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by karmakaze 1220 days ago
Reminds me of those 80s adventure games that always had one hard puzzle and when you finally found out the answer was really annoyed by how random and insignificant it was.
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lcuff 1220 days ago
Yeah, I spent a lot of time banging my head against the wall of Zork, and in the end felt it was a "guess what I'm thinking" pastime that was not worth my time.
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karmakaze 1219 days ago
Yep, I had the same experience with Zork--for me it was "echo". I was playing too rationally and not just trying too many random things "for fun".
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2muchcoffeeman 1220 days ago
A good adventure game is hard to make difficult and satisfying I think. I remember having a lot of trouble with monkey island puzzles until I figured out the game “logic”. But once you do, all the clues are there and it’s great.

If I need to know about random facts or topics or whatever, that’s not hard. That’s just annoying or the author is trying to prove how much smarter they are than you.

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woodsey 1220 days ago
nothing is insignificant in hakari though
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karmakaze 1219 days ago
Like an Encyclopedia Brown or Sherlock mystery, the explanations make sense in retrospect. I will give it another go when I have the time/patience.
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1propionyl 1219 days ago
Why is the logo image in Level 10 desaturated? I was sure that meant something, but it doesn't seem like it did.
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woodsey 1219 days ago
Not relevant, just aesthetics
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1propionyl 1219 days ago
Could I get a little hint or nudge on 23?

I'm currently down the rabbit hole of reading about (ROT13) uggcf://zrqvhz.pbz/@wnzrfeboregf_96602/genafsbezref-hx-gur-pbzvp-gung-arneyl-purngrq-qrngu-9np69r7578q2

I also considered colors...

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woodsey 1219 days ago
his name is important, combine that with the clue on the page, and you'll get it
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1propionyl 1219 days ago
Got it! And here I was thinking it was much more complicated and related to the cancelled final issue of the TFUK comic serialization...

What a wild goose chase I sent myself on.

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expertlake 1216 days ago
the name of who? thats what im asking myself, maybe the author of the link, maybe someone in the text. I'm probably not on the right track and I cant find anything online that could help me, except this forum, but if it'll take a day, i will take a day
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da3m0n404 1217 days ago
im still not sure what kind of combination im looking for in lvl 23..
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