Oh Come On! Too Fast, Too Soon, on the fisher man?

[keybounce]

What the heck? I was very, very careful against the fisherman. Got there with both candles lit, had one snuffed out, and got smoke.

Managed to clog his board up with his "I'll take your dams, your squirrels, your useless stuff" while holding stuff to play once he's full.

And ... his response to his first death? Too fast, too soon, and now he's got a big board of stuff. 8 grizzlies with reach.

Ugh.

[cpt.draco]

That's what happens when you're winning too quickly. It happens until your 4th/5th playthrough of Act 1. Don't get mad; it's all part of the 'story'. Happens to everyone.

[Therion]

The game puts a wall on you, never better said, when you advance too quickly. What the game means is that you stop to solve the puzzles in the cabin. They are really important, and mandatory to advance the story. It's something normal. Do not worry about it

[keybounce]

Well, the good news: Now that I have bones, there's a 3-digit number in red in the manual.

[keybounce]

And after that 3 digit number, there's something in the painting frame, and a talking card from the safe. And a key. Thingies. So you have to die for those puzzles.

[cpt.draco]

Originally posted by keybounce:

And after that 3 digit number, there's something in the painting frame, and a talking card from the safe. And a key. Thingies. So you have to die for those puzzles.

Kinda what I was telling you in your other thread asking about the 'grizzly wall'.

[keybounce]

Yeah ... stopped reading when I saw spoilers.
Solved 3 of the 4 attack puzzles.

[keybounce]

Got the 4th.

How in the *heck* does that add up to 5 damage?

[keybounce]

So ... The stoat tells the second talking card that he told me what to do? He never gave me any clues.

[keybounce]

Got the smoke card.
Got the knife.

[Therion]

Originally posted by keybounce:

Got the smoke card.
Got the knife.

The knife is very good at giving you an advantage. Don't hesitate to use it 🙂

[keybounce]

Hold on -- all those great cards I found in the cabin? They are lost? ... Are you actually supposed to hold off on solving the puzzles until you're ready to go deeper into the challenges?

I don't even have my death cards anymore.

[cpt.draco]

Originally posted by keybounce:

Hold on -- all those great cards I found in the cabin? They are lost? ... Are you actually supposed to hold off on solving the puzzles until you're ready to go deeper into the challenges?

I don't even have my death cards anymore.

Once you get the Stunted Wolf and beat Leshy.....well you'll see what happens...

And before you make a new thread asking about it:
YES! That is supposed to happen when you beat 'the game' and start a new one. Yes, it will eventually go back to the way it was being played before, but with the game's second 'twist'.

[keybounce]

Geez ... I feel like I'm playing tomatoes and lemonz now. Is there any difference in my choices here?

[cpt.draco]

The main one that'll carry over into Act 2 (and Act 3) will be the stats/buffs of your Oroborus

[Psyringe]

I just met the angler for the first time. Would have beaten him, but as everyone in this thread already knows, I got mass grizzlied instead. This is a second time that happens, I also got mass grizzlied in the first (mini-?)boss fight that apparently only exists to teach me about the candle flames.

I have to say I'm pretty disappointed by the lack of player agency here. Why give me the illusion of playing a deckbuilding game when my choices don't matter and the game simply decides that I need to die so that it can progress with its linear story?

It won't stop me from playing on, but that was a surprisingly low blow from a game that got so much critical acclaim (including statements like "the deckbuilding part is really good on its own").