Dark, I'm the same way about old games like Zork, and it's part of the reason AA has it's "no catrub puzzles" policy. I don't like playing guessing games; I like to learn little things, and put them together in interesting ways to do other things. I like to explore and see what's going on, to learn and piece together the story. A lot of the puzzles in Zork really took away from that by throwing ridiculous roadblocks in the way of the exploration.
Dennis Towne Alter Aeon MUD http://www.alteraeon.com On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 8:34 AM, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Kieth. > > To be honest i never even got that far in zork, in zork 1 I was always stuck > on how to get the silver bar out of the echo room. > > I think for me what irritates me with those sorts of puzzles is that you > just don't progress through them. > > When I play a game, I want to explore it's world and it's story. I don't > mind grinding for a long time to overcome a tough enemy, or even exploring a > large area so long as the exploration actually gets me somewhere, but to be > constantly stuck at one point with one action required seeing the same > message over and over again, whether that's a maze with unknowable rooms or > a puzzle you keep trying to guess the right actions for I just find > frustrating, sinse I am not seeing any progression at all. > > That's why i tend to just use the invisiclues, sinse ultimately I'm more > interested in exploring the rest of the game and the story than just banging > my head against one particular brick wall, which is probably why I don't > play if anymore. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
