The lockpicking minigame is ABYSMAL

[Tuco]

...And whoever decided for its inclusion should feel bad.

Please, include an option to skip it entirely.
It's not even challenging, just an INCREDIBLY TEDIOUS time sinker.

[Tachyon]

I know. It's trivial to complete but after the umpteenth lock it just gets irritating.

[NPC]

Not sure why you hate it, if you know the technique you should be able to unlock it within 30 seconds. You just need to find the right spot using left stick and right stick (if you are playing with controller.

[OneEye]

A time sink? Sure after the first 50 locks it’s a bit tedious and the second and third level locks should have different layouts. My guess is modders will be working on that.

[LowIQ]

Agreed, they could've at least made it so that at level 2 alohomora you didn't need to do the "puzzle" for level 1 locks and so on. On the bright side you can save yourself a few seconds by backing out the moment the lock starts unlocking (after your inputs are done with) and itll still be unlocked. Just a tip from an impatient person

[Tuco]

Originally posted by Tachyon:

I know. It's trivial to complete but after the umpteenth lock it just gets irritating.

Bingo, and it's not unusual to have one right after another, either.

[Jesus_Guy]

I was kinda hoping getting level 3 lockpick would just auto-unlock level 1 and 2 locks. I spent a few hours back tracking and opening locks..... Unnecessary time padding. Same with the merlin Trials, needs to be a way to skip the cut scene, dont really need to see it 90+ times.

[Tachyon]

Originally posted by Leviosa:

Not sure why you hate it, if you know the technique you should be able to unlock it within 30 seconds. You just need to find the right spot using left stick and right stick (if you are playing with controller.

It doesn't even take as long as 30 seconds, it takes possibly 10 seconds. :D It's just the irritation of having to do it SO MANY TIMES when the mini-game is pretty much pointless and adds nothing of value to the game. I'd rather do it initially with lockpicks and then have the 3 spells affect locks 1 to 3 automatically.

[It´sAllAimAssist]

I don´t think it´s that bad, but that´s just me ,I can understand why you hate it.
but it could have used an extra step and some random element so it at had some variety.

I liked the ring game mechanic in mass effect 1. short and just the right amount of involvement needed.

[It´sAllAimAssist]

Originally posted by LowIQ:

Agreed, they could've at least made it so that at level 2 alohomora you didn't need to do the "puzzle" for level 1 locks and so on. On the bright side you can save yourself a few seconds by backing out the moment the lock starts unlocking (after your inputs are done with) and itll still be unlocked. Just a tip from an impatient person

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[NPC]

Originally posted by Tachyon:

Originally posted by Leviosa:

Not sure why you hate it, if you know the technique you should be able to unlock it within 30 seconds. You just need to find the right spot using left stick and right stick (if you are playing with controller.

It doesn't even take as long as 30 seconds, it takes possibly 10 seconds. :D It's just the irritation of having to do it SO MANY TIMES when the mini-game is pretty much pointless and adds nothing of value to the game. I'd rather do it initially with lockpicks and then have the 3 spells affect locks 1 to 3 automatically.

ikr... tbh i quite enjoy the lockpicking in this game, it is simple unlike the one in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, it still give me nightmare

[North]

Originally posted by Leviosa:

Not sure why you hate it, if you know the technique you should be able to unlock it within 30 seconds. You just need to find the right spot using left stick and right stick (if you are playing with controller.

30 seconds? It takes way less than that dude. However the task is still tedious.

[Castyles]

I think there are mods for that.

[Bloodartist]

Originally posted by Tuco:

It's not even challenging, just an INCREDIBLY TEDIOUS time sinker.

Agreed. There is no challenge in the minigame since each lock is done in exact same fashion with exact same formula. The different levels of Alohomora dont change anything except which locks you can interact with. The higher tier ones are not in any way more challenging.

If someone feels this is somehow complicated, heres a guide:

-Rotate outermost ring until the gears on bottom right twitch. Then rotate back until you find the spot where the gears constantly turn.

- Rotate inner ring until the gears in the middle twitch. Rotate inner ring back until gears constantly turn.

Thats it. Every single lock in the game opens in exact same way. Its not hard. It just.. takes time.

I guess they didn't want to introduce locks that you could open by pressing a button, but this is barely any better.

EDIT: For the record, I find the best lockpicking minigame I know of is in Elder scrolls online.

[0Zero0]

in the headmasters office is a tier 3 locked door and a tier 2 locked door.

since i didnt have tier 3 unlucked i was happy to get at least the tier 2 lock out of the way and behind the oor was a stair case leading up to a Tier 3 locked door..... what a brilliant game designed