Stupidest "puzzle" aka sabotage is in game [solution, jump to end of post]- you must take a tutorial course on yougoob, etc on how-to to (a) play sudoku, then decrypt further an unexplained puzzle, write down:
a|w|c j|k|y
q|e|f m|l|o
g|ui| p|w|t
THEN
| |c|1|6|
|a|1| |3|
|1|4| |2|
| | |2|d|
THEN expect to know what the f*ck that means, and then supposed discern minus any modern external internet help beyond using some sort off non-innage off-logical to enter a code of some sort not given any ACTUAL figurative or literal 'direction' or sequence, in any particular order or sequence.
Per hint, it says no column or row should contain the same number, which they already do not!
So 99% player are going to have to come to forum due to lack of patience of actual guide of simply"
| |c|1|6|
|a|1| |3|
|1|4| |2|
| | |2|d|
In which in the second 4x4 grid that only contains #s - they don't, and then regardless if I shift somethings around or fill in mystery blanks, what sequence is the code.
ANSWER : Oh, here's an internet link that you must spend 30 minutes++ on watching to figure out.
OR 45 MINUTES when you are just trying to relax and play a VN (and speaking from someone who has beat many difficult PC puzzle games):
[search thread, the below quotes from this thread with BONUS commentary in-between]
Gee, thanks poster too, you could have repeated the answer... but instead in had to visit 3 more post histories to find.
causing somebody way too much time to pop game into window mode or exit game to f**cking find an answer that is impossible and illogical to 'decode' it minus proper instruction of easy logic is the worst 'grind' and break of immersion of all-time.
cryptic mis-spelling, the card said 'do not loose' - true and from what I gather, proper English was lose. Anybody with logic additionally could have spellchecked easily.
Don't make the players have to 'research' and lean how to play a different game or take a study course in order to solve your game mini-game!! WTF A$$-backwards.
Here's some free advice to dev who probably made more $$ than I have for any game, time equivalent minus any sort of profit or self gain
TO REPEAT FOR THE SMART PLAYER, BUT SAD PLAYER, CODE = 2421 -- YOUR'E WELCOME, HOPE I SAVED YA A PRECIOUS HOUR OF LIFE.
To other game makers, actually use real 'logic' in making your games unless you really are trying to screw-over, insult or belittle your players with your elitist 'master my sudoku or die' ridiculousness extreme here.
The joke is that during this faux-puzzle-extremis, the audio was "crickets" so I have to believe the dev's statement here is also a bad joke on player to pay-treon.
FROM DEV ON MUTED feedback complaining about issue:
Dear Xi, yea look at em captaino
ANSWER = 2421.
Got it, punk? Thanks for playing (or go on internet and spend more time than you have since beginning of game trying to basically scout a cheat or answer online without any hope or adequate instruction to obtain answer even as a educated, logical brain in cranium)
WTF.
CODE = 2421.
Yea... total sense, so simple, absolutely amazing. Is the dev a Facebook/Google recruiter for Synthboy/gurl bots?
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And PS. I am not trying to attack the dev but just heavily criticize A 'flaw' in the VN/Game. There is an early choice driven 'puzzle' that I also found stupid/redundant/frustrating, but at least passable after unnecessary rage-quit [why am i wasting my time], But came back, more sober-minded after actually deleting the game, and then undeleting that I then completed no problem. But was it necessary = no. And you any player CAN just roll-back anyway.
There were actually some instances where this just roll-back mechanic was fine or even well-suited to play, even to benefit and just fine to test out options. But to 'overly do it' serves zero purpose. And this 'sudoku-like' encrypted puzzle was just DUMB and
almost/or a game-breaking bug if player has to venture out of game to 'solve,' which 99.9% unless you are some extreme minority-brainwave-zone of dev.
Hope this post helps players and dev(s) alike. Challenge is good. Old-school die and restart is good in balance or context (which this VN actually does have that most don't in many cases!). Having to reference outside resources = unacceptable ERROR (in logic/design unless it was pre-noted before game that you would need outside reference beyond a strictly logical instruction and brain - and sorry no way in hell base logic and instruction was adequate!, etc).
I want to clarify I like the VN just fine, but I had to cheat 2x with the dumb quasi-'sudoku' code then the computer code, which both were undesirable imo and bad C-Blocking elements that were unnecessary. It's a linear VN and that is fine, the other aspects are worthy up to the point I played (1/2 through map to coast). And to press the point further, you absolutely NEED: