I'm with you Mad. I HATE timed areas in games. Not very keen on sliders but can cope with a WT. Love maths and code breaking.

Anything that requires dexterity or quickness of action.
So hate timed puzzles of any kind.
I like anything cerebral, even sliders, with endless time to work it out.

Sliders are wierd for me. Ive always been able to do them without quite knowing how or why. If anyone asked me what the process of completing them is I wouldnt have a clue how to explain. I just sort of move the bits around and they end up in the right place:-)

Rather than solve yet another slider.

The timed ones are the worst cos you could just be a bit slow and then it tells you time up not good.

Hi, boomerang!

The puzzles I would eliminate are:

1. Timed
2. Sliders
3. Push buttons to either light up or unlight the board.

Susan

Susie I had forgotton about the push button light puzzles. I hate those too.

Excellent choice of Topic Space Quest,
I don't know where this catergory fits in, but what makes me Not like games like Myst and Rhem as much as I would like to is the:
Push something here and...... listen and... what the Heck did it do? And you have to wander around finding what it did, if anything...
I hope I explained this right?

I wouldn't eradicate any particular type of puzzle. Some timed, sliders, mazes, etc give me trouble but just as many don't.

What I do hate though (on the line of the endless cutscene) is the endless dialogue you sometimes have to listen to over and over and over again when you have one (or a hundred) of those "game over" moments.

Of course, when you want to hear something again because it actually contains a clue that you didn't quite get or can't write down quick enough and still listen to what's being said, you can never hear that again.

"Of course, when you want to hear something again because it actually contains a clue that you didn't quite get or can't write down quick enough and still listen to what's being said, you can never hear that again. "

So true, oldbroad !!

I'd like to add that if it weren't for saved games and MaG and the other walkthru writers there is many a puzzle that would have kept me from completing a game!

For me it's the timed and arcade puzzles that kills any desire to play that game.

Which is why I don't play Nancy Drew.

All bad puzzles and other puzzles that are not to my liking.

I am playing a game right now that have multiple telephone reconnect the current from one to another and light redirect.. without being there to actually see the wire I can' tell where the heck they go...

Perfectly stated Ascovel!

Any kind of puzzle that includes numbers! I am mathematically challenged. These types of puzzles drive me insane! I don't mind the sliders. But yes, I agree. Any timed puzzle gets on my nerves too! I need to relax!

I'm with the 'hate timed, arcade, dexterity' group. The problem with those puzzles is that no Walkthrough will be able to help you. You're either fast enough or not.

Other than base 10 math puzzles. I won't even try solving them on my own if I can find step-by-step solutions.

A close second is boomerang's "push all the buttons type".

I like sliders (as long as they're not timed).

Mazes, timed, and arcade depend on the individual puzzle.

I am not fond of similar puzzles of any puzzle type in a game.

Also, I am not fond of anything where, if I fail, I'm forced to sit through a long cutscene or endless dialogue before I can try again.

Actually, I wouldn't eradicate any of them. IMO, a far better solution would be an optional bypass of some sort - that way everyone would be happy.

I also would prefer the option of opting out of a puzzle in games especially if it was one I tried a few times already.

I think the worst type of puzzle is one that is both very hard, timed, involves pixel hunting, is not verified as correct when done correct (eg no noise or cutscene or comment) and does not let you save just before or after it.

I agree Vic. An opt out option would be great. I hate when you get stuck at one puzzle and it holds you up for hours.

Same for me. Especially when they make you watch the cutscene again. For some reason, "Time" and adventure games are like oil and water for me.

I'd have to agree with the majority, a timed puzzle. I'm playing the game to relax and enjoy the experience. I don't get pleasure out of solving something before the clock runs down.

I sometimes have no problems with sliders or some math puzzles--to my surprise. But trying to solve a puzzle where you have to get into the head of the programmer to figure out the logic of the puzzle is another turnoff. And yet, I sometimes find myself able to do just that. Sometimes...

I handled the crazy math puzzles in Rama, traversed many timed puzzles without too much hassle. But one type of puzzle is guaranteed to ruin a game for me.

Slider puzzles!