I’d like to ask the good people of this community that, if you do know the solution or figure it out, that you not share the answer here. Feel free to announce your success, but there’s something to be said for discovering the answer completely unaided, even if it takes years.

It’s embarrassingly obvious once you see it though.

  • mushroommunk@lemmy.today
    72·
    10 days ago

    Ever play the game Myst? As a kid that’s exactly how it was. Days of banging my head and then a rush of finally figuring something out. Really miss that

    • gigastasio@sh.itjust.worksOP
      19·
      10 days ago

      Loved that game and every game in that series. Part of the fun was being dropped into this world with no clues and just having to feel your way around.

      I admit that I surrendered after a while and got a walkthrough, which was followed by several hours of, “Oh for fucks sake I could have figured that out!”

      • mushroommunk@lemmy.today
        121·
        10 days ago

        Every once in a while I definitely needed the walkthrough too. I hear blue price hits the same feeling. My wife and I just need to find time to dive into it together

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      6·
      10 days ago

      I recommend Outer Wilds then.

      Go in as blind as possible. They recommend a controller over mouse and keyboard and they mean it. The DLC is just as good as the base game, but I’d tackle it after doing the main objective.

      • mushroommunk@lemmy.today
        2·
        9 days ago

        Outer Wilds or Outer Worlds because I’ve heard good things about both but know nothing about either.

        I have played Chants of Zenaar some which also hits the feeling.

      • mushroommunk@lemmy.today
        6·
        10 days ago

        I have, I picked up the Myst Reader which collects all three from a used book sale a while back. I remember them being a fun read. Nothing mind blowing but a fun jaunt through more Myst

    • flyhunter@lemmy.world
      4·
      10 days ago

      Take a look on tunic, but it comes with some combat action, which may not be what you are looking for.

      • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
        4·
        10 days ago

        You can turn that down and I highly recommend doing so.

        I found the combat to be quite obnoxious.

      • mushroommunk@lemmy.today
        3·
        9 days ago

        I’ve looked at Tunic before but it always looked more like Zelda to me. I dunno why but I’ve always bounced off Zelda.

        • flyhunter@lemmy.world
          3·
          9 days ago

          I don’t like Zelda games myself but loved tunic. The puzzles are completely different than Zelda, much more interesting. The other commenter mentioned you can tone the combat down. Maybe worth a try if it is on sale.

    • fartographer@lemmy.world
      4·
      10 days ago

      I was more of a Return to Zork kid. I’d work my way up to each character, and then kill that character to see their death scene. Then I’d start over and work my way to the next. I got all the way to the vulture at the cave, and stopped playing because I was told there were no more people to murder after that.