Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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I know it seems that Syberia is the only game I've played besides ND, but it's just not true.
Again, when I went up in the tower to get out of Barrockstadt, I couldn't see anyone, including Captain Malatesta. I wandered around for about a half hour trying to figure out what to do.
I also could not figure out how to draw the mammoth for Momo at the beginning and had to consult a walkthrough!
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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Oh, boy, I too, could not find the Captain in the telescope room. He just blended into the background for me.
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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Right clicking does me in all the time I'm forever stuck because I forget to right click. I do recall one really, really duh moment (Jenny will remember this one ) We were playing SPQR together and were trying to build an arch - we were missing a piece - could not find that puppy anywhere - she and I were stuck for days. So, we whined on the board for help - answer? Did you check inventory?
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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Looking for and wantig to play a game I did not install...
Giving up on the wind mill bridge in MJ2 after doing all kinds of stupid things.
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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way back when I played MYST the first time, in the age with the swamps and the treehouses (what's the name of that age, anyway?), I couldn't get the elevator to work. I tried everything, then I finally consulted a WT and discovere I had to shut the door!
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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Back in the days before the current sophisticated copy protections (Starforce 3 GRRRRR)there at times was a book that came with game that had certain information in it. Well you guessed it when replaying Return to Zork a while back I came to the part with the teacher and couldn't answer her questions cause I totally forgot about that book??? DUH!!
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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When I played Myst3, I went up with the elevator and was wondering why I didn't see a door or a window. I just had to turn around. Double duh!
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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When playing Starship Titanic, my first game, I was such a computer rookie that when Fentible, the Doorbot, asked me if I would help, I typed "yes" and sat waiting for him to respond. When he didn't, I tried using all caps, and when that didn't work, I tried putting spaces between the letters. I was convinced that I must have done something wrong, so I reinstalled the game. I was just about to end my brief foray into gaming, when I finally realized that I had to hit the Return (Enter) key to register my answer. I also remember in the same game going around and around the Embarkation Lounge trying to find the plinth so I could push the button. I hadn't realized that there were different kinds of arrows to allow me to turn 90
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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Hi If I confessed JUST how many "duh" moments I've experienced whilst playing games, this whole board would be as as I am But....One that springs readily to mind is when I spent nearly three weeks trying to win the spitting competition in Monkey island II. It was only my second computer game ever and I still wasn't used to watching for any graphics that might change - so when that vital item moved briefly in the wind, I completely ignored it !!!! Cheers. Mad
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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Hi, There is a door you have to close (after opening it in the first place) to access a passage in Riven right after you get to the frog catching thingy. never thought to close it so wandered for ages wandering what to do next. It was such a simple puzzle design. I meticulously put switches and levers back the way they were till I was sure I knew what I was doing but just never thought to shut that door. Taught me a good lesson for future games
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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Flotsam, I ended up guessing the color for that sphere because I didn't find that passage until the second time I played the game. That was really an "aha" moment for me.
Lady K.
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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Well Dee, I have 2 that come to mind right away... In Law and Order 1...I posted, whining my head off that I couldn't get to a location...come to find out that I needed to scroll down on the map. I did not know I could do that! So I whined my head off for nothing! The other worst DUH I had was in Longest Journey...I was stuck and frustrated and again, I whined...only to find out that I really just didn't know my right from my left! Great question Dee!!!
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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I just said that the other day when we were playing JTTCOTE and I had to look something up in the WT. The problem is, now I can't remember what it was. Bets
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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Safecracker held a couple of memorable moments for me. Put in the combo to one of the safes --won't open, put it in again, not opening, again, again, again....went back to a save, did it again, finally (by mistake I think) clicked on the middle of the dial.....you guessed it.
Also spent tons of time in that game trying to beat the slot machine LOL.
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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I remember that door in Riven very well - not as if I hadn't met a similar close the door situation in the second Monkey Island game. Thanks for your help then MacDee!
