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Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113442
02/26/04 04:24 PM
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The maze in the 7th guest took the biscuit for me. And to add insult to injury you have to put up with Stauff's nasty comments. But overall I very much enjoyed the game.


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Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113443
02/26/04 04:53 PM
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That timed puzzle in Watchmaker where you have to run through the Pendulum Room without evil-what's-his-face seeing you was a real stinker.

Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113444
02/26/04 06:47 PM
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Jenny--you've mentioned that puzzle a bunch of times recently, and for the life of me I can't remember it! Well, Watchmaker was well over a year ago for me....was that in the underground part at the end?

Lots of people have commented on Obsidian here. I haven't played it, is it still available?
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WW


"So then he says it's enough to take aim! What's that supposed to mean?!?"

Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113445
02/27/04 09:46 AM
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Normally I don't mind sliders but the one in Black Mirror & the one in Puzz-3D Orient Express are both sadistic. I solved the Black Mirror slider, but I'd rather set my hair on fire & put it out with an ice pick than attempt the Orient slider. Thankfully it was optional. Anyone actually opt for that one? lol

Any chess type puzzle takes me forever & I find them boring. Also hate timed puzzles.

The black-tar Sanitarium puzzle was frustrating to say the least.

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Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113447
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To Clatterndin: You don't by any chance mean the Barnacle Blaster in the Haunted Carousel?? The one that almost gave me cardiac arrrest after getting down to only one barnacle several times, and then dropping the ball??? Yep, that goes at the top of my list, followed by the "Gettting-out-of-the-Inn" in Atlantis, the Lost Tales.

Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113448
02/27/04 02:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by wysewomon:
Jenny--you've mentioned that puzzle a bunch of times recently,
That's because it was such a horrible experience for me. The saved game I made after I finally got through that sequence was very popular here at Gameboomers.

Quote:

and for the life of me I can't remember it!

Well, Watchmaker was well over a year ago for me....was that in the underground part at the end?
Yes, very near the end. The evil guy in the Pendulum room is slowly turning back and forth and you have to avoid his seeing you. You have to hide behind a pillar and then make a dash to the door when his back is turned. But the problem with that is that you can't see which way he's turned when you're behind the pillar. The puzzle is not only timed, but involves timing.

Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113449
02/28/04 07:42 AM
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The timed hedge maze in Odyssey: Search for Ulysses was more than a little tough. I really had to practice to beat that one.

Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113450
02/28/04 09:57 AM
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The one that had me screaming at it is the timed sequence near the end of Journeyman Project Turbo (it's even worse than the octopus in Beyond Atlantis). You have to stop the launching of 10 missiles located all over the earth. It has to be done in a specific sequence so you're jumping all over the globe and the allotted time for each gets progressively shorter and any time you saved on one doesn't carry over to the next. You can't save in the middle, so if you miss one, you have to start over at the beginning of the puzzle. To make matters worse, you can't just point and click - you have to use the mouse to control an on-screen trackball. On top of that, I swear the game cheats - several times I stopped #9 with 2-3 seconds still on the clock and the #!*& game launched the missile anyhow!!!

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Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113451
02/28/04 10:08 AM
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The "lizard" puzzle in Timelapse. I didn't find the all important scroll clues (nearby) before spending 4 days trying to work out the maths invloved.

This was before I discovered the joys of online walkthroughs.

Jonathan


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Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113452
02/28/04 12:31 PM
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Oh, Jonathan, the odds of completing that puzzle without the scroll are astronomical! You have 22 moves and 22 tiers, which means you can't make a single mistake. I was lucky to find the scroll before I started that one.

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Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113453
02/28/04 12:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jenny100:
[QUOTE]
Yes, very near the end. The evil guy in the Pendulum room is slowly turning back and forth and you have to avoid his seeing you. You have to hide behind a pillar and then make a dash to the door when his back is turned. But the problem with that is that you can't see which way he's turned when you're behind the pillar. The puzzle is not only timed, but involves timing.
That's funny; it wasn't a problem for me--in fact, I didn't even notice it was a puzzle. I have this strange kind of luck w/puzzles sometimes, that I just stumble through them and there they are. Got through the underwater maze in Loch Ness that way.

Of course, if the luck doesn't kick in, then I'm stuck!

WW


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Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113454
02/28/04 07:38 PM
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BS3 - the microwave dash (finally had to beg for some younger help on that one)- though I'm not sure that could be classed as a puzzle, more a feat of endurance. So my second choice would be:

The prayer wheel puzzle in Schizm, which had me convinced that I was losing my hearing. Thank you, Jonathan, for the sound puzzle in Dark Fall which gave me some confidence back.

(Jenny, I'm 2/3 of the way through Watchmaker, so have plenty of time to start being extra nice to younger members of the family - sounds like I'm going to need their help again...)

Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113455
02/28/04 10:08 PM
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The do it yourself brain surgery maze in Overseer and the table tile puzzle in Black Dahlia.


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Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113456
02/28/04 10:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by OAP:

Jenny, I'm 2/3 of the way through Watchmaker, so have plenty of time to start being extra nice to younger members of the family - sounds like I'm going to need their help again...
Good idea.
I still have my saved game if you need it though.

Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113457
02/29/04 03:57 AM
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That stupid clock puzzle in the Bureau in Obsidian. I just thought it was impossible.

That stupid shoot the arow puzzle in Timelapse. I just thought it was impossible.

That stupid translate the monkey chat puzzle in Ripper. I just thought it was impossible.


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Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113458
02/29/04 10:40 AM
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Stupid is as stupid does. I took forever, with the stupid Runes, table puzzle in Black Dahlia.
A did not know to float the pieces to place them.
The only one that I needed a special program to solve, was the Nine Man Morris in Drowned God.
I downloaded it and ran it along with the game.
I popped back and forth to get the correct moves.


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Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113459
02/29/04 02:59 PM
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It's been a couple years since I've played it, but there's a puzzle involving white squares near the end of Reah which requires over 120 precise moves to complete.

Definitely the worst puzzle I've ever encountered in a game!


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Gabriel Knight 2
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Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113460
02/29/04 05:56 PM
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The ENTIRE (well, almost) game "Obsidian!"

Seriously, I had this game, COULD have kept it for collector's purposes, and got rid of it because it made me too angry to keep it! I didn't think I could forever LOOK at the gosh dern thing on my shelves without having fits of rage, feelings of inadequacy, and waves of depression.


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Re: most hair-pulling puzzle you ever encountered? #113461
02/29/04 07:25 PM
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Got to that point, tried over and over, put the game away for awaile, tried again, put it away, and just the thought of trying it again gives me nightmares, but try i will.

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