serenewarfare
Banned
The Tetris puzzles are the absolute worst part of the game.
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Icyflamez96
Member
Oh oops. Well I had just returned to it after taking a break and I got it.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Is it that obvious when that'll be possible? I wanna do this (I'm kinda kicking myself for even watching that video though), don't know what's
on the other side yet thought, so there's that.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
One thing I actually surprises me is that my children (all of them are under the age of 10) are absolutely enthralled by this game. They love the combination of puzzles plus the added exploration.
Shadowcreep
Member
Thats me after solving any tetris puzzle, they are my nightmare.
Remembrance
Member
Done with my third evening on the game with 383 puzzles + 70, 10 lasers (including 1
). I'm at the flower place stuck at the elevator, I suppose I'll have to
.
I can't get enough of this game!
pointing at a cloud, I haven't figured what to do with it
study the different color transformations on the ground floor to figure out how to reach the upper floors?
I can't get enough of this game!
Boom. That should get me going.
CarbonFire
Member
The only thing really bad about them is how one of the fundamental properties of their arrangement isn't that well explained. I hated them at first as well, but once I "got it", I found them to be fun and challenging.
Shrike Alvaron
Member
Well, for the rotation, pay attention to the symbol itself. In my tips I say what it is that determines that, so not sure how that's creating an issue. As for symbols transforming
are you including a hollow blue square in the shape? Those are a completely different symbol that, well, you can see how they work.
They're my favorite part actually...
I do find how many people just don't GET them to be odd. Once you do understand, it's just so clear and obvious how they work, yet people seem intent to overcomplicate them. The stars are much more complicated than the Tetris pieces!
Belgian Dude
Member
It was, at least for me. You'll get a clue showing something that there's only one other of on the island. Don't wanna say more because the thought process behind it is great, though!
Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
Okay the puzzle (Castle spoilers)
at the top of the belltower, with the black and white blocks, is killing me.
From what I can tell the horizontal four block tetris piece must go in a singular location, and that's ruining everything.
From what I can tell the horizontal four block tetris piece must go in a singular location, and that's ruining everything.
Shrike Alvaron
Member
It's not really a spoiler at this point but
there's 11 total and you need 7 to see the ending. Nothing stopping you from doing more though! There is a definite ending you can trigger once you light the 7 beacons, but once you get it you can just load a save from right before you trigger it to go around and continue playing from where you were.
Icyflamez96
Member
Ok now that first tetris puzzle with the different colored blocks are slayin me
Shrike Alvaron
Member
One of the things about this game is that it's constantly teaching you new things and making you question what you learned. If what you think you know clearly isn't possible... Well, just means it's time to learn again, right? Go on, don't ever be afraid to experiment with the panels: they'll tell you if a shape's rules are met or not after all!
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Just a heads up,
You can subtract from shapes, there's a certain mechanic that asks you to do exactly that. There's a tutorial for it that starts off very basic somewhere.
One triangle = only one line segment can border the square. Two triangles = two line segments must border the square. They're a little tricky, but not nearly as bad as some of the other stuff you've already cleared.
Shrike Alvaron
Member
Yes, I know,
but I wanted to keep that just about Tetris pieces and not spoil any other mechanics. The tutorial for hollow blue squares makes it pretty clear what they're doing, and I don't want to take all the fun away from people.
Yeah, I'm not actually looking for someone to tell me the answer. The fact that it's killing me is why I love this game
I'll continue exploring and experimenting....
Freezasaurus
Member
Okay, I don't suppose anyone has managed to get that one trophy yet, have they? You know, the one that has seemingly nothing to do with the rest of the game?
Fuck. I shouldn't have watched that yet. I had a feeling about this but ....oh ....oHHHH.
*goes off to play the Witness some more to test some theories*
Wind's Howling
Member
I have not touched the game for today.
I do not know why. I guess my mind is just subconsciously afraid.
I do not know why. I guess my mind is just subconsciously afraid.
Far back as you can looking mostly straight on at it. You have some wiggle room moving forwards/back as the water rises or falls. If you sketch out what you can see, and the overall pattern, you should be able to reduce the permutations a lot.
Edit: oh hydrophiliac pointed out another location to stand. Could have sworn I'd tried everything but like so many puzzles, I clearly didn't
cpp_is_king
Member
You can never "transform" something into another shape. Just imagine the entire area you draw as a single blob. All of the pieces inside that blob have to fit inside that blob, but it doesn't matter where. Just consider the blob you've drawn, and ask yourself "is there any way to arrange all the pieces into a shape that fits the blob I've drawn, where pieces can't be rotated"
Shrike Alvaron
Member
I kind of like that they're in this order. It makes you immediately go "WAIT, what? What's going on, how is this possible!" So most people will then get stuck there for a while. Some will wander off and do something else, but eventually most will end up messing around with random lines on the panel out of either experimentation or desperation. Eventually one of those lines will result in the star NOT flashing, hopefully leading to the realization of just what the trick is. The following panels then serve to plainly tell you what you just learned just in case you did get it but aren't entirely clear HOW.
Being stuck in this game is really just PART of the game. I honestly should step back from giving out so many tips actually as people really shouldn't be asking for them in the first place. Not like I'm innocent, heh u_u
the_batman
Banned
sometimes i have no idea what i'm doing, but am able to solve puzzles. at those times, i don't feel like i'm learning anything.
your brain is solving puzzles while you sleep, try again.
Thank you so much!
My mind got stuck on associating them with upward line motion (E.g. if a triangle was present then I would have to solve it with only upward directions, like an arrow pointing up)
MegaSackman
Member
I'm going to post this here too because I didn't come back from work just to get stuck at the first puzzle I face:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=193597517&postcount=32
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=193597517&postcount=32
GwyndolinCinder
Member
okay you've probably gone through a few theories of what that blue one actually does by now right?
Try doing the yellow tetris block on the panel, get it as close to the tetris block as you can.
If it works you may still not understand it, so try again.
There's atleast two solutions and you should be able to gain some level of understanding after finishing this part,you'll continue to learn them in the next part.
You have to do something else before that panel.
I was confused there as well.
Actually just refer to Shrike Alvaron's post a couple down, there is a reason it's not right but its pretty subtle
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
It may look correct, but if you look close you can see a branch or two look out of place. You're either too close or too far. It got me too at first. it looks like a branch just crosses off access to the bottom right corner because it's slightly off angle. Oh and check the floor.
The perfect Dark
Banned
I did but it didn't work. Apparently you have to transform "L" into I". Or maybe I didn't get it, lol.
And then there's a combination of
the colour and the tetris puzzle. Normally you have to seperate the colours from each other.....but...now there's a solution where black and blue are in the same "environment". I just don't get it. It's too much.
Shrike Alvaron
Member
I was stuck on that one for a while and don't want to give it away but... Just look at the cutout some more and think about WHY that solution isn't right. It seems it should be right but isn't, so what are you missing? There's gotta be something you're missing, right?
I wish people wouldn't outright spoil the solution while I was figuring out how to word a hint so as to not give it away... Honestly, SOLUTIONS shouldn't be allowed in this thread :S
That was a little trial and error for me too. There are two spots where you could try another route. Can't remember which works but try both
right corner and top corner you can go around and still be within the branches.
Oh shit there was a logical reason after all - just spotted it
the latter