I also missed for hours that you needed to press on a button for the Fire Marble puzzle!
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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Ordering URU when it came out, only to find out that I had preordered from somewhere else-they arrived the same time. Cannot even remember preordering... Oh well Ingie
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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I'm actually thinking of starting another thread: "what I have learned from adventure games." Yes, it sounds like one of those inspirational posters, but I mean, a list of all the stupid things I've learned to try when I think I'm stuck. Beginning with:
1. Shut the Door 2. Turn around 3. back out of the scene.
and...what else?
WW
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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Peter, Sometimes a little knowledge is one's downfall. The first time I played Riven, I looked at everything and pushed the button on the fire marble puzzle because it seemed like the thing to do. The last time I played, while looking for Easter eggs, I couldn't figure out why I couldn't get the power going. I knew I had those marbles in the right place! Why wasn't it working? Yes, that was a big "duh." Wysewoman, How about: Write it down. Draw neatly (or take a screen shot). Look before you leap. Take a break. Lady K.
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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I also fought with that door in Riven. I thought there might be something behind it but somehow I kept opening and closing it on myself as I clicked instead of getting closer and looking..until I finally gave up and checked the strategy guide. THEN I managed it DOH! Exile: I went up and down the elevator many times in J'nanin before it occurred to me to look down while it was up. There were probably lots more but thats what I remember right now. Susan
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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My worst "duh" moment wasn't in a game but when I was over the first or second time to the States. I was driving a US car, stalled it, and couldn't restart it or get the key out of the ignition. Had to leave car with key in and tramp to a garage to find that in the States it matters what gear the car is in for certain operations.
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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When I started reading this thread, the one that sprang immediately to mind was the same as Peter's about the Fire Marbles. I've had so many, but another also from Riven - when I got out of the cage at Gehn's, I kept trying to open the door he came through. I searched around that door from top to bottom and all over the floor in front of it looking for a secret panel to press. Walked around that room for hours, clicking on everything and going back to the door to see if anything I'd done had made a difference. At the time I didn't know about walkthroughs and forums like GameBoomers (are there any? ). Finally, I read in someone's review of the game, "Don't bother trying to open that door - you can't!" Jema
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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In the underground tunnel at the very start of Harvest I kept getting stuck b/c I did not realize that when I turned around I was seeing the door I just came through. I thought there were two doors at one end of the tunnel and the house at the other. Duh!
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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Jenny, Trying to use the mouse in a keyboard game was my problem, too. In Journeyman Project 1 (Pegasus Prime in Mac), I couldn't understand why I had no cursor and couldn't select the "start game" bar no matter what I did. All I kept getting was the introductory help section when I clicked, not realizing that I had to scroll down with the arrow keys. I even loaded the game into my laptop with the same results. In my defense, I had never played a keyboard game before, but I finally figured it out.
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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My biggest duh was the siren/organ puzzle in Shivers, I was not even getting it to where I could do the puzzle. I asked a friend then felt so stupid that I did not even admit to the fact that I was not in the right place. My biggest problem is going back out of the door I just came through and in Riven, that meant disc changing, ugh! My grandson always picks on my about the doors issue, but hey, they all look the same to me. In Grim Fandango I always used the wrong doors, but I loved that game, sprouting, what a term.
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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Lady Kestrel, I really laughed about your duh. I almost saw you typing and wondering.
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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Now, don't laugh at me, Josefien. I can't help it! Lady K.
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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i don't laugh at you LadyKestrel. I suppose I'm much dumber myself. My imagination worked for me.
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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It is funny, Josefien! I laugh at it myself. Lady K.
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Re: What was your "duh" moment?
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Syberia! I just couldn't find a way to get somebody to move the old lady in the wheelchair in the end back inside. I tried everything, but didn't realise I had to move the bell closer to the hotell so somebody heard it. I even asked here! The answer was so simple, but I didn't understood. I had managed the whole game on my own up to then. Maybe I was reaching my limit for imagination?
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