Defeating the Player!
There are several games which 'defeated' me and had me running for hints or walkthroughs at various points. I admit it. I'm talking about the kind of defeat that makes you ask "HOW THAT F**K WAS I SUPPOSED TO GET THAT??"
Ultimately I find them amusing, though at the moment I finally do it I'm seeing red to the point where I'm seriously considering hunting down the guy who came up for the puzzle and killing him.
I think the worst of such puzzles, for me, was in Broken Sword 2 when you had to cover a rock in vines for reasons I no longer remember. I had no idea I was supposed to do that. There were no hints dropped at all that it might be the thing to do when inspecting the vines or the rock. When I'd done it I couldn't help but think there was a better way to accomplish whatever it was I was doing, that I'd certainly have done it differently. I took a break from the game after this to avoid snapping the disk.
A friend of mine has 2 situations he comments on with adventure games; the octopus in the toilet from Discworld (I) and the "monkey wrench" in LCR.
What are your most defeating experiences in any adventure game, and did you over react at all?
Ultimately I find them amusing, though at the moment I finally do it I'm seeing red to the point where I'm seriously considering hunting down the guy who came up for the puzzle and killing him.
I think the worst of such puzzles, for me, was in Broken Sword 2 when you had to cover a rock in vines for reasons I no longer remember. I had no idea I was supposed to do that. There were no hints dropped at all that it might be the thing to do when inspecting the vines or the rock. When I'd done it I couldn't help but think there was a better way to accomplish whatever it was I was doing, that I'd certainly have done it differently. I took a break from the game after this to avoid snapping the disk.
A friend of mine has 2 situations he comments on with adventure games; the octopus in the toilet from Discworld (I) and the "monkey wrench" in LCR.
What are your most defeating experiences in any adventure game, and did you over react at all?
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All I remember is walking around aimlessly picking up random items. I never actually accomplished anything. Perhaps it was because I never watched the movie it was based on, or I dunno.
Aaaammen.
A friend of mine, who wanted to complete the whole game without resorting to any hints or walkthroughs. He was stuck on that puzzle for 3 months. He eventually used everything in his inventory on everything in the game world and got it - but seriously, how is that fun?
Or maybe that did happen and I missed it. Like I said, it was a while ago.
Quantam Butterflies who can cause localised rainstorms by flapping their wings do exist in Discworld, but I don't think they were mentioned in the game until after that puzzle, and they don't work the way they do in the books anyway.
I'm just looking for people's experiences and maybe some amusing stories.
There are plenty of these moments throughout gaming, but honestly, I don't think the vine puzzle was one of them. If you traveled to all other points on the island, you know you were supposed to locate the cave from the vantage point by looking at the needle, which was hinted at earlier in the game. You have the reflector in your inventory, and it's not too much of a stretch to realize the reflector needs to go on the needle-shaped rock. When I realized I couldn't throw the thing to the top of the needle, I tried throwing the vine up there. Pretty straightforward.
I think I was actually only messing around trying to get Guybrush to say some sort of silly pun rather than actually trying to solve the puzzle though.
I was like, "oh - that made no sense".