I enjoyed Alice scene at the beginning and got me motivated... so let's go ! And... what a bait. It COULD be a nice game if I have not played 1 hour for nearly nothing, and searching objects is a pain in the ass without a real walkthough (even with one, there is no joy doing it).
For example (and if it can help some people here, feeling like writing in good old IGN type of walkthough) :
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Backpack : I was stuck for 10 minutes at the beginning when you need to take your
backpack in your room, I was like "yep, and now ? where do I put it ?", you try everything... and it works when you click on the radiator so MC put the backpack beside it... well...ok.
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Hammer : You search the
hammer for 10 more minutes... big sister said it was in the garage... but nothing... oh it was behind the bin under the craft-table, like really ? And I already moved this bin at the beginning of the game, and there was nothing behind if I remember well. Ok it's fine.
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Nails : Then,
nails... like it could be everywhere ? I read here that it's in the attic... but can't go there because MC doesn't want to take the ladder in the garage... welp... stuck. Oh, nevermind, I needed to talk to the little sister to have the hint, and now MC can take the ladder, because why not, and you put it against the furniture. Attic unlocked. Fck me, they really were in the mailbox ? Like it was not boring enough ?
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Rope : Talking to Alice, she said it's in the backyard when kids were playing. Ok, you can see it in the treehouse but you need something. Something ? Really ? I found earlier a baseball bat in a bedroom. Can't use it. The solution was to run into the tire swing so it hits the tree... what the fck ? And the rope just dissapeared while hitting the ground. I had to go back to the kitchen, then back in the backyard again to "reset".
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Boards : You have to talk to Lisa, she's in her bed. Need to go to the old barn behind the house. Old barn ? More like a garden shed, and it's closed. So I went to Alice in the kitchen. Boards are in the basement... but you need to find the key, in one of the kitchen cabinets. You take the chair, put it next to the cabinet. For one time, it was easy to do. {scene}
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Flashlight : I remember seeing it in the bathroom upstair while searching for the hammer. What ? Yes, we never know in this game... it's in the cabinet, left of the shower. So now... let's go to the basement I guess. The door to the left of the garage. You use the key on the door, and go down. Why do I needed to go here ? Oh yeah, boards.
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Back to the boards : Dafuq is that basement, it's bigger than the house, really. More like a medieval donjon. Most doors are locked, except one, at the bottom. There is fuse box / electrical panel... will probably have to do something with it later. Nevermind, clicked on it, removed them and now I need fo find new fuse ? Sigh... I'm done. Ok so... 4 fuses...
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Fuses : I found (Fuse1) one on the shelf at the right of the first staircase. And you need to put it right away in the electrical panel to unlock the door next to it. Now... I have to find a solution to the water leaking ? Really ? I just wanted boards you know, I don't want to renovate the whole house. Joking, fck this house, you just need to go to the other side for Fuse n°2. You need to push the boxes to create a sort of bridge... first one is ok, but the next one is stuck in the corner and can't do shit. And the last one is... floating and can't take it back to me ? Leaving the room doesn't reset. Guess it's over, my last save is pretty far away so too lazy to do it again even if I know now what I have to do. I'm done. Fck it. Done.
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Ok... I discovered that the red button next to the door resets the position of the boxes... but... ok... back at it. Careful now... don't make it harder that it is already by running everywhere... slowly... and done ! Fck yeah ! Why am I happy ? Fck that game ! Ok, 2nd fuse found in the middle of one of the shelf. Let's go back. You put it in the electrical panel... and yep, it does something, somewhere. Thanks MC, would not find it by myself. YES I'm grumpy now. It unlocked the door at the beginning of the basement. Fuse n°3 is at the top of the shelf, left to the door. Guess I finally need the ladder I saw earlier next to the staircase. Use the ladder on the shelf and... Fuse n°3 it is + bathroom scene. I thought there was no more light in the house ? Oh fck logic.
Let's use the fuse and unlock the next door. Door at the beginning of the basement too, next to the big bowl with water leaking in it.
The boiler has a problem... don't tell me I need to be Mario now ? I'm not a fcking plumber, I just wanted boards ! I need to find instruction... oh I hate puzzle. Even more shitty one. Welp, can't find the instruction/scheme, I'm done for now. And too lazy to lose 20mn between meh scene.
Ok, back at it few days after... and the scheme was easy to find, on a shelf, when you go down the staircase next to the bowl :
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Well... going back to the machine room to do the same as on the scheme but... nothing is happening. The upper valve is useless, the lower valve does nothing, the little yellow one too...
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Am I missing something ? Probably. But I need to finish this plumber quest for the 4th fuse. I can't go upstair to talk to the girls... Stuck again ? Fck.
Gosh that's the kind of thing that can make most people ragequit the game after 5mn of running around. I played more than 1 hour so far for... nearly nothing ?