Telltale Games

badmonk · 07/02/2009, 08:19 am

or is it just me being stupid??

you know the ones where you walk around for ages, collected various items, talked to loads of people, explored many places and nothing!!!
then it hits you what you need to do and you get this satisfying feeling of accomplishment when you finally solve a certain puzzle!

so is this how it is for everybody or do some of you vets just cruise through with no pauses whatsoever?

corruptbiggins · 07/02/2009, 08:20 am

that has happened to me plenty of times!

PariahKing · 07/02/2009, 08:24 am

Constantly. Especially during playthroughs of Telltale's games for some reason.

badmonk · 07/02/2009, 08:26 am

thanks for the replies guys!
thank the lord i thought it was just me being thick lol!!
glad others feel the same way!

Scrawffler · 07/02/2009, 11:03 am

lol Yes, all the time! It happens to me most during Simon The Sorcerer games. Sometimes it will take me absolutely ages to work something out, and almost every time I get stuck, the solution will turn out to be so insanely simple it went right over my head. XD

Tea · 07/02/2009, 11:19 am

I get this all the time with games I'm not familliar with.

Still wondering around Cocytus after 2 months of playing The Dig.

natlinxz · 07/02/2009, 01:55 pm

It happens to me when I play a second episode. First time around I click on everything, and thus have no trouble at all winning. The second time around I feel like an expert, which makes me feel less inclined to click on everything, and then I fail miserably and need a walkthrough. Maybe if I could get amnesia every time I try a new episode....

Azure · 07/02/2009, 02:46 pm

Yeah! It's amazing I hate using FAQs so I've been known to take years to solve puzzles. XD

Marduk · 07/02/2009, 02:49 pm

I'm certain than almost everybody has ('almost' because there must be a few annoying exceptions to that).

Here's a thread on the same subject I started a few days ago.

DarkStar Runner · 07/02/2009, 02:51 pm

Not only in adventure games, but in Layton gmes...when that puzzle...you know you're SO CLOSE...and the answer won't come...then, when you FINALLY figure out the answer, you feel like the smartest person in the world.

DrRocketGenius · 07/02/2009, 06:35 pm

Happens to me all the time. Even sometimes when replaying. XD

Molokov · 07/02/2009, 10:24 pm

Certainly have had plenty of blank-then-sudden-realisation moments.

Quite a few puzzles I've been /over/ thinking and assuming the solution was complex or whatever when it was in fact really simple.

badmonk · 07/02/2009, 11:41 pm

thanks for the great replies people

glad its not just me then!

badmonk · 07/02/2009, 11:43 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marduk

I'm certain than almost everybody has ('almost' because there must be a few annoying exceptions to that).

Here's a thread on the same subject I started a few days ago.

ahh sorry Marduk, i should have done a search first!

Marduk · 07/03/2009, 05:58 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by badmonk

ahh sorry Marduk, i should have done a search first!

I really don't mind. I was just going to reply and tell you of some of my experiances but i was tired and remembered i could just add a link to a thread where i'd already done it :P

juss · 07/03/2009, 06:53 am

I suck at these games

I've played many many games in my life but never completed one without a walkthrough. I especially can't do Myst-like or logic puzzles and always run to the solution pretty quickly. I'll struggle for longer with inventory puzzles but eventually become stuck anyway and look up the solution.

I blow.

Hardest one I ever did was Zorks 1-3
Monkey Island 2 was crazy hard as well. Day of the Tentacle made me cry.

natlinxz · 07/03/2009, 08:13 am

I beat Abe Lincoln Must Die without help, but I can't remember solving a single puzzle in DOTT by myself. I mean it! I used a walkthrough for everything!!

Rubarack · 07/04/2009, 09:30 am

All the time. Generally if I've got round to two laps of the gameworld and still have no idea I'll check the Internet for hints. At this point there's generally a 50/50 split of me realising I'm an idiot, or thinking the designers were idiots.

Astro Gnocci · 07/04/2009, 10:00 am

This is almost THE (though negative) definition of adventure games

I guess that's really the main reason why the story is so important in this genre. Not that it wouldn't be by itself, but really, you've really gotta be drawn into it to make up for this major inconvenient.
I know a lot of people tried to play sam and max or the old monkeys, they did like it, but almost always gave up after being stuck for too long

Molokov · 07/04/2009, 02:23 pm

The good thing with the recent TTG games is that if you do get really stuck, you can just dial the hints level up in your settings.

I've actually solves a few puzzles that stumped me that way. I love the hint system. I switch it completely off when I start the game, and only switch it on when I get really really stuck on a puzzle.

07/02/2009, 08:19 am	#1
badmonk Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 51	anyone else get a 'blank' when playing adventure games? or is it just me being stupid?? you know the ones where you walk around for ages, collected various items, talked to loads of people, explored many places and nothing!!! then it hits you what you need to do and you get this satisfying feeling of accomplishment when you finally solve a certain puzzle! so is this how it is for everybody or do some of you vets just cruise through with no pauses whatsoever?

