Most disappointing puzzle?

[Locane]

What's everyone's most disappointing puzzle?

I don't know if I'm just getting better at this or not, but almost all the puzzles in the South regions felt pretty easy with a few exceptions.

None were as easy as West 3 "Precision" though... it was my first time feeling actually disappointed - the solution was literally one step.

[symphony]

Yeah that threw me for a loop, so late into the game too. There were definitely a couple that were only 2-3 steps or so. I miss the longwinded and more open ones like in TTP1. All the star puzzles have been pretty disappointing. Even the Pandora puzzles are just a scavenger hunt.

[Locane]

Once I knew I was looking for switches, I enjoyed the switch hunts, mostly. Reminded me of trying to decipher the treasure map in Heroes of Might and Magic 3.

[joridiculous]

Its a general problem with the whole game. Each new Map (E,N,S,W 123) introduce a new mechanic and then all the 10 puzzles are centred around that one mechanic ranging form "introduction" to "hard" in the last puzzle(s).
TTP and RtG did this much better

[e+]

not sure about the name of the puzzle but I remember it was so easy to cheese it, you basically had to use a fan to reach a ledge (there is also a platform on the ledge, I think it was used to get to a Prometheus sprite during the chasing phase), but from that ledge you can just enter the final area of the puzzle just by jumping twice.

[pryanie]

this one lmao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMMrHUR8Mxw

[Locane]

I don't agree with the general "TP2 is 2 E Z" sentiment, but I do agree that TP1 was much harder. Most of the time in ways that felt unfair to me - the red herring puzzle springs to mind.

[Adeon]

Every area has a theme. West 3’s are “Talos 1 mechanics only” and most of them unconventional solutions that the rest of the game taught you weren’t actual puzzle mechanics, but unfortunately they will be easy if you have already played the first game as the entire game used these few elements

[Corrie]

Lateral thinking is the worst one... it's such a dumb solution, it's just a matter of noticing one little peculiarity with the map. I usually feel bad when I look up a solution and realize I could have figure it out myself but this one I'm glad I cheated on it because the solution is just dumb.

[Grassy]

Originally posted by Corrie:

Lateral thinking is the worst one... it's such a dumb solution, it's just a matter of noticing one little peculiarity with the map. I usually feel bad when I look up a solution and realize I could have figure it out myself but this one I'm glad I cheated on it because the solution is just dumb.

I can see how that one is a bit disappointing but I'm fine with it. The name is a clue and it's one of the rare cases of red herrings in this game. The first game did this more often.

[👾]

Originally posted by Grassy:

Originally posted by Corrie:

Lateral thinking is the worst one... it's such a dumb solution, it's just a matter of noticing one little peculiarity with the map. I usually feel bad when I look up a solution and realize I could have figure it out myself but this one I'm glad I cheated on it because the solution is just dumb.

I can see how that one is a bit disappointing but I'm fine with it. The name is a clue and it's one of the rare cases of red herrings in this game. The first game did this more often.

And maybe they should. Because now I can solve puzzles without having a solution in mind or even knowing where the exit is. Now I'll be like: Hey there's a fan here, guess I have to use it! And continue on like that, just using whatever I encounter and hey, there's the exit!

[joridiculous]

Originally posted by Corrie:

Lateral thinking is the worst one... it's such a dumb solution, it's just a matter of noticing one little peculiarity with the map. I usually feel bad when I look up a solution and realize I could have figure it out myself but this one I'm glad I cheated on it because the solution is just dumb.

That's one of the easier puzzles in the game. Walk in, see the name, look at the "wall" and the solution is right in front of you. What throws you off is the the "red herring". But that one also should teach you something about not everything in a puzzle must be used to solve some of them.
Of course as it is with all puzzle, some find it really easy some cant figure it out at all. Best solution is leave it, and go try some of the other puzzles or just get out of the game and do something else. Very often the solution just pops.