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So I’ve heard great things about this game, but had a few questions before I dove in. All I know of the game is the infamous rubber duck puzzle and that there is a TON of dialog.

1. How are the inventory puzzles? Are there a good amount of them?
2. Do the puzzles have a lot to do with odd, alien technology like the dig? Or are they pretty grounded and logical?
3. I tried the game years ago and got turned off by the huge amount of dialog. Does this persist through the whole game?
4. Anything else I should know as someone who loves the more inventory based adventure games?

Ha! Yeah I know. I did try it when it first came out, but like I said the huge amount of dialog put me off. But here I am ready (maybe) to try it out if the puzzles sound like my style and if the dialog eases up after the start.

walas74 - 11 March 2018 06:24 PM

The answer is easy: don’t let the tons of dialogue texts deprives you from enjoying one of the best adventure games ever.

What do you like most about it? The puzzles? The story?

Karlok - 11 March 2018 06:32 PM

hunter1979 - 11 March 2018 05:37 PM

So I’ve heard great things about this game, but had a few questions before I dove in. All I know of the game is the infamous rubber duck puzzle and that there is a TON of dialog.

1. How are the inventory puzzles? Are there a good amount of them?

Yes. It’s a looooooooong journey. The Longest.

2. Do the puzzles have a lot to do with odd, alien technology like the dig? Or are they pretty grounded and logical?

Some are logical, some are not.

3. I tried the game years ago and got turned off by the huge amount of dialog. Does this persist through the whole game?

Yes.

4. Anything else I should know as someone who loves the more inventory based adventure games?

I don’t know. Your critera for “good puzzles” are not clear to me.
Here are some questions for you:

1. Why not simply trust *your own* experience with TLE? If you stopped playing, hated the looooooong dialogues, chances are the game is not your cup of tea.
2. Are you going to start a new thread every time you want to know if the puzzles are good in a particular game?
3. I’ll repeat Gabe’s question: Where have you been the last 20 years? Haven’t you played anything since Sierra went belly up?

 

Hmmm. So those inventory puzzles in TLJ… Good or no?

Karlok - 11 March 2018 06:51 PM

hunter1979 - 11 March 2018 06:49 PM

Karlok - 11 March 2018 06:32 PM

hunter1979 - 11 March 2018 05:37 PM

So I’ve heard great things about this game, but had a few questions before I dove in. All I know of the game is the infamous rubber duck puzzle and that there is a TON of dialog.

1. How are the inventory puzzles? Are there a good amount of them?

Yes. It’s a looooooooong journey. The Longest.

2. Do the puzzles have a lot to do with odd, alien technology like the dig? Or are they pretty grounded and logical?

Some are logical, some are not.

3. I tried the game years ago and got turned off by the huge amount of dialog. Does this persist through the whole game?

Yes.

4. Anything else I should know as someone who loves the more inventory based adventure games?

I don’t know. Your critera for “good puzzles” are not clear to me.
Here are some questions for you:

1. Why not simply trust *your own* experience with TLE? If you stopped playing, hated the looooooong dialogues, chances are the game is not your cup of tea.
2. Are you going to start a new thread every time you want to know if the puzzles are good in a particular game?
3. I’ll repeat Gabe’s question: Where have you been the last 20 years? Haven’t you played anything since Sierra went belly up?

 

Hmmm. So those inventory puzzles in TLJ… Good or no?

AHA! A troll. Happy trolling!

PLOINK

Dry it up, man. You’re taking this all way too seriously. I’d say it was sad if it wasn’t so dern funny.

tomimt - 11 March 2018 06:57 PM

TLJ isn’t really a game that is known for its puzzles. Its main focus is first and foremost the story and the exploration of the setting. And there’s a lot of story, as that alone makes it one of the longest adventure games out there.

Heck, slap a combat system and RPG mechanics to it, you’d get a game that would have easy 100+ hours of game time with a story that would beat most RPG’s out there.

That’s in the info I was looking for. Appreciate it.