Lord or Peasant?

[As7iX]

When I played We Were Here with a friend the available options were "Librarian" and "Explorer".
Which one is the explorer in WWHT? I played the Librarian in the first game, so now I want to try the opposite.

[Brian]

The peasant is more like the explorer, with the lord being like the librarian.

[As7iX]

Then the peasant is what I'm playing as, thanks.

[TNX.]

Well, the peasant being like the explorer and the lord being the librarian isn't really whats going on in this game. The lord and the peasant are both exploring the castle in this game rather than the first where the librarian is in a library with all the answers for the explorer. Sometimes the peasant has the answers for the lord and the lord has the answers for the peasant.

[As7iX]

I just finished the game and it really felt like the peasant was the explorer. 80% of the time the lord is giving instructions to the peasant on what to do. Btw the game is way too short. It ended before we could even really get into it.

[taggedjc]

Let's look over each of the puzzles and which side is giving instructions to the other, notwithstanding the fact that many puzzles require both sides to describe what they see before the puzzle can be figured out and the pair can know who needs to actually provide instruction to the other.

There are puzzle spoilers ahead!


The Crypts / The Royal Tomb
The Lord gives instructions to the Peasant

The Mausoleum / The Ritual Chamber
Candles : The Lord gives the order to the Peasant
Tapestries : The Lord gives guidance to the Peasant
Ritual : The Lord gives directions to the Peasant

Relic Rooms / The Dark Stairwell
The Peasant gives descriptions to the Lord

The Royal Promenade / The Armoury
The Lord gives descriptions to the Peasant

The Council / The Battlefield
Stained Glass : The Lord gives instructions to the Peasant
The Battle : The Peasant gives directions to the Lord

The Balcony / The Arena
The Lord gives instructions to the Peasant

The Incinerator
The Peasant gives instructions to the Lord

So it starts out with the Lord giving instructions to the Peasant for a little while, but then it starts to alternate a bit all the way through to the end. In addition, many of the puzzles do require solid communication from both sides. For example, the Royal Promenade / Armoury has a lot of weapons to choose from for the Peasant, so that player will often spend some time describing the swords they see so the Lord can confirm when the correct one was found, even though the starting point comes from the Lord.

So, overall, yes, the Lord does end up giving more instruction than the Peasant (so if you enjoyed the Librarian from the first game, it would be assumed you would also like the Lord), but it isn't quite as lopsided as the first game.