Telltale Games

Armakuni · 08/09/2008, 09:13 am

I just finished Season 1 again, been replaying some Telltale games recently.
Even though the difficulty level was easy in this season, there were still a few puzzles that stumped me. By stumped, I mean I was stuck for over 15-30 minutes where I had no idea what to do and was trying clicking on everything etc.

So here goes -

* Episode 4 - getting the "Give me everything" poster (for the tax question).. this is because I was so used to there being nothing useful down that alley so I didn't think to check.

* Episode 6 - opening the door to the shuttle. I just didn't try picking up the TV antenna for some reason.

* Episode 6 - paying Bosco. I was certain those objects in the closet were just there as souvernirs from earlier episodes and it took me quite a while before I (out of desperation) tried to do anything with those.

There might have been some more but I can't think of it at the top of my head.
Anyway, as you can see, there is a pattern to what made me stuck.. it's all because of the episodic nature of these games. I'm not used to searching the same areas over to see if anything useful has appeared there when there was nothing useful in those areas in previous episodes.

So were you people stuck anywhere in the first season?

t_mack · 08/09/2008, 10:00 am

Episode 5. All of it.

MaxFan · 08/09/2008, 11:52 am

Episode 4 - "Free Home Delivery" sign, I had found the "Give Me all You've Got" poster and thought the rest of the answers were in the stack of cards already prepared.

Episode 5 - Getting Bosco out of Reality 2.0. I can't believe I didn't think to use the sword he'd just given me for the longest time!

Episode 5 - Reality 1.5, who'd ever have thought you could "get Bosco's" or "use Bosco's with lake". This one's up there with "Throw baby".

It's funny multiple people have mentioned the key for the lunar lander. As soon as Sam said they'd locked the key inside, I thought, where's a coat hanger? Hey, I think there's one serving the TV as an antenna!

Episode 6 - Tic Tac Doom! Seriously, you have to throw the game?

Episode 6 - Getting a trillion dollars. What exactly am I supposed to do to make the USA more valuable? Surely I can do this first and worry about Hugh Bliss later.... Hmm, wanton violence and destruction doesn't seem like it will help me with this one.

Dangerzone · 08/09/2008, 08:14 pm

actually i really only had trouble with one puzzle all year... and that was knocking out specs in episode one... for some reason the thought to bonk him on the head with a bowling ball never came to me

but once i got used to that kind of thinking... the rest of the season was easy for me

Quuux · 08/09/2008, 09:41 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dangerzone

actually i really only had trouble with one puzzle all year... and that was knocking out specs in episode one... for some reason the thought to bonk him on the head with a bowling ball never came to me

but once i got used to that kind of thinking... the rest of the season was easy for me

Yeah that stumped me too, particularly since i didnt realise you could look out the window heh

Armakuni · 08/09/2008, 09:53 pm

Cool avatar, great game

But yeah, the first season was too easy.. however, it was still very, very good! Especially the last three episodes!

Anyway, don't want to get it on topic so please go on and post puzzles that stumped you

Chaosfan · 08/09/2008, 10:48 pm

Lets see,

Episode 4: Using the bug to set up a date with Lincoln and Sybill

Episode 5: Getting the password for Boscos bank account.

Episode 6: Paying Bosco.

Episode 6: Sawing the Shuttles legs off in the final fight.

Other than that the puzzles all made sense..... in an insane kind of way.

Sammy · 08/10/2008, 12:45 am

Episode 4-Using the carbon dater on the weenies.

Episode 5-Reality 1.5.

Episode 6-Getting the hundred trillion dollars.

The season 2 puzzles were much harder for me.

WarpSpeed · 08/10/2008, 02:47 pm

My biggest problem - figuring out how to pull over someone in episode 1! That was the only time I had to check the web site for a hint.

Shambling Corporate Poster · 08/10/2008, 02:52 pm

Episode 5: I was screwed when that stupid Corporate Presence kept eating everything I was trying to get... "Use Bosco's with Lake"??? I mean, what the heck?!

