I think I'm stupid. Stuck in the first room.

[Laser Pickle]

I'm playing in over the shoulder mode and in that mode every single item and interactive object has an icon over it. I've got the screw driver tip, knife, and used the bandage. I can't open anything but the clothes cabinet. I've tried using the screwdriver tip on both doors and that locked cabinet. I've tried using the screwdriver tip with the fireplace to see if it needs to get hot before I use it on something else. I've also tried combining the screwdriver tip with the knife and even out of desperation tried attacking the doors and locked cabinet with the knife. I'm stuck in the very first room. What's the strategy guide pro-tip spoiler answer to this seemingly impossible puzzle?

[THE END™]

Jabbing with a knife.

[Laser Pickle]

I've tried attacking the locked doors and cabinet with the knife. I guess maybe I should just keep hacking away?

[THE END™]

It is necessary not to attack, but to use.

[ShunBrokuSatsu]

you have to be next to the door, bring up the menu and select the knife. You will see the USE option (only if you are next to the door though, anywhere else the Knife will not have the USE option).

[SpeedcubeRG]

You’re not stupid at all as logically you’d think you use the screwdriver part as a ‘lock pick’ and the knife is just a weapon. I struggled with this too! Wait until you get to the next door! 😂

[kevinmask78]

same here, lost 1 hour figuring out I needed to use the knife, if you come from RE it's the last thing you'd think to use in a situation of locked doors, very confusing.

[sling_shot]

you're not stupid, we'll all been there.
It' a combinations of factors:

- It's one of those situations where the solution makes sense, but because it's a videogame you're stuck with the idea that weapons don't have other uses and there's no point in inspecting them... cause if you do inspect the knife, the game will tell you it can be used in other ways. Which brings me to my next point...
- for some reason, the "Use" entry for the knife only appers if you stand by the door. And because the popup menu is so tiny and the font for the highlighted entry of the menu is dark blue over dark brown, you end up thinking that that entry is saying "Equip" instead of "Use", resulting in the player never pressing the USE entry. This is clearly not ideal, the UI shouldn't play against the player.
- the first message the door gives you is "Door is locked". Way too generic. That would make anyone give up on the idea of interacting with the old door , so they will instead focus on the wrong one. if you interact with the same old door a 2nd time, it'll tell you "The door is very old. The locks seems very weak", which yes is helpful , however , I don't know about you guys but IMO the first message should tell everything the player needs to know about that point of interest. When rules are firm , even the hardest of challenges will feel fair. On the other hand, when in a puzzle game challenges aren't fair, the game stops being fun. And at this point in the game, nothing suggests that you'll get different messages by interacting with a point of interest more than once.

[jsa]

It just says Equip, there is no Use option.

Ah, the other door. I am a dumb.

[Chance™]

Originally posted by Laser Pickle:

I've tried attacking the locked doors and cabinet with the knife. I guess maybe I should just keep hacking away?

I was stuck there for several minutes, until I thought "Alright, game. I'll try "Using" a combat weapon on a door with a particular description" was quite surprised & felt stupid that I didn't think of it a while back.

[sling_shot]

I thought devs added a tutorial for that part

[Syagrius]

Originally posted by Chance™:

Originally posted by Laser Pickle:

I've tried attacking the locked doors and cabinet with the knife. I guess maybe I should just keep hacking away?

I was stuck there for several minutes, until I thought "Alright, game. I'll try "Using" a combat weapon on a door with a particular description" was quite surprised & felt stupid that I didn't think of it a while back.

I felt stupid too for a couple of minutes until I found it too. :P