Becky, your hint is horrible! :-)

Until Becky comes along, did you know that there is a walkthrough for the game here?

It sounds like an interesting game.

Hi Tomer --

I wanted to make it a very soft hint because I know you don't like spoilers!

I guess it was too soft.



If you download the official Strategy Guide, (scroll down the page to see the Strategy Guide link) it explains what they are looking for in the riddles.

These riddles, like most of the others I've encountered in adventure games, are VERY difficult puzzles because words are such cheats and illusions. What the riddle writer sees in words is often very different from what I see in words.

Riddles attempt to obfuscate, and sometimes they do a better job that the riddler is thinking they are doing.

At least it's not too easy, right?

EDIT: -- the Strategy Guide has some background story information at the beginning. The walkthrough part begins on page 10.

If you like, I can post the riddle challenge answers here in a spoiler if you'd rather not look yourself.

Thanks, Becky. I was pretty sure that Tomer didn't want a walkthrough.

No, I don't want a walkthrough, but I would appreciate a hint that would take me forwards :-)
I just don't know what to make of it... and since I've tried all doors already, desperate me, I can only assume it's about guessing the correct sequence, or finding a hidden entrance... either way... I wouldn't know how Indians would analyze their hints, but to me they mean nothing :-)

It sure was a great game I finished it a while back and couldn't have done it without looking at the WT every once in a while. One of the hardest games I have ever played.
Richard

Tomer, I just started playing so I am not that far yet to give you a hint. Hopefully someone that has will be able to help you soon.

Ana

The numbers above the doors, from what I can tell, are

I didn't figure this out on my own -- I got through the door by sheer luck, and then later on looked back at the strategy guide. Here's how the strategy guide numbers the doors:



If that's not enough help, I can tell you that



If that's not enough, let me know and I'll post what the strategy guide says under another spoiler tag.

Thank you, Becky.

Thanks a lot Becky.
Even after reading your three hints, I wasn't able to solve it without guessing the doors - and I tried that only because you said it's not about a sequence.

I still don't get it.
The head said "it's not perfection, but completion you must seek", so I tried googeling Sanskrit completion, I tried "8", I tried 5, I tried 7, and eventually the last door I tried was "1" and it worked... lol.
That's not Rhem, my dear :-)

Thanks again!

Glad you got through! I agree that riddles often can be interpreted any which way. I haven't encountered any more riddles in this game (that I can recall).

According to the strategy guide, the riddle you got says

Well, I would sum it up as a very bad puzzle
Right now, I'm stuck at the library,

Still seeking perfection?

You know I admire your brains and persistence.


(Let me know if you want a hint for the picture arrangement puzzle.)

I'm playing Pahelika Revelations and really love the game but am stuck. There is a story in a journal which I believe should match a tile puzzle I am working on. Question is should the tiles match the journal as written or the logic of the story in the journal? Hope I am explaining this right. Thanks Becky this is a great game!!!

Hi Rockinjranch, have you checked the strategy guide here?

I am not that far yet in the game so I am not sure.

Ana