07/02/2009, 08:20 am	#2
corruptbiggins ready player one Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fintlewoodlewix Posts: 2,202	that has happened to me plenty of times! __________________ Currently reading... The Servants of Twilight by Dean Koontz Portfolio / Blog / YouTube "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."

07/02/2009, 08:24 am	#3
PariahKing I Have Arrived Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,327	Constantly. Especially during playthroughs of Telltale's games for some reason. __________________ It's OK to eat fish - they don't have any feelings.

07/02/2009, 11:03 am	#5
Scrawffler Pappapisshu!! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: England wink wink nudge nudge Posts: 607	lol Yes, all the time! It happens to me most during Simon The Sorcerer games. Sometimes it will take me absolutely ages to work something out, and almost every time I get stuck, the solution will turn out to be so insanely simple it went right over my head. XD __________________ I'm not crazy; I'm sanely-challenged.

07/02/2009, 11:19 am	#6
Tea Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 406	I get this all the time with games I'm not familliar with. Still wondering around Cocytus after 2 months of playing The Dig. __________________ I am a man who studies argument and those who argue.

07/02/2009, 08:26 am	#4
badmonk Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 51	thanks for the replies guys! thank the lord i thought it was just me being thick lol!! glad others feel the same way!

07/02/2009, 01:55 pm	#7
natlinxz Cooler than You Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 703	It happens to me when I play a second episode. First time around I click on everything, and thus have no trouble at all winning. The second time around I feel like an expert, which makes me feel less inclined to click on everything, and then I fail miserably and need a walkthrough. Maybe if I could get amnesia every time I try a new episode.... __________________ Studies have shown that people who click on links to youtube channels in signatures are 60% happier. My Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/natlinxz

07/02/2009, 02:46 pm	#8
Azure Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Posts: 48	Yeah! It's amazing I hate using FAQs so I've been known to take years to solve puzzles. XD

07/02/2009, 02:49 pm	#9
Marduk Chimes in once in a while Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Wales Posts: 352	I'm certain than almost everybody has ('almost' because there must be a few annoying exceptions to that). Here's a thread on the same subject I started a few days ago.

07/02/2009, 02:51 pm	#10
DarkStar Runner nomnomnom Join Date: May 2008 Location: Southeast of there. Posts: 284	Not only in adventure games, but in Layton gmes...when that puzzle...you know you're SO CLOSE...and the answer won't come...then, when you FINALLY figure out the answer, you feel like the smartest person in the world. __________________ This user has a FanFiction account! And a DeviantArt! Official "Nommer" of random people. swallows you whole

07/02/2009, 06:35 pm	#11
DrRocketGenius The Batman Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,514	Happens to me all the time. Even sometimes when replaying. XD

07/02/2009, 10:24 pm	#12
Molokov Dingo in a Maternity Ward Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 1,138	Certainly have had plenty of blank-then-sudden-realisation moments. Quite a few puzzles I've been /over/ thinking and assuming the solution was complex or whatever when it was in fact really simple.

07/02/2009, 11:41 pm	#13
badmonk Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 51	thanks for the great replies people glad its not just me then!

07/03/2009, 06:53 am	#16
juss Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 10	I suck at these games I've played many many games in my life but never completed one without a walkthrough. I especially can't do Myst-like or logic puzzles and always run to the solution pretty quickly. I'll struggle for longer with inventory puzzles but eventually become stuck anyway and look up the solution. I blow. Hardest one I ever did was Zorks 1-3 Monkey Island 2 was crazy hard as well. Day of the Tentacle made me cry.

07/03/2009, 08:13 am	#17
natlinxz Cooler than You Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 703	I beat Abe Lincoln Must Die without help, but I can't remember solving a single puzzle in DOTT by myself. I mean it! I used a walkthrough for everything!! __________________ Studies have shown that people who click on links to youtube channels in signatures are 60% happier. My Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/natlinxz

07/04/2009, 09:30 am	#18
Rubarack Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 96	All the time. Generally if I've got round to two laps of the gameworld and still have no idea I'll check the Internet for hints. At this point there's generally a 50/50 split of me realising I'm an idiot, or thinking the designers were idiots.

07/04/2009, 10:00 am	#19
Astro Gnocci Buck Naked - Texas Ranger Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 683	This is almost THE (though negative) definition of adventure games I guess that's really the main reason why the story is so important in this genre. Not that it wouldn't be by itself, but really, you've really gotta be drawn into it to make up for this major inconvenient. I know a lot of people tried to play sam and max or the old monkeys, they did like it, but almost always gave up after being stuck for too long __________________ Drink Cheap, Evil-Smellin Beer Everyday of Your Life.

07/04/2009, 02:23 pm	#20
Molokov Dingo in a Maternity Ward Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 1,138	The good thing with the recent TTG games is that if you do get really stuck, you can just dial the hints level up in your settings. I've actually solves a few puzzles that stumped me that way. I love the hint system. I switch it completely off when I start the game, and only switch it on when I get really really stuck on a puzzle.

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