The Quarry is really killing my desire to keep playing.

[Cymelion]

So I'll start by saying I have beaten 2 bosses that give you the Hexegon colours mostly through stubborness and luck. I've upgraded a bit and have the grabby device so I have opened up the Statue and Pad infront of it.
But the problem I am having is I played for 12 hours and then had to stop playing for about a week for work, now trying to get back into it thinking I have to open the Quarry next but the enemies and the health sapping mechanic is just grating on me so much I am not interested in powering through anymore.
I'm trying not to look up guides and or a translated manual because enough people have said it's more satisfying to play through yourself and I've had some great moments from the game showing hidden paths teaching me to always change perspective and look for unusual areas.
But this Quarry just seems like its not worth pressing through I really hate it I have to use keyboard because I can't play with controllers and while the majority of the time it's not a big issue the controls in the Quarry are more self harming than anything else. Pressing SHIFT when there is a gun mob to lock on to them and hit them from afar with the wand and suddenly it changes to a sword dude that is closer and just get shot to death or the bomber dudes running away plush the isometric visual.

I don't know where I am going with this complaint I think I just need to vent if anyone has something to sooth the frustration I am all ears or if there is a mechanic for skipping past the majority of the quarry it would be appreciated because I seriously don't see myself pushing past it I've literally just been bouncing against it for over 2 hours and unlike other areas of the game it just makes me care less and less about the game.

[FeiCaSh]

There's something you can get in the quarry that helps against the "gas" thing

[Freya The Great]

If you can't be bothered with them, just using the purple thing to grab and kill the gunners and running past the rest can help. How high is your defense and health? The gunners hurt crazy hard but you should be able to tank a couple shots. Luckily the areas with them are pretty short so running by should work.

[Perseus]

Just to get a better picture of the situation, how far have you managed to get, and how many shortcuts have you unlocked, if any?

[Cymelion]

Originally posted by Freya The Great:

If you can't be bothered with them, just using the purple thing to grab and kill the gunners and running past the rest can help. How high is your defense and health? The gunners hurt crazy hard but you should be able to tank a couple shots. Luckily the areas with them are pretty short so running by should work.

The difficulty is you have to use the arrow keys on the keyboard to change the target with the SHIFT key and it can randomly reselect a different mob.

As in for level - 5ATT 4DEF 4Potion 5HP 3SP 3MP and 3 cards
I have tried running past but I keep getting mobbed and just dying to random stuff before getting far and not knowing where to go is just being draining.

@FeiCaSh I was certain there would be something in the Quarry its just really making it hard to get through.

[Cymelion]

Originally posted by Perseus:

Just to get a better picture of the situation, how far have you managed to get, and how many shortcuts have you unlocked, if any?

I know how to use certain pads on page 41 I have everything but the West Garden.
But in the Quarry I can only run from statue on the walkways

[Perseus]

Originally posted by Cymelion:

Originally posted by Perseus:

Just to get a better picture of the situation, how far have you managed to get, and how many shortcuts have you unlocked, if any?

I know how to use certain pads on page 41 I have everything but the West Garden.
But in the Quarry I can only run from statue on the walkways

Sorry for the imprecision, i meant in the Quarry specifically. What's the farthest you managed to reach there?

Originally posted by Cymelion:

The difficulty is you have to use the arrow keys on the keyboard to change the target with the SHIFT key and it can randomly reselect a different mob.

If your focus switches to a different enemy out of nowhere, it's probably because the one you were originally targeting went out of your range. This can sometimes happen due to enemies getting knocked back by one of your own fireballs.

[Cymelion]

Originally posted by Perseus:

Originally posted by Cymelion:

I know how to use certain pads on page 41 I have everything but the West Garden.
But in the Quarry I can only run from statue on the walkways

Sorry for the imprecision, i meant in the Quarry specifically. What's the farthest you managed to reach there?

Originally posted by Cymelion:

The difficulty is you have to use the arrow keys on the keyboard to change the target with the SHIFT key and it can randomly reselect a different mob.

If your focus switches to a different enemy out of nowhere, it's probably because the one you were originally targeting went out of your range. This can sometimes happen due to enemies getting knocked back by one of your own fireballs.

I went back to play it and burned through some resources and slowly methodically made it through till I got a card that gives a unique facial feature. And pickup an item near some targets. I have found the really useful shortcut which really annoyed me where it was.

Also explored a little and found the snowy area that connects to the other snowy area and was really annoyed at how blatantly these paths are hidden even when I am specifically looking for them.

Not sure how much of the quarry I have explored now I got to a door in the mountains but have no idea what it does. This game really is stubbornly frustrating.

[Perseus]

Originally posted by Cymelion:

I went back to play it and burned through some resources and slowly methodically made it through till I got a card that gives a unique facial feature. And pickup an item near some targets. I have found the really useful shortcut which really annoyed me where it was.

Also explored a little and found the snowy area that connects to the other snowy area and was really annoyed at how blatantly these paths are hidden even when I am specifically looking for them.

Not sure how much of the quarry I have explored now I got to a door in the mountains but have no idea what it does. This game really is stubbornly frustrating.

Just to clarify, are you venting, asking for advice for the Quarry, or both?

