Do you think the puzzles are hard?

[davidsu]

Dont gonna judge, just want to know

[charles_wipman]

Yes, at least too hard for me.

[Bummer6]

No. I would have liked a bit more challenge. So far nothing's kept me for more than 10 minutes at most. I'm currently 3 hours in and so far it seems I've still got quite a bit of game left though, so maybe the challenging ones will be towards the end.

[Ridan]

Do not think the puzles are hard, but healing was troublesome for me. Only time I got stuck was at the beginning, when I was learning things from the world and exploring my options, after getting the feel of things it was kinda easy.

[Voodoo Pork]

I would say it depends on what you mean by "hard". Are they mechanically complex, like a Zachtronics game? No. Does the game make them obtuse by not offering any guidance? Yes.

If you enjoy discovering how stuff works by experimentation and observation, you will find them to have a lot of "ah ha!" moments. The puzzles are essentially lock and key style puzzles, and you'll have to discover how the working parts operate on your own. If that's not your style of puzzles, you won't like them.

[Spiffington]

Harder than I expected but I get a good feeling of satisfaction solving them.

[decizion]

The puzzles are absolute dogsh1t in this and they ruined the game for me.
Can't believe the devs wasted all these years just to create some of the most stupid and frustrating puzzles ever, well done Ebb Software.

[Shrek 2 on DVD]

the one i struggle the most was the ones with the little gears and yellow lights ugh

[Overlord XON]

10 minutes for each puzzle, not even hard. Just logic thinking.

[invision2212]

Only the first puzzle stumped me because I wasn’t expecting some long ass puzzle right from the get go. They are a lot easier as you progress because you sort of understand the slog and annoyance they are.

[xDarkAnubis]

The nodes with the cables had me stumped for a bit...all the rotating got me lost in my own efforts.

[Stoibs]

Originally posted by Voodoo Pork:

Does the game make them obtuse by not offering any guidance? Yes.

Yeah this is about it.
First puzzle has multiple floors and about 6 different toggle switches all over the place that takes minutes at a time to travel from one to the other, I didn't even know it was part of a whole connected chain at first when I started fiddling around with and wasting time with the first buttons I came across, made me think I was missing something obvious.

Could have done a better job of easing you in or explaining some things IMO.
I guess if you're into the Myst type games and like the sense of discovery then it'd be a treat, but I'm more of a traditional adventure gamer who likes having clear set goals in front of me and know what I'm doing.

[ElBarto56]

the hardest was actually the very first one i think (the one you have to move things around with a crane). After that it was not too bad, just observing and deducting

[Stoibs]

Originally posted by ElBarto56:

the hardest was actually the very first one i think (the one you have to move things around with a crane). After that it was not too bad, just observing and deducting

Aye, I just couldn't actually tell that there was a difference in the 'Pod' sacks off in the distance there!
Like, I'm sure if you're playing this on an 80inch telly in 4k on console that puzzle was fine and you could see a clear solution, but I tried moving a few things around and then pressing the claw grabber thingy once or twice, and thought I had to do something somewhere else first for another half an hour.

No idea why the thing you're meant to be interacting with and looking at is sooooooooo far away and barely legible. They should zoom you in or atleast make the 'solution' pods a clearer colour or.. *something*.

[OppaErich]

Originally posted by invision2212:

Only the first puzzle stumped me because I wasn’t expecting some long ass puzzle right from the get go. They are a lot easier as you progress because you sort of understand the slog and annoyance they are.

Which one is the first puzzle? I'm stuck (literally, how do I get my hands back out of this?) at the first I found, after moving up with an elevator.

There is some sliding crane like thing and I can grab and move marbles at the wall. How do I get to know what pattern I have to build with these? And how do I quit this, I've just dropped out of the game yesterday, No idea where I will start again.

[Bummer6]

Originally posted by Stoibs:

Originally posted by ElBarto56:

the hardest was actually the very first one i think (the one you have to move things around with a crane). After that it was not too bad, just observing and deducting

Aye, I just couldn't actually tell that there was a difference in the 'Pod' sacks off in the distance there! :trolol:
Like, I'm sure if you're playing this on an 80inch telly in 4k on console that puzzle was fine and you could see a clear solution, but I tried moving a few things around and then pressing the claw grabber thingy once or twice, and thought I had to do something somewhere else first for another half an hour.

No idea why the thing you're meant to be interacting with and looking at is sooooooooo far away and barely legible. They should zoom you in or atleast make the 'solution' pods a clearer colour or.. *something*.

22 inch monitor here... 1080p... Had no issues.