#278799 - 02/14/08 09:31 AM
Re: Good games that infuriate you!
[Re: Becky]
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Settled Boomer
Registered: 08/29/06
Posts: 138
Loc: Belgium
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I need to come clean ... I cheated .. yes I did ;-) Had no choice but to look up the solution for Life and Betrayal (Judas' Malediction). I ran around for hours trying to find the answer to this puzzle ... only to find out that the game had a little note book on the side (which I was aware of), but i never saw the arrow on the book to turn the page and see the other clues (which btw are needed to use with some objects).
After I saw this, the rest of the game was solved in 1 hour, but I felt very stupid for not noticing this before. All my ideas to solve were right, execpt for this [blip] little turn the page arrow.
I hate looking at walkthroughs, I always end up feeling guilty or stupid for not noticing such simple clues ... I miss the days of before the Internet. Back then, I had no choice but spend months trying to find the clues. Indiana Jones and Fate of Atlantis and First NMonkey Island come to mind ... spent over a year on it.
Edited by Belgar (02/14/08 09:32 AM)
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#278811 - 02/14/08 10:00 AM
Re: Good games that infuriate you!
[Re: Belgar]
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The Medieval Lady
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Registered: 02/16/00
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Loc: Stony Brook, New York, USA
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 Back in the day, before the internet, would you be stuck for months, not having noticed the arrow, though? I miss arrows that way all the time. Especially if they are beautifully designed arrows that look decorative instead of functional. Give me an ugly, obvious arrow any day.
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#278836 - 02/14/08 10:41 AM
Re: Good games that infuriate you!
[Re: Becky]
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Settled Boomer
Registered: 08/29/06
Posts: 138
Loc: Belgium
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ahah well maybe, I would still miss the obvious! If you get the game Belief and Betrayal, you will thank me for noticing the arrow.  You would think that I would be smarter after years of playing these games? They still manage to have me scratch my head. I am now playing Reprobates, so far so good ... until the next arrow!
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#278839 - 02/14/08 10:44 AM
Re: Good games that infuriate you!
[Re: BubbaJake]
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Settled Boomer
Registered: 08/29/06
Posts: 138
Loc: Belgium
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Belgar, I don't HAVE months to spend on one puzzle in a game. I loved Mysterious Journey 1 and 2, but the 2 sided bridge puzzle in 1 was kinda hard, but more fun than the one in MJ2. At first the fog puzzle was so confusing that I nearly gave up. Yes, but in the old days (early 90's)... you had no choice w/o Internet. The only choice was to know someone who had the game, or stumble upon a magazine that had the walkthru.
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#278858 - 02/14/08 11:20 AM
Re: Good games that infuriate you!
[Re: Belgar]
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Addicted Boomer
Registered: 04/03/06
Posts: 1853
Loc: Rockford, Illinois
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In the old days if you had a modem you could get CompuServe and there was a Gamers Forum there that helped with the early, early games from the 1980s, like King's Quest for one. Of course, we also shared hints with friends. It was always fun when I was the first one in the group who found out what to do next when we were all stuck and so could help the others, what a high!
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#279276 - 02/15/08 08:05 AM
Re: Good games that infuriate you!
[Re: BubbaJake]
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Settled Boomer
Registered: 08/29/06
Posts: 138
Loc: Belgium
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Bubba .... lol, yes I remember them. [blip] I now feel old.
Remember the first cd rom game? the 7th guest and bad mojo. I never finished them. I got so frustrated and stuck, that I just gave up.
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