particularly helpful if you get stuck.

Once I had a little help -- I plowed through the puzzles -- not quickly! -- but I did get through the whole game. At the end, you find the missing will and get to decide which potential heir receives the inheritance. You decide which heir you like through notes you discover while exploring the house which contains a first floor, second floor, loft, basement, and secret rooms.

I am 63-years old, so am not as good at games as the people of the younger generations. In fact, the Nintendo DS is the only platform I have ever used -- and I only play puzzle games -- but if I could get to the end -- so can you. And, I ENJOYED it.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's all about the puzzles, March 28, 2010

By 

James J. (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure (Video Game)

This game doesn't have hidden object puzzles and has very few inventory puzzles. What it does have is a lot of brain-teaser, math, and logic puzzles. The presentation is professional. The plot is brief, but provides a nice background to the puzzles.

If you are like me and just want challenging puzzles in your puzzle games without all the added fluff, then this game is for you. My only complaint is sometimes you are missing an important clue to a puzzle and the game doesn't always let you know. For example, I wasted a lot a time on the "colored laser" puzzle before giving up and trying a different puzzle. Lo and Behold, when I solved that puzzle, I got the clue that makes solving the "colored laser" possible. Why couldn't they not activiate the first puzzle until the puzzle with the clue is solved first?

Finally, I think the Snooker puzzle might be one of the best puzzles in a game ever. I strongly recommend not "cheating" on this one. It was rather satisifying for me when I finally solved it on my own!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's supposed to be a challenge!, December 28, 2009

By 

Halcyon3608 - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure (Video Game)

My father bought me this game for Christmas, and as of last night (the 27th), I made it through the entire thing. It's true that you don't get much if any help in the way of clues, but that's the way it's supposed to be. It's a challenge, and it keeps you busy, and you get a real sense of accomplishment when you solve each of the puzzles. Granted, my boyfriend and I (he's 23, I'm 22) tended to work together, so it may help you if you go through the game with a friend.

So please give this game a chance - it's not impossible. Oh, and it really helps if you keep some scratch paper and a pen nearby. There are things you'll want to write down that can't be saved in your toolbox (which only "opens" when you have things in it, by the way - you collect tools by solving certain puzzles, and those tools can then be used to activate or solve other puzzles). Just play around with it. You'll figure it out.