Cistern dungeon (spoilers)

[mudpuppy510]

I just completed the cistern dungeon along the main quest line. Even though I left the spoiler warning I’m going to keep things vague just in case. Also the specific story beats aren’t that important for my topic.

I hated this dungeon! Before this point the parkour elements in the game led to optional extra things you could try and get but were not a mandatory element for plot progression. In this case you had to complete these sections to progress through the dungeon (unless I’m missing something.) I almost stopped playing at that point.

Did anyone else have difficulty with this section of the game? I asked my son (who also has the game) and he was able to freeze the water in various areas and progress that way. I didn’t have any water freezing abilities so I had to use charge to launch myself through the air instead. At one point I needed to jump up onto a cliff / platform thing and kept missing then inexplicably I just hopped up there. I’m convinced the game must have sort of pity mode to just move you forward (or I got lucky.)

Anyway I was just curious what other people’s experiences with it were.

[Unfortunate Flux]

There are plants that you can throw and use to solve problems. Such as, burn branches, freeze water or trigger machines that require electricity. The game gives you the tools.

[Xeirus]

Yeah you either carry a spellbook around in your inventory, or you find the freeze plants.
They always put at least a few of them around every time you need them.

No parkour or puzzle was ever difficult IMO.