MetroidPrimeRib
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I'm finding random puzzles all over with just an arrow in them...I assume no one knows what these actually do.
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Think of them as a tutorial
Hit the line on the outer part of the puzzle panel
edit: whats the beeping sound i hear in the middle of random puzzles :X
Man this game can get really creepy and unsettling at times through its beautiful scenery.
I just came across these tree branches near the treehouses that
I just came across these tree branches near the treehouses that
looks like a charred copse.. Made me wonder if all the people on the island had been turned into still objects. thinking about it always send chills up my spine..
Trojan
Member
I'm tearing my hair out on
This is the only thing between me and a platinum trophy. Get out of my head, Blow!
this final Challenge. It's not so much the puzzles being difficult, it's more that it's just so little time and each run is time-consuming. The only parts I struggle with the most are the pillar puzzles and an occasional random puzzle with a difficulty spike.
This is the only thing between me and a platinum trophy. Get out of my head, Blow!
I believe the beeping sound is the game telling you where on the panel the start or end points are. the nodes also blink while it beeps.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
Ending spoilers:
I got the basic ending (from what I understand). Do you have to complete the extra puzzles in the cave to see actual credits?
If you get far enough, it'll be obvious what they do.
Only three areas more and I guess I finish the game (ship, treehouses, town).
Can anyone tell me the locations for the (optional, kinda secret content)
Thanks!
Can anyone tell me the locations for the (optional, kinda secret content)
hexagon drawings for the movies?
I found one near the beginning, one in the jungle and another in the desert. Assuming there are six, I've yet to find another three.
I found one near the beginning, one in the jungle and another in the desert. Assuming there are six, I've yet to find another three.
Thanks!
The clue was that there was clearly missing information since you don't have a complete path. And you very likely already saw this "missing info" trick in the pink tree grove. I eventually asked "well where would that information be if it was lost? Oh wow, what do ya know?" I loved it.
Sunken ship has one. The other one is on the mountain and a final one is part of the final achievement, requiring all 11 lasers and an adventure through the areas that unlocks
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Not really a fan of how pixel perfect you have to stand sometimes. Kind of annoying.
Yeah, since it causes me to think I have it 1m in, then say I don't, then realize I did 5m later
I can't find out how to activate the puzzles
down the elevator in the mountain
edit:
oh
thats BS
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Havent beaten the game yet but how do you access that?
Full explanation, but no solution spoilers.
Basically, you need to get all 11 lasers, then investigate underneath the box that the lasers go into -- check underneath it. From there, go down all the way into the mountain and at the door before the final room with the statue sitting down with a puzzle, it should be accessible. Solve that, and it opens a cavern -- from there, solve a few puzzles and search around until you find a cylindrical puzzle with triangles. Solve that, and behind you there is a door. Solve that puzzle, go into the door, then explore a bit and you'll find a music box. Start the music box, and... good luck!
HoodWinked
Member
spleenpoker
Member
Hey guys. I'm stuck and don't know how to leave a certain area
I'm stuck in the colour marsh. I just did the puzzle for the lift to take me to the other side and I'm stuck on the tetris puzzle so I want to come back to them later but I don't know how to reverse the lift. Am I stuck?
No.
Try to reverse what you did on the 'ferry' panel. The image you make with your line translates to what happens in the world.
spleenpoker
Member
HoodWinked
Member
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Man I finally opened the door
What a MASSIVE pain in the ass. Half an hour of switching in and out of puzzle mode and moving a centimeter.
at the top of the mountain
What a MASSIVE pain in the ass. Half an hour of switching in and out of puzzle mode and moving a centimeter.
OH DONT WORRY
IT GETS WORSE ;__;
I got lucky I did that in like 10/15m
just solved the damn puzzle inside a symmetry puzzle
edit: LOL
it got worse again
bahahah
amazing
Decided to give in and look up what the rules were for blue squares with yellow tetris pieces.
It's revealing a shortfall with the game. Understanding the rules should not be the bottleneck for any substantial amount of time, but unfortunately that is where about 90% of the frustration in this game lies(so far). As inelegant and insufferable as it would probably seem to Blow, instructions or at least somewhat redundant additional panels should be in the game. Look at the red
area in the marsh. There's no way those first two panels do anything to help the player to decipher or intuit what the ground rules are. Same with the first time you see a block of blue squares.
