Post #2634289
2026-04-30 21:35 UTC
Replies (4)
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@Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 2026-05-01 06:36
Lmao telling on yourself.
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@lime@feddit.nu 2026-04-30 22:27
myst is like the one franchise from this era that _doesn't_ do that. every puzzle has its solution written down in the world somewhere and simply exploring and reading basically guarantees that you'll find it. it's a world for you to immerse yourself in. compare that to contemporary stuff like the king's quest series, which is designed with the _expectation_ that you fail over and over again, where puzzles have multiple valid solutions but all of them except one will s block you from solving another puzzle three hours later, with no prior indication. myst is eminently solvable with basically no trial-and-error at all, which is why it still endures.
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@axh@lemmy.world 2026-04-30 22:36
"relies solely on the player being forced to randomly try every conceivable combination in those insanely cryptic puzzles" Did you consider that maybe you just missed all the clues that were spread around the island? I remember having to backtrack many times because I realised the key to a puzzle was in the text in the library or on the painting or in some other place that I recognized but didn't remember well enough to repeat it without getting back to that place.
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@Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 2026-04-30 21:39
That's why I liked the strategy guides to these games, at least the ones I had, as they were written in the first person perspective as a narrative, so when I got stuck, I could read the book, and most times it was written well enough so it gave hints before stating the outright solution. The original Sims game had a really good strategy guide that was funny, too, I remember.