[Help] Am I stuck in the Selenitic Age?

[KitsuneRisu]

First time player, never played the original.

Playing blind, I made my way to the Selenitic Age as the first Age. Did all the puzzles, ended up at the maze.

However, I got terribly stuck. I did a bit of searching and found out that the solution is related to something in the Mechanical Age. I didn't read more in order to avoid spoilers.

I am now stuck in the Selenitic age. Is there a way out? The original submarine ship thing I came in on can't be opened anymore and there doesn't seem to be any way back to the main hub so that I can go to the Mechanical Age first. Am I missing something incredibly obvious?

Appreciate some guidance if anyone can help!

[Err0r Flynnn]

I did Mechanical Age after Selenitic so I didn't know what significance the sounds had, so I drew the map on a paper as I went along the tracks to keep track where I was. Took me an hour and over 20 visited stations, but I felt pretty satisfied.

So yes, it is doable without outside help or hints, but takes a bit time.

[LucidEpyon]

The first time I solved it when I first played the game I noticed the sound corresponded with direction, and I used the first few stations to figure out what sound belonged to what direction (there are only limited options at the start of the maze so it makes things easier even if you did not get the hint in Mechanical). It was only later that I had the light bulb moment of "oh, the sounds in Mechanical match up with the maze runner, that is how the puzzle 'should' work."

[KitsuneRisu]

Originally posted by Err0r Flynnn:

I did...

Originally posted by LucidEpyon:

The first time I solved it...

Thank you both for your answers. I guess going to Mechanical first is like a little 'bonus' but isn't 100% necessary. Guess I'm going to have to brute force it.