Chapter 2: Drowning Halls. Spoilers.

[kira]

I was enjoying this until Chapter 2: Drowning Hall's sliding ice "puzzle" came up. I'm gonna say it's probably almost almost or maybe even more of an hour that I've been on this area. There's no other way around it, huh?

After many trials and error, I finally found a way/strategy (using the WASD keys) to get to each blue tile. What's the worst though is trying to get to the final blue tile (where it's placed between two pink tiles).

With the combination of the slippery ice and pink tiles (if the fox touches any pink tile, you're forced to restart ALL OVER each time). There's also no way to control the fox once it's slipping on the ice, so 10 times out of 10 -- it's going to go where you probably don't want it to go.

This was fun until this part. Apologies for sound♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥off 'cause yeah, that's how I feel right now. Who thought this was a good idea?

Awful and ridiculous design/mechanics in my opinion. If the next time I try this again, and I'm still suck - most likely not going to touch this game again. Sorry.

[Dohi64]

agreed, one of the worst parts of the game. hopefully the sequel won't have anything even remotely similar.

[kira]

Originally posted by Dohi64:

agreed, one of the worst parts of the game. hopefully the sequel won't have anything even remotely similar.

Glad you felt my frustration regarding that part. With some strange luck, I just got past it right now. I'm on the bigger ice areas now and it seems like this whole chapter/ice enviroment is just going to be a pain in the butt.

Hopefully they don't include anything like this in their future games or design it poorly for players.

[Brother STX]

I did not have any problems in chapter 2.

[russalky]

Need to move slowly. Also, if you use the EFJI setup for this, it's a bit easier because it's simpler to move in diagonals (ex: EI or FI pressed at the same time).
FWIW I made sure I lit up that last square (between the 2 pink ones) first, crossed straight back to the start, then worked in various diagonals across the rest. Only reset once, when I went flying trying to use WASD.

It's probably my only complaint about the game, the movement controls are incredibly clunky feeling and make the sliding puzzles more difficult than they should be.

[kira]

Originally posted by russalky:

Need to move slowly. Also, if you use the EFJI setup for this, it's a bit easier because it's simpler to move in diagonals (ex: EI or FI pressed at the same time).
FWIW I made sure I lit up that last square (between the 2 pink ones) first, crossed straight back to the start, then worked in various diagonals across the rest. Only reset once, when I went flying trying to use WASD.

It's probably my only complaint about the game, the movement controls are incredibly clunky feeling and make the sliding puzzles more difficult than they should be.

So it's actually possible to start from the 'last' blue square first, the one between the two pink ones? Hm, maybe I tried that, but don't remember now. If I do a second playthrough of the game, I'll try what you mentioned. Thanks!

> It's probably my only complaint about the game, the movement controls are incredibly clunky feeling and make the sliding puzzles more difficult than they should be.

Yeah, besides some clunkiness & that ice part, the game's fun.

[oedipus]

So glad to see this thread. I was happily zipping through this game, and I can't believe I'm #ragequitting on this awful, awful slider puzzle. It has nothing to do with the typing mechanics that are so charming elsewhere. I'm baffled by its inclusion.

[kahukura]

Okay so I was raging at this puzzle until I came across this thread. My stoned ass had not realized it was ice/sliding, I just thought the fox was being a dumbass. Anyway, I have some tips for others who may come across this in the future:
* Use the diagonals, not WASD
* Start from the end - at the square right between two of the no-no spots
* Slide back to the start after that
* Position yourself on the stone right in front of the entry archway, the second one to get is the one closest to this
* Press E a bunch of times, then F, then J, then etc, etc.