StaceyPowers Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Puzzle solving! It’s not my favorite thing ever. I am hoping that someone can help me become a better puzzle-solver. I have noticed that my problem is that puzzles seem to involve two stages in most games, and it is the first stage I can’t seem to figure out how to deal with. The two stages seem to be: 1-Figuring out the rules/underlying principle of the puzzle. 2-Working through the puzzle based on the rules/underlying principle. If I know the rules for a puzzle and understand more or less what I am supposed to be doing, I usually am patient and methodical enough to follow through and solve the puzzle. But if I do not understand the basic underlying principle governing a puzzle, I feel totally lost, and have no idea what to do or how to begin systematically determining what the underlying rules are. I usually cannot even make sense of what I am looking at. Worse, even after I look up the solution, sometimes I still don’t grok the puzzle. If anyone here excels at this first stage, what is your basic process? How do you go from looking at a puzzle you have never encountered before to figuring out what you have to do to solve it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 If I think it’s something that will leave me a couple brain cells afterward, I go slowly at it. I make tiny adjustments in the most seemingly insignificant things and see what the results are. When I get a reaction in the game to what I did I make a mental note of it if it doesn’t lead to exactly what I’m after. I continue that way until I get what I’m after. Sometimes it can take hours or even days to figure it all out, but I’m tenacious and methodical with things of this nature. StaceyPowers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyPowers Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, The Blackangel said: Sometimes it can take hours or even days to figure it all out I do remember taking that approach with Myst on PC back in the day. I guess that I had the patience with that because it was literally a puzzle game, and thus I would just keep working on the puzzles at school and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 I tried Riven several times, but I could never figure out what the hell I was supposed to be doing in the damn game. That one was WAY beyond any capabilities I ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaucyPastaTho Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 This post reminds me of the last few puzzles in adam venture origins it was like 3 disks and it was terrible. I usually watch a guide and even if I still don't get it after watching the guide I just do it randomly until I pass it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 I think a lot of time the puzzle based games, you have to adjust accordingly. Like the angry birds puzzles have physics specific pattern that you have to learn and work upon. StaceyPowers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyPowers Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 23 hours ago, The Blackangel said: I tried Riven several times, but I could never figure out what the hell I was supposed to be doing in the damn game. That one was WAY beyond any capabilities I ever had. I never did finish that one 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, StaceyPowers said: I never did finish that one 😞 I didn’t even start it. I loaded it. But that’s as far as I managed to get. Edited March 27, 2020 by The Blackangel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
