"Continue the Pattern" is in reality: "Find the hidden rule" - do not try to see a pattern.

[Blubbpaule the Betrayer]

Do not get misled by this.
Find the pattern is mostly about finding some arbitrary hidden rule (like oh all black pieces are oriented in to the direction of the 46th sunrise).

The game puts a false direction by having the first pattern puzzles be about continuing the pattern and then change it completely to hiding some sort of rule within the completed pieces.

Most known for this is the one puzzle where every black piece is made out of 3 blacks. Another puzzle where the right line dictates "this row has more black than white" and then you have to solve the empty ones almost like sudoku.

[joridiculous]

yeah very few of the "find the pattern" have any pattern. Mostly click and hope it doesn't get red outline

[TiLT]

That is what pattern means, though. You're trying to find the pattern to what might at first look like organized chaos, and that pattern is likely going to be some kind of rule that defines the current layout. This is how, say, the entry tests for Mensa work, too. Pattern recognition is all about filling in the blanks by recognizing the system used to build the non-blank area, whatever form that system takes.

Now that I've written all that, I'm actually not even sure what the OP means when talking about "patterns." That word is not so restrictive as you seem to think it is.

[Blubbpaule the Betrayer]

Originally posted by TiLT:

That is what pattern means, though. You're trying to find the pattern to what might at first look like organized chaos, and that pattern is likely going to be some kind of rule that defines the current layout. This is how, say, the entry tests for Mensa work, too. Pattern recognition is all about filling in the blanks by recognizing the system used to build the non-blank area, whatever form that system takes.

Now that I've written all that, I'm actually not even sure what the OP means when talking about "patterns." That word is not so restrictive as you seem to think it is.

It's the wording and how the game teaches about the patterns.

The very first "Complete the pattern" puzzles are all about seeing the bigger picture and just finish the picture that it looks like a continous pattern.
In future puzzles your brain will automatically lock in into searching for visual patterns that repeat to continue the pattern of the picture, not expecting to be a pattern like "4 black - 5 white equals white"

[RiccTheThicc]

I agree that it's a bit confusing, there have been a few that I couldn't understand at all, and I generally complete even the hardest rated puzzle cubes with little difficulty. I think making a distinction between an actual "complete the pattern" puzzle and a "find the hidden rule" puzzle would be nice, and pretty much completely solve that problem for me.

[tmaddox]

Pattern and Rule are not mutually exclusive.

Take for example the number series

1,2,4,8,16,32

It's a number pattern with a rule that dictates the next number.

The game does lull players into a false assumptions by having the first few puzzles be simply mirroring the color shapes.