Apparently how the blue squares are grouped or distributed makes no difference.
It's revealing a shortfall with the game. Understanding the rules should not be the bottleneck for any substantial amount of time, but unfortunately that is where about 90% of the frustration in this game lies(so far). As inelegant and insufferable as it would probably seem to Blow, instructions or at least somewhat redundant additional panels should be in the game. Look at the red
underground
It's interesting, but so very long. It's something I'd much rather read than listen to.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
This final area is a madhouse, Blow you crazy asshole
Thank you. Looking forward to this last one.
Some of the stuff there gave me actual headaches just looking at them.
Rodney McKay
Member
Ugh, I'm starting to think they made this game too long, or maybe it's my fault for finishing pretty much every puzzle I came across.
I just got to the point where I thought there would be a final puzzle and the game would be over, but NOPE, it's still going.
I loved finding out the interesting solutions to puzzles for the first 20 hours of the game or so, but all the areas that don't have a fun gimmick and are instead just harder versions of old puzzles or combinations of different types of puzzles I just lose all interest and if it takes me too long I'll typically just use a guide. Solving 5 grouping puzzle one after the other with something else mixed in just isn't really satisfying anymore.
Hopefully I get some new stuff before the end (my fault for doing the Town last which is more of a recap of challenges).
I just got to the point where I thought there would be a final puzzle and the game would be over, but NOPE, it's still going.
I loved finding out the interesting solutions to puzzles for the first 20 hours of the game or so, but all the areas that don't have a fun gimmick and are instead just harder versions of old puzzles or combinations of different types of puzzles I just lose all interest and if it takes me too long I'll typically just use a guide. Solving 5 grouping puzzle one after the other with something else mixed in just isn't really satisfying anymore.
Hopefully I get some new stuff before the end (my fault for doing the Town last which is more of a recap of challenges).
Death Metalist
Member
Pretty much how it is for me as well, still enjoying my time with it though.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
For real, some of this stuff is tough on the eyes.
Edit: FUCK IT JUST GOT WAY WORSE
friends, if i die from a migraine before this is over write "fuck jonathan blow" on my headstone, thanks
LOL ENJOY
so was 11 lasers the
challenge rooms?
I didn't plan on doing those anyways, would like to know how badly me getting screwed over hurt my fun.
So far as we know, nothing.
Remembrance
Member
Kinda feeling otherwise, but I'm probably just exhausted. Put like 14 hours into the game today :|
Got to the last fucking room, only to have the song cresendo and notice on either side of me two cylinder puzzles 
it's once im already locked in :/
edit: NOPE
SAFE
soo, someone want to explain the
hexagons to me
krameriffic
Member
I don't think it was a test of skill, it was a test of patience. You basically just tried over and over until
you got the right combination of puzzles where you didn't get stuck on anything. I ended up finishing it with probably 3 minutes left (Hall of the Mountain King had literally just started).
a really bad symmetry puzzle, a really bad Tetris puzzle, or on the "pick one of three" puzzles.
final pillar puzzles, and that's primarily because there are only ~10 of them in the entire game so you aren't particularly practiced at at them and you can't get much time in on the ones in the challenge since they are the final puzzles
Remembrance
Member
Man, that's fast compared to what I managed (
finishing on the last notes of Hall of the Mountain King, by luck
The thing is, the whole thing forced me to learn things about these puzzle types I didn't even figure out before.
I learned the logic of when you shouldn't cross the middle line (or the one before it) in symmetry puzzles. I learned how to spot unsolvable color division puzzles. I actually got to practice triangle puzzles for real.
I would say there are levels of skill at work here. Clearly you have more than me, based on that time.
So, for you, the fun is looking at a Sudoku puzzle with no prior instruction, penciling stuff in until you figure out that each row, column, and 3x3 square must contain numbers 1 through 9 and never trying another Sudoku puzzle again.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
These puzzles are getting progressively harder starting from a 8/10 on the difficulty scale already and I dont think Im even close to done
edit: YUP IT GOT WORSE AGAIN
edit: YUP IT GOT WORSE AGAIN