Give us some hints for the wire for the Bomb puzzle

[Plutonian Prime]

Seriously, how the HELL am I supposed to figure out to beat some vents for wire? And its not like every vent drops a wire, no its those specific ones, one is blocked behind a vent pipe that you can destroy and would have never thought to do that, like seriously no clue whatsoever, this is dumb

[Jacklifear]

I see your point. Some quick questions:

1. What difficulty were you playing on?
2. What are the types of hints that you feel could have helped you specifically?

I have my own ideas of hints that could help.. but honestly, my ideas might not address it for you or those with minds like you. If that were the case, you could still find yourself frustrated after it would be "fixed". So if you have any suggestions or ideas (even generally speaking), I might be sure to consider that when inspiring solutions.

[Erin the Angry]

Maybe fox should just say "I salvaged some wires by destroying all of the vents on the roof" or something to that effect. Maybe if you take too long to figure it out he'll suddenly remember where he got the wires. I don't know. I am nowhere as creative as needed for these things or I would make games myself.

[Jacklifear]

Originally posted by Erin the Angry:

Maybe fox should just say "I salvaged some wires by destroying all of the vents on the roof" or something to that effect. Maybe if you take too long to figure it out he'll suddenly remember where he got the wires. I don't know. I am nowhere as creative as needed for these things or I would make games myself.

Thanks for your feedback.

[kia256]

I'm of the "Show, don't tell" opinion, so if you want to show that wires can be salvaged from vents - I'd have one of the first vents be open with the wires sticking out everywhere. Then the player will naturally assume that other vents may have wires inside of them too.

[Plutonian Prime]

Originally posted by kia256:

I'm of the "Show, don't tell" opinion, so if you want to show that wires can be salvaged from vents - I'd have one of the first vents be open with the wires sticking out everywhere. Then the player will naturally assume that other vents may have wires inside of them too.

yeah this was my biggest gripe, the first 4-5 vents you break dont have anything in em, just like certain other items so as a player you just assume, oh they're just the background I guess

[Plutonian Prime]

Originally posted by Jacklifear:

I see your point. Some quick questions:

1. What difficulty were you playing on?
2. What are the types of hints that you feel could have helped you specifically?

I have my own ideas of hints that could help.. but honestly, my ideas might not address it for you or those with minds like you. If that were the case, you could still find yourself frustrated after it would be "fixed". So if you have any suggestions or ideas (even generally speaking), I might be sure to consider that when inspiring solutions.

1. Normal.
2. As the person above me already proposed, have one of the first few vents actually drop the wire and dont hide it. Also maybe if you explode yourself the first time, maybe have Fox say something "something is missing" or something along those lines

[Erin the Angry]

Originally posted by I Created Rem Lezar:

Originally posted by Jacklifear:

I see your point. Some quick questions:

1. Normal.
2. As the person above me already proposed, have one of the first few vents actually drop the wire and dont hide it. Also maybe if you explode yourself the first time, maybe have Fox say something "something is missing" or something along those lines

I like that idea. I see there's a new patch out lately. I haven't played since I beat the game. I just come around the forums to try to help folks out. I definitely like that idea of showing that the vents give the wires without outright saying it. I would have figured by that point of the game people would be conditioned to punch everything. I know it's hard to come up with a way to guide everyone who needs it without overtly saying the solution.