[Cymelion]

Originally posted by Perseus:

Originally posted by Cymelion:

I went back to play it and burned through some resources and slowly methodically made it through till I got a card that gives a unique facial feature. And pickup an item near some targets. I have found the really useful shortcut which really annoyed me where it was.

Also explored a little and found the snowy area that connects to the other snowy area and was really annoyed at how blatantly these paths are hidden even when I am specifically looking for them.

Not sure how much of the quarry I have explored now I got to a door in the mountains but have no idea what it does. This game really is stubbornly frustrating.

Just to clarify, are you venting, asking for advice for the Quarry, or both?

Venting and at the time I would have taken some advice for how to best clear through I did manage to beat it somehow and fought the scavenger boss got the blue key and now I am trying to figure out something ghostly.

I'm not really sure if I am enjoying myself or being stubborn yet I am starting to reach the end of my patience of learning through failure to be honest.

[Beefbud]

I actually just got through the Quarry somehow without whatever item you are supposed to get to help with the miasma sapping your health. I was kind of shocked I was able to get through.

[Jack Nara]

I got through the quarry my first time without the mask; albeit, I didn't traverse to the northernmost part. Granted, running around 1 shot in the southern area picking off enemies was definitely a change of pace (whether good or bad that's subjective I think).

I think the approach from the alternate way to the Quarry, while a longer runback if you get killed, would have made my overall experience in the Quarry better, in that I would have nabbed the mask card and gotten to actually use it where it as intended lol.

[Cymelion]

Originally posted by Jack Nara:

I got through the quarry my first time without the mask; albeit, I didn't traverse to the northernmost part. Granted, running around 1 shot in the southern area picking off enemies was definitely a change of pace (whether good or bad that's subjective I think).

I think the approach from the alternate way to the Quarry, while a longer runback if you get killed, would have made my overall experience in the Quarry better, in that I would have nabbed the mask card and gotten to actually use it where it as intended lol.

Yeah I managed to get though the Quarry eventually but then I kind of hit a wall and just realised this game is not for me. It's far too annoying and insists upon itself to be the only thing in your mind to fully play it. If you take a break for a week or two it becomes almost unplayable forgetting where you were up to and what you were doing.

While I bought it cheap enough I would definitely have refunded this game had I bought it full price and excited to play it instead of on a whim because it came recommended.

[Jack Nara]

Originally posted by Cymelion:

Originally posted by Jack Nara:

I got through the quarry my first time without the mask; albeit, I didn't traverse to the northernmost part. Granted, running around 1 shot in the southern area picking off enemies was definitely a change of pace (whether good or bad that's subjective I think).

I think the approach from the alternate way to the Quarry, while a longer runback if you get killed, would have made my overall experience in the Quarry better, in that I would have nabbed the mask card and gotten to actually use it where it as intended lol.

Yeah I managed to get though the Quarry eventually but then I kind of hit a wall and just realised this game is not for me. It's far too annoying and insists upon itself to be the only thing in your mind to fully play it. If you take a break for a week or two it becomes almost unplayable forgetting where you were up to and what you were doing.

While I bought it cheap enough I would definitely have refunded this game had I bought it full price and excited to play it instead of on a whim because it came recommended.

Yeah, finally getting into that temple-like thing was a noteable jump in combat difficulty compared to the outside area. This is in contrast to both the Library and Forest Fortress, where the enemies either became non-existent or the approach to combat changed more than the HP/damage of the enemies.

I hope you at least had some fun though. Maybe if you come back again after awhile it'll click more with you, but Tunic definitely straddles the line between "fun to work-play" and "Work to play" at times.

P.S: A guide that doesn't have a lot of spoilers mostly covers portion sof the game you're likely to explore after getting the 3 keys, just for perspective on how much more there is play (and a few things you might can go ahead and do before coming back to your wall): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2831517798

[Hariman]

Originally posted by Cymelion:

Originally posted by Jack Nara:

I got through the quarry my first time without the mask; albeit, I didn't traverse to the northernmost part. Granted, running around 1 shot in the southern area picking off enemies was definitely a change of pace (whether good or bad that's subjective I think).

I think the approach from the alternate way to the Quarry, while a longer runback if you get killed, would have made my overall experience in the Quarry better, in that I would have nabbed the mask card and gotten to actually use it where it as intended lol.

Yeah I managed to get though the Quarry eventually but then I kind of hit a wall and just realised this game is not for me. It's far too annoying and insists upon itself to be the only thing in your mind to fully play it. If you take a break for a week or two it becomes almost unplayable forgetting where you were up to and what you were doing.

While I bought it cheap enough I would definitely have refunded this game had I bought it full price and excited to play it instead of on a whim because it came recommended.

My issue with tunic is that the combat is just off.

The distance and iframes of your Dodge don't quite match up with how the enemies attack.

The reach of your sword is ridiculously and stupidly tiny.

The game literally has to give you free items if you use regular bombs or freeze bombs a lot, and it's obviously doing that to compensate for the unfair difficulty due to the junkie combat.

And quite frankly in later areas there are enemies that are not only extremely cheap in their attack patterns, but they also drain your health when your health has already been drained by a story event.

The only way I started having fun was turning on the no-fail mode, and anybody who insults me for that, the insults is more about how much of a child you are than it does about me.

Also, I'm sick and f*cking tired of games that hide their and game puzzles behind obscurity and obtuseness.