The viridian room
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Evil Jamie!
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- Location: Tasmania
Okay, I did most of this game myself but still had to read this topic very carefully for hints, and I had to resort to a walkthrough for the very last bit.
While it's a clever puzzle, there are some major issues I have with it. Firstly, making you click on something multiple times to find something when there's no indication that clicking there is doing anything is just wrong.
Second. You're supposed to look at the lampshade from a different angle to get one of the little cards. I clicked on the lampshade while I was looking at the door with the diamond-shaped window, and I was taken to a view of the lampshade. I scrolled left a bit and then clicked the lampshade again - and was taken to the SAME VIEW OF IT, with the diamond window visible, though I was nevertheless returned to the view of the bookcase. I therefore concluded that ALL views of the lampshade would take you to the same identical screen. Turns out there's ONE position where clicking the lampshade which will take you to a different view. Stupid!
Third. I found a warm beer and some rotten meat in the fridge. There was also no plug around behind the fridge and we all know in Crimson Room we were required to plug something in and turn it on. I therefore made the obvious assumption that the FRIDGE DIDN'T WORK. But then you put the beer back in the fridge and suddenly it becomes cold. Why wasn't it cold to begin with then? Stupid!
Not letting you check the bin until you examine the hair is also a bad thing. Then I assumed that I'd need to put the bike lock on the shrine but it didn't let me. Wasted about ten minutes trying to get back to the "feet" viewpoint, with no success. Bah. Finally, the control system was simplistic but fiddly. Just scrolling left and right around the room was nightmarish, and so was swapping the pictures in the frame and so on. Grrrr.
While it's a clever puzzle, there are some major issues I have with it. Firstly, making you click on something multiple times to find something when there's no indication that clicking there is doing anything is just wrong.
Second. You're supposed to look at the lampshade from a different angle to get one of the little cards. I clicked on the lampshade while I was looking at the door with the diamond-shaped window, and I was taken to a view of the lampshade. I scrolled left a bit and then clicked the lampshade again - and was taken to the SAME VIEW OF IT, with the diamond window visible, though I was nevertheless returned to the view of the bookcase. I therefore concluded that ALL views of the lampshade would take you to the same identical screen. Turns out there's ONE position where clicking the lampshade which will take you to a different view. Stupid!
Third. I found a warm beer and some rotten meat in the fridge. There was also no plug around behind the fridge and we all know in Crimson Room we were required to plug something in and turn it on. I therefore made the obvious assumption that the FRIDGE DIDN'T WORK. But then you put the beer back in the fridge and suddenly it becomes cold. Why wasn't it cold to begin with then? Stupid!
Not letting you check the bin until you examine the hair is also a bad thing. Then I assumed that I'd need to put the bike lock on the shrine but it didn't let me. Wasted about ten minutes trying to get back to the "feet" viewpoint, with no success. Bah. Finally, the control system was simplistic but fiddly. Just scrolling left and right around the room was nightmarish, and so was swapping the pictures in the frame and so on. Grrrr.