HappyCoincidence · 09/12/2008, 10:09 pm

Episode 1: How to beat Brady Culture (I could've sworn I tried all combinations of commands, but I finally looked it up).
Episode 4: The Army poster--Much too blended in.
Episode 6: Didn't put two and two together and know to make Leonard Vomit. And using the spoon bending to open the door to Hugh Bliss's lair--I could've sworn I needed Bosco's earthquake machine to shake the bowling ball, but you can't get that until after you get in, I realized.
Season 2, 2 games in so far, haven't needed even the in-game clues.

splash1 · 09/12/2008, 10:48 pm

I was stumped with:

Episode 1: The Insane Test or whatever it was called.
Episode 2: Getting Ketchup for the Cake.
Episode 3: Never had any.
Episode 4: The Card thing
Episode 5: The ending with the text adventure
Episode 6: Getting Max's body parts back.

Mirko · 09/13/2008, 02:31 am

Episode 106: Sawing the legs of the Lunar Lander... only time I had to look into a walkthrough

In Season two I had a weird Problem in 203... Somehow I could not open the secret passage... and tuned the hints up, to get confirmation, that ther indeed is a secret passage. After starting a new Game it worked first try, although i am sure I tried that before. Can't remember anything else where i really needed hints in season 2. But it took me a lot longer than season 1.

baggins · 09/13/2008, 05:59 am

Let's keep the spoilers confined to Season one - per the title of the thread, please.

zimmi88 · 09/13/2008, 11:15 pm

The first S&M episode I played was Episode 4 and I remember that I had a tough time right off the bat trying to figure out how to get into the White House. I think it's that I wasn't used to S&M's... umm... unique brand of problem solving... and didn't pick up on the audio clues that were given. Other than that, pretty much echo of the other examples above.

someguyfromazoo · 09/15/2008, 06:03 am

Episode one:Getting Max's head out from the ceiling.

lightblade84 · 09/15/2008, 07:24 am

The one part in season 1 that really had me stumped for a while was in episode 6: raising money for Bosco's invention. I rarely ask Max for advice on the situation, but I asked him in this episode... That didn't quite help me either, although I suppose I should have taken him more seriously!

Spoiler time!
As soon as I opened the closet door in Sam & Max's office, the answer finally clicked in my head... Of course! Make Leonard throw up!

someguyfromazoo · 09/15/2008, 03:22 pm

Also, Episode 2: Alien Photo.I knew the answer was to take it with Hugh, but I avoided the outright Idea do to knowng Myra would inevitably talk about it.........

AARST · 09/15/2008, 04:39 pm

I only really had trouble in episode 6, getting into the shuttle and making Leonard throw up. I just didn't think of those things. I thought Max fed Leonard the Declaration of Independence. Why would I need that?

For the rest of the season, I think I spend the most time on the Downtown Cowboys sitcom set because there are just so many combinations! I wanted to try them all, it wasn't because I couldn't get it. Once I did get it, I actually wanted to load my game to a previous spot, just to try out the remaining possibilities.

08/09/2008, 09:13 am	#1
Armakuni Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Amigastan Posts: 966	Which puzzles stumped you in Season 1? (Spoilers, obviously) I just finished Season 1 again, been replaying some Telltale games recently. Even though the difficulty level was easy in this season, there were still a few puzzles that stumped me. By stumped, I mean I was stuck for over 15-30 minutes where I had no idea what to do and was trying clicking on everything etc. So here goes - * Episode 4 - getting the "Give me everything" poster (for the tax question).. this is because I was so used to there being nothing useful down that alley so I didn't think to check. * Episode 6 - opening the door to the shuttle. I just didn't try picking up the TV antenna for some reason. * Episode 6 - paying Bosco. I was certain those objects in the closet were just there as souvernirs from earlier episodes and it took me quite a while before I (out of desperation) tried to do anything with those. There might have been some more but I can't think of it at the top of my head. Anyway, as you can see, there is a pattern to what made me stuck.. it's all because of the episodic nature of these games. I'm not used to searching the same areas over to see if anything useful has appeared there when there was nothing useful in those areas in previous episodes. So were you people stuck anywhere in the first season? Last edited by Armakuni; 08/09/2008 at 10:02 am.

