Overall this game will be good for newcomers due to the large number of standalone obstacles. Long time series fans may not be so enamoured of these, and certainly a number are just thinly disguised make-work projects that people can all live without, but there's enough of interest here for everyone. Combined, they contribute to making Ransom of the Seven Ships one of the longer Nancy Drew games, taking about 18 hours to finish the game in Senior Detective mode. But hey, no one ever said that finding buried treasure would be a vacation, even for Nancy Drew. 3.5/5