I wasn't even aware character swapping mid-chapter like this was a thing (let alone a requirement) for a time since it was completely not needed in Act 1 - the act pretty much most of us backers have played up until now where you just did one character at a time.įurthermore it's completely unfeasable for I, the player to expect the in-game protagonists to require and utilise knowledge that they would have no way at all of possessing The whole wiring mechanics and puzzles from the end of Shay's act through to the finale is ridiculous since it calls upon player knowledge of the alternate character's surroundings and actions. (Atleast Vella can't leave that control room once she's hit her wall, if I did her chapter first than I might have been clued in quicker I suppose)
Yep, this is one of my biggest gripes, and the first instance of me being 'stuck' (at Shay's first electrician wire puzzle) since after you've repaired the rest of the ship in Shay's act 2, you can pretty much just wander around indefinitely without being able to progress until you swap without knowledge that you are literally halted in your progress. Shay does make comments about wishing he were on his ship for information but while some would think "oh Vella is on that ship now! I'll switch to her and look around" it's not unheard of for players to have been mentally trained to think the actions of a character only affect their own side of the game. Attempting this in Act 2 would be impossible. Originally posted by Aasha:For example you could play the whole way through Act 1 as either character and then play the next character's act. Now that it's over and the frustrating moment(s) are passed by for a couple of days I mostly remember the fond feeling of nostalgia when playing it. It makes me think of games I played when I was a kid on my old machine. I can definently say the game feels charming though. I'd imagine this is something that would make an experience vary from person to person. Even if they did take longer than would be deemed fun anymore in a few cases. eventually I overcame almost every puzzle. I had no idea it was something about reading sheet music - which I literally never would have been able to do since I don't have the ability to read sheet music myself.
#Broken age nav scarf vella how to#
I realized Alex's song had something to do with it, but could not for the life of me figure out how to convert his whistling into a scarf. I confess I did have to resort to a walk-through to get the Weaver's scarf marked to go to the "new system" in Act 2. While I could see players of this day and age taking a character's hinting comments as though they're meant as a mere passing remark. Playing Sierra adventure games from the 80s and early 90s (which are very similar to this in concept) can make you very attuned to looking for details that don't look like they should matter and storing seemingly useless info for later. Some people are greatly in tune with puzzle games. Not that that particular puzzle piece took long to find it's just an easy example of illogical placement. Why would that be there? It would have made more sense seeing it on the wall in the cockpit or maybe even Marik's lair than in the family picture. For example the family picture having the wiring order for a hexibot in the corner. Quite a few puzzle pieces were in illogical places. While I understood what "A bucket of fingers" was when I saw it there were more than a few that sounded too abstract to have a feasable visual (such as "It looks like a headache with a belt"). The knot puzzle I felt a bit perplexed by. As a player you are trained to think a certain way.įor example you could play the whole way through Act 1 as either character and then play the next character's act. I think the main issue is more inconsistancy with the puzzles than anything else. At the time I was playing I found myself stuck a few times in.
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