08/09/2008, 11:52 am	#3
MaxFan THE END IS NIGH! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Southern California Posts: 510	Episode 4 - "Free Home Delivery" sign, I had found the "Give Me all You've Got" poster and thought the rest of the answers were in the stack of cards already prepared. Episode 5 - Getting Bosco out of Reality 2.0. I can't believe I didn't think to use the sword he'd just given me for the longest time! Episode 5 - Reality 1.5, who'd ever have thought you could "get Bosco's" or "use Bosco's with lake". This one's up there with "Throw baby". It's funny multiple people have mentioned the key for the lunar lander. As soon as Sam said they'd locked the key inside, I thought, where's a coat hanger? Hey, I think there's one serving the TV as an antenna! Episode 6 - Tic Tac Doom! Seriously, you have to throw the game? Episode 6 - Getting a trillion dollars. What exactly am I supposed to do to make the USA more valuable? Surely I can do this first and worry about Hugh Bliss later.... Hmm, wanton violence and destruction doesn't seem like it will help me with this one. __________________ The end is always nigh.

08/09/2008, 08:14 pm	#4
Dangerzone Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,048	actually i really only had trouble with one puzzle all year... and that was knocking out specs in episode one... for some reason the thought to bonk him on the head with a bowling ball never came to me but once i got used to that kind of thinking... the rest of the season was easy for me __________________ iI'll bet you planned on reading this to gain an obscure revelation about something arbitrary... but no, there is never anything interesting in the fine print... other than big words

08/09/2008, 10:48 pm	#7
Chaosfan Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 92	Lets see, Episode 4: Using the bug to set up a date with Lincoln and Sybill Episode 5: Getting the password for Boscos bank account. Episode 6: Paying Bosco. Episode 6: Sawing the Shuttles legs off in the final fight. Other than that the puzzles all made sense..... in an insane kind of way. __________________ Who needs political correctness if you can have Sam and Max instead

08/10/2008, 12:45 am	#8
Sammy Sam's Doggleganger Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Inside a giant manatee Posts: 194	Episode 4-Using the carbon dater on the weenies. Episode 5-Reality 1.5. Episode 6-Getting the hundred trillion dollars. The season 2 puzzles were much harder for me. __________________ "I'm not gonna rest til I find out who killed my partner"

08/09/2008, 10:00 am	#2
t_mack Super Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 50	Episode 5. All of it.

08/09/2008, 09:53 pm	#6
Armakuni Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Amigastan Posts: 966	Cool avatar, great game But yeah, the first season was too easy.. however, it was still very, very good! Especially the last three episodes! Anyway, don't want to get it on topic so please go on and post puzzles that stumped you

08/10/2008, 02:47 pm	#9
WarpSpeed Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 827	My biggest problem - figuring out how to pull over someone in episode 1! That was the only time I had to check the web site for a hint.

08/10/2008, 02:52 pm	#10
Shambling Corporate Poster I Drink your Milkshake!!! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Blaargh!!! Shambling Corporate Presence's #1 fan! Posts: 372	Episode 5: I was screwed when that stupid Corporate Presence kept eating everything I was trying to get... "Use Bosco's with Lake"??? I mean, what the heck?! __________________ Bosco-"I think my Package is ticking" Max-"That's not a very good Pick up line," Bosco- "I think my package is 'The Bomb!'" Max- "Now THAT'S a good pick up line!" Shambling! Corporate! Presence!

09/12/2008, 10:09 pm	#11
HappyCoincidence Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 51	Episode 1: How to beat Brady Culture (I could've sworn I tried all combinations of commands, but I finally looked it up). Episode 4: The Army poster--Much too blended in. Episode 6: Didn't put two and two together and know to make Leonard Vomit. And using the spoon bending to open the door to Hugh Bliss's lair--I could've sworn I needed Bosco's earthquake machine to shake the bowling ball, but you can't get that until after you get in, I realized. Season 2, 2 games in so far, haven't needed even the in-game clues.

