the poetry puzzles made no sense to me

[RockstarJazz]

sad to say on my first playthrough i got stuck at the coins puzzle and had to resort to a guide to figure out where to put them. the poems were so vague and badly written.
will there be any more of these crappy poetry puzzles later on in the game?
i'm about to open room 201

[Myztkl©-Kev]

i didn't have a problem with this one, but the hang mans puzzle in the prison I still have no idea if I actually "solved" that puzzle and I beat the game lol.

[Shaelent]

They weren't badly written or vague, you just don't understand poetry and that's fine. If anything it's actually the least challenging puzzle in the game compared to others. You'll probably struggle more with the hanged man puzzle.

[Dude Guyman]

Especially the one on the bathroom wall: "Here I sit all broken hearted. Came to *cough* but only farted."

I don't get it!

[Pegasis-Vera (She/They)]

It's not so much poetry, so much as they are riddles. A poem is simply a story that rhymes, a riddle is kinda like a poem, but written more like a question with a specific answer. The best way to get through them is to break them down chunk by chunk.

For example from the Coin Puzzle from Wood Side Apartments on Standard puzzle difficulty:
"Three bright coins in the five holes be,
first sits the Maiden underneath the tree.
The wind free behind the Maiden doth blow,
a beautiful flower alone has to grow.
And here comes the Man, so sleek and so fine,
In the pale moonlight his eyes doth shine."

The first line explains simply that there's 3 coins and 5 holes. Simple enough.
The second and third lines explain that the Maiden is under the tree, and wind will be behind her. The clouds on the desk appear to be blowing left, and she's facing left, so simple enough there, and her being under the tree implies she'd be in the center.
The "beautiful flower alone has to grow" line implies that the Snake Coin which has a flower insignia on the back, must be on its own, however the last two lines are how you solve this one because by itself, this information is useless in determining where it goes.
The last two lines talk about the man and moonlight, implying he's under the moon of the desk, which is on the far left side. That said, this leaves the final coin with the flower. Since that one states it is alone, that means it's not next to another coin, and the only slot left for it to sit with neither of the other coins next to it, is the far right slot.

The riddles follow a similar structure to this and as long as you set aside some brain power for them, you won't have any real issues, just remember to break them down, line by line. These games are very well known for the puzzles, and it's the main draw for me personally to the franchise!

[AMABATUKAM]

Originally posted by RockstarJazz:

sad to say on my first playthrough i got stuck at the coins puzzle and had to resort to a guide to figure out where to put them. the poems were so vague and badly written.
will there be any more of these crappy poetry puzzles later on in the game?
i'm about to open room 201

Nah got them 1st try. You just need to read and understand the simple instructions the poem gives you. Turn down the puzzle difficulty if you're too dumb to figure it out.

[avestruzrock]

Originally posted by AMABATUKAM:

Originally posted by RockstarJazz:

sad to say on my first playthrough i got stuck at the coins puzzle and had to resort to a guide to figure out where to put them. the poems were so vague and badly written.
will there be any more of these crappy poetry puzzles later on in the game?
i'm about to open room 201

Nah got them 1st try. You just need to read and understand the simple instructions the poem gives you. Turn down the puzzle difficulty if you're too dumb to figure it out.

JAJAJAAJAJ

[BingusDingus]

Originally posted by RockstarJazz:

sad to say on my first playthrough i got stuck at the coins puzzle and had to resort to a guide to figure out where to put them. the poems were so vague and badly written.
will there be any more of these crappy poetry puzzles later on in the game?
i'm about to open room 201

That puzzle is easy asf, the positions are literally in the poems, it's about as on the nose as a puzzle can get without it just solving itself for you.

[Ricback2]

I love puzzles and if you don't like them, maybe this game is not for you (or you can simply play on easy). After all, they are extremely easy.

The only ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up puzzle of this game is the first question on the coin puzzle on hard mode, it's just a terrible guess game.

[@R+5]

Originally posted by Shaelent:

They weren't badly written or vague, you just don't understand poetry and that's fine. If anything it's actually the least challenging puzzle in the game compared to others. You'll probably struggle more with the hanged man puzzle.

then explain them with your own words. that could be interesting.

[Shaelent]

Originally posted by @R+5:

Originally posted by Shaelent:

They weren't badly written or vague, you just don't understand poetry and that's fine. If anything it's actually the least challenging puzzle in the game compared to others. You'll probably struggle more with the hanged man puzzle.

then explain them with your own words. that could be interesting.

I'm sure you can use your brain to work out a riddle with how much you type on these forums.

[Paul]

DarksydePhil, the dumbest gamer in the world, managed to solve this one on the first try without any help.

If you can't understand the text, you seriously need to consider getting help with your English reading comprehension.

[V I D A L]

If you are playing on Hard Puzzles, there are a few of those and they are all bad.
They only give you a vague idea, and you end up taking multiple guesses.

[Paul]

Originally posted by V I D A L:

If you are playing on Hard Puzzles, there are a few of those and they are all bad.
They only give you a vague idea, and you end up taking multiple guesses.

No guessing required. The answer is in plain text.

[LightlySalted]

The first coin puzzle was a little difficult to interpret, but the second and third was easier after getting into the right mindset. However, I was outright stuck on the hotel safe combination puzzle as I couldn't figure out what the hint was asking me to do. After seeing the answer, the solution was a lot simpler than what the memo suggested.

[Ezakiel]

Originally posted by RockstarJazz:

sad to say on my first playthrough i got stuck at the coins puzzle and had to resort to a guide to figure out where to put them. the poems were so vague and badly written.
will there be any more of these crappy poetry puzzles later on in the game?
i'm about to open room 201

I agree, in hard puzzle difficulty, I solved some steps by pure random luck, cause those ♥♥♥♥♥♥ poem is ♥♥♥♥ written. In normal difficulty it is was to easy tho.
LMFAO to all randoms who says it is written in plain text, while they didn't even played on hard puzzle difficulty ... Don't you have nothing else to do ? I mean, beside being A--Ho-es ?