Meridian 157: Chapter 1

THAT CLOCK PUZZLE! THE damn red handle REFUSED to cooperate with me! XD And uh... Sokoban puzzles with multiple ball manipulations. Yeah. Uh... I can't solve a single one. I still don't get 'em. But! Apart from all of those... I actually had a good time with the continuation. I really like the soundtracks, it's eerie. ^-^ This one was definitely harder than the "Prologue". Still good. Now the other two!

In most point and click games the puzzle usually at least make semi sense in the world of the game, these are just random puzzles thrown throughout a map. They are also, pretty often, frustrating and end up being just annoying especially without a good story to keep you going. Maybe worth it if you get it on sale for a dollar but we ended up using a walkthrough for a lot of it.

Fantastic game. I played this on Hard mode, and it was still very intuitive to figure out what the puzzles wanted out of me. The few times I got stuck I either had to take a step back to clear my head or I hadn't known to click on something on the screen. For the latter part, the best advice I have is to remain in the current mini-area because the game is never going to force you to backtrack unless there is an explicit puzzle still unsolved in a previous area, which, if you keep notes like me, will always have a known reason to returning. This minimizes the amount of places to click around aimlessly. Consider what items you have and what areas (within the current mini-zone) are available to you. The puzzles rarely require more than one clue, so that's also helpful for knocking out possibilities. I was pleasantly surprised that fixing the elevator wasn't the end of the chapter. There's a level after that with more puzzles, which helped round out the experience. There is one jumpscare in this that I'd say is relatively mild. You're never in any danger, so it's primarily to set the mood. Loved it. Can't wait to start the next chapter.

I like working out the puzzles and the next path to take.

Not a bad game... However, some of the games are completely illogical. When trying to figure out how to manipulate the puzzles they freeze and the onlly way to recover is to control alt delete and either solve the puzzle or cancel the help. You can then go back and try again.

Real annoying puzzles and lots of machinery knowledge required, BUT I keep coming back!