Armor Room Puzzle Logic? (Spoiler)

[3RDplayer]

I play the game for so many years now but I don't understand how to come up with the solution if you do it without reading guides or by doing it through trial & error.

The room got 4 knights. Each knight holds a different type of weapon. There are 4 pictures on the wall representing each knight with its individual weapon. You have to push the knights into the socket in a specific order for the puzzle to be solved.

Order of the Pictures from left to right: Shield/Helebard/Sword/Pike
The solution for the puzzle is Pike/Helebard/Shield
But here is my problem. I have no idea how to come up with the right order and I believe I'm not the only one that doesn't get it.

First I thought read the pictures on the wall from left to right. Then I thought read it from right to left (like a manga). But both ideas are wrong. So how do I come up with the right order now? Is there something I miss? Is it based on something like a story, a telltale, whatever? Help me lift this question once and for all.

[FEZ. TF7]

I take it you're on about the armor room ?

Back left, Back right, front left, front right

[3RDplayer]

Originally posted by Sith Olus:

I take it you're on about the armor room ?
Back left, Back right, front left, front right

I changed the topic name. Thx. Your solution includes 4 steps, mine (hidden behind the spoiler tag) only 3. So are you trolling? hehe But either way. How does someone find out about this order WITHOUT trial&error and only with pure logic?

[FEZ. TF7]

No i'm not trolling lol

That is the correct way to solve the puzzle, you could try Youtube to find the solution or the RE wiki but i done it through trial and error back on the original psone release and it's exactly the same

Oh and i don't know how to add spoiler tags ://

[supertrooper225]

I can confirm that Sith is not trolling. It really is that simple. The puzzle can get out of hand if you make mistakes with it though lol. I got lucky and knocked it out in only 4 or 5 tries just winging it.

[3RDplayer]

This is very interesting. There are 2 solutions to the puzzle. Mine is used by speedrunners. To clarify: back right, front left, front right.

But it's still weird. The pictures of the wall are lying. Why? Oh well, sometimes you must accept that things are how they are without logic behind it. ;)

[supertrooper225]

Originally posted by Acantophis3rD:

This is very interesting. There are 2 solutions to the puzzle. Mine is used by speedrunners. To clarify: back right, front left, front right.

But it's still weird. The pictures of the wall are lying. Why? Oh well, sometimes you must accept that things are how they are without logic behind it. ;)

There are pictures on the wall!?...I had no idea. I just pushed the statues until I got it....guess I lucked out.

[3RDplayer]

Originally posted by supertrooper225:

There are pictures on the wall!?...I had no idea. I just pushed the statues until I got it....guess I lucked out.

LOL Nobody I see playing the game for the first time seems to notice the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pictures. But now that it seems like their order isnt helping with the puzzle at all. Who cares.

[x-treme microcephaly gamer]

Little sword, big sword, shield.


I think.

[NATOMarksman]

Originally posted by Acantophis3rD:

This is very interesting. There are 2 solutions to the puzzle. Mine is used by speedrunners. To clarify: back right, front left, front right.

But it's still weird. The pictures of the wall are lying. Why? Oh well, sometimes you must accept that things are how they are without logic behind it. ;)

I believe that it's based on alternating between suits; heart, club, heart, which leaves the last one as a club. If you do it out of order, knights of the same suit oppose you.

Or something like that.

[3RDplayer]

Originally posted by NATOMarksman:

I believe that it's based on alternating between suits; heart, club, heart, which leaves the last one as a club. If you do it out of order, knights of the same suit oppose you. Or something like that.

So you believe it's based on a card game? That's what I think too. But I never played any cards game so I don't know game rules.

[[TGSA] oujisan2236]

to understand my method.

facing the room left front is 1 and right front is 2 back left is 3 and back right is 4

push 4 first then 1 and then 2 but then 3 will position itself.

hope that makes anysense..

[C4PON3]

It's not based on any method or story or anything like that. The puzzle is to push all knights against the wall.. It doesn't actually matter that they're knights, they could be 4 giant pink dildos and the puzzle would be the same. You push one, another pops out, so you try a different combo until it works.

I've never even memorised the solution, it's so easy I just go in there blind every time, push a few, and it's done.. really OP you're just thinking about it too much.

[Puppet Master]

To clarify OP's point, he is wondering if anyone know's the logic behind solving this puzzle. In other words, there is always a hint to go on and solve most puzzles, like the picture room with the crows, where the final picture above the switch hints you as to which colors the "portraits" should turn to get the death mask.

Something I absolutely love about this game is the fact that a person can sit down, think about the puzzle for a second, and figure it out without having to go look at guides on the internet to get the answer, or overcome the obstacle through sheer trial and error, something I was forced to do for this one particular puzzle I'm afraid.

So I'm curious to know as well, if the puzzle was just something that blew over my head, or was it designed to be solved through trial and error alone and those little pictures on the wall are just red herrings?

[[TGSA] oujisan2236]

Originally posted by Green Sai:

To clarify OP's point, he is wondering if anyone know's the logic behind solving this puzzle. In other words, there is always a hint to go on and solve most puzzles, like the picture room with the crows, where the final picture above the switch hints you as to which colors the "portraits" should turn to get the death mask.

Something I absolutely love about this game is the fact that a person can sit down, think about the puzzle for a second, and figure it out without having to go look at guides on the internet to get the answer, or overcome the obstacle through sheer trial and error, something I was forced to do for this one particular puzzle I'm afraid.

So I'm curious to know as well, if the puzzle was just something that blew over my head, or was it designed to be solved through trial and error alone and those little pictures on the wall are just red herrings?

Also why i loved the RE games back then.. puzzles and i mean real puzzles had to read around the room figure it out.. trial and error

[Stoibs]

Yeah this puzzle room is completely different to the '96 version, so when I played this remake for the first time the other week I tried following the pattern that they had on the pictures of the back wall.

Didn't really work so I just brute forced it through trial and error :S