09/12/2008, 10:48 pm	#12
splash1 Electric Tuna Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Jungle Subway Posts: 2,588	I was stumped with: Episode 1: The Insane Test or whatever it was called. Episode 2: Getting Ketchup for the Cake. Episode 3: Never had any. Episode 4: The Card thing Episode 5: The ending with the text adventure Episode 6: Getting Max's body parts back. __________________ *inFamous, is the best game ever and you can't say it isn't cause it would a lie!!! SO THERE! Sam: "This goes down to fiery bowls of America's filthiest city." Max*: "You've been listening to my inner bathroom narration again!"

09/13/2008, 02:31 am	#13
Mirko Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 144	Episode 106: Sawing the legs of the Lunar Lander... only time I had to look into a walkthrough In Season two I had a weird Problem in 203... Somehow I could not open the secret passage... and tuned the hints up, to get confirmation, that ther indeed is a secret passage. After starting a new Game it worked first try, although i am sure I tried that before. Can't remember anything else where i really needed hints in season 2. But it took me a lot longer than season 1. Last edited by Mirko; 09/15/2008 at 03:07 pm.

09/13/2008, 05:59 am	#14
baggins Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 7	Let's keep the spoilers confined to Season one - per the title of the thread, please.

09/13/2008, 11:15 pm	#15
zimmi88 Hiya! =) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Diego/Santa Cruz Posts: 34	The first S&M episode I played was Episode 4 and I remember that I had a tough time right off the bat trying to figure out how to get into the White House. I think it's that I wasn't used to S&M's... umm... unique brand of problem solving... and didn't pick up on the audio clues that were given. Other than that, pretty much echo of the other examples above.

09/15/2008, 06:03 am	#16
someguyfromazoo I Feel Asleep Join Date: May 2008 Location: Strong Badian Zoo Posts: 1,607	Episode one:Getting Max's head out from the ceiling. __________________ WE'RE A DANGER TO OURSELF AND OTHERS! MST3K, Never forget. Look up there, in the sky... it's a bird! It's a plane! IT'S A FLYING WHATCHAMACALLIT! One of the funniest Youtube Channels I have seen, this is my favorite video. (Warning, possibly offensive language.)

09/15/2008, 07:24 am	#17
lightblade84 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 24	The one part in season 1 that really had me stumped for a while was in episode 6: raising money for Bosco's invention. I rarely ask Max for advice on the situation, but I asked him in this episode... That didn't quite help me either, although I suppose I should have taken him more seriously! Spoiler time! As soon as I opened the closet door in Sam & Max's office, the answer finally clicked in my head... Of course! Make Leonard throw up! Last edited by lightblade84; 09/15/2008 at 07:27 am.

09/15/2008, 03:22 pm	#18
someguyfromazoo I Feel Asleep Join Date: May 2008 Location: Strong Badian Zoo Posts: 1,607	Also, Episode 2: Alien Photo.I knew the answer was to take it with Hugh, but I avoided the outright Idea do to knowng Myra would inevitably talk about it......... __________________ WE'RE A DANGER TO OURSELF AND OTHERS! MST3K, Never forget. Look up there, in the sky... it's a bird! It's a plane! IT'S A FLYING WHATCHAMACALLIT! One of the funniest Youtube Channels I have seen, this is my favorite video. (Warning, possibly offensive language.)

09/15/2008, 04:39 pm	#19
AARST Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 12	I only really had trouble in episode 6, getting into the shuttle and making Leonard throw up. I just didn't think of those things. I thought Max fed Leonard the Declaration of Independence. Why would I need that? For the rest of the season, I think I spend the most time on the Downtown Cowboys sitcom set because there are just so many combinations! I wanted to try them all, it wasn't because I couldn't get it. Once I did get it, I actually wanted to load my game to a previous spot, just to try out the remaining possibilities.

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