Some game
have a fine line between madness and ingenuity, and this fact is perfectly set
in video game puzzles. This puzzles are blended in the game, which they are
still in, remaining in consistent style but the difficulty is increasing
though, as the game progress. The developers of this following games allows the
gamer to use their puzzle-solving skills but also it will made the gamer to
continue to play.
Then there
are a lot of puzzles that will make the gamer baffled for hours, weeks, and
even for years, confusing the gamer on their randomness, obscurity and lack of
direction. It will make the gamer think to the developer that they have hidden
agenda making it to lack of fun when playing it.
On the other
hand, no one should suffer from any frustrating hours that puzzle games forces
to give the gamer. Driving gamer towards despair, boredom and eventually
madness.
Here are the
list of the game:
1.
Discworld – The Fishmonger’s Belt
The game was, a point and click adventure game in the 90’s were it was
famous on their great storylines, witty writing and colorful characters. But the
aspects of this popular game was the puzzle, was trauma that will hunt the
gamers life.
The puzzle in this game was most relying on combining items to create a
new one or trigger an events that make the game to continue. But the problem
is, the item the gamer need to combine requires irrational, drug altered, mind
to figure out.
2.
Braid – Alternative Ending
The Jonathan Blow’s beautiful time-bending platformer was defined clever,
challenging puzzle that will test the gamer’s resolve and patience in most
imaginable soothing way.
Puzzles for the most part, it was
sublimely design, where different world offers different variation base on
ability to rewind and fast-forward time. But unlocking the games hidden ending
was more challenging than the puzzle-solving.
3.
Resident 3 – Nemeses
Survival horror games mix with suspense puzzle game as the gamers trying
to spend hours in solving the puzzle that will make the game’s pace completely
stop.
The 3rd entry of the Resident Evil series was the perfectly example
for this, with is notorious water sample puzzle. Facing with control panel that
are no meaning at first glance, the gamer must stack 3 colored blocks in three
rows, and eight columns on the panel to mirror the “sampl section” at the top
panel. The gamer can’t simply move an individual block on the screen either and
must force to slide the whole row.
4.
Metal Gear 2 – The Owl
With the themes of terrorism, tragedy and realistic stealth gameplay, the
game had a big taste for the absurd as: exemplified for its bosses and a
different use of cardboard boxes.
The most puzzling of the Metal Gear game series was the involving the
giant Owl egg. Being stuck out a laser-secured enemy base late in the game, you
will try to find a way to Snakey to infiltrate it.
5.
Fez – Black Monolith
The creator Phil Fish, is known in the gaming world as a guy who cares
little for what people on him. A small fraction of his personality was being shown
the game, which left the gamers left scratches their head for years.
Solving the puzzle will unlock the final piece of the heart-shape block
in the game, but still no one knows on what to do about the block. The story surrounding
the game is a testament to the determination of the gaming community solve the
puzzle by any means necessary and to developer’s determination is still a big
mystery.
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give comments and suggestion on this topic.
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