ticky on 13/4/2020 at 13:02
While this contest truly has some highlights and great moments, I also experience new levels of frustration in terms of gameplay. Best examples for that would be the invicible enemy and the confusing map in the Builder's paradise, or GORT's puzzle in his Collecting it All mission. As I went through further in the contest, my last before mission is Into the Odd. Honestly, I did not expect that I'll get even more frustrated, but my first impressions are the following: I do not understand a single bit of the story, I find the area brutally cramped, frustrating and hard to navigate, and while pitch black shadows are realistic, in my opinion they are not useful for gameplay, they rather make the mission pointlessly difficult. Anyway, I decided not to abandon any of the contest missions, so these were only my first impressions.
Vikare on 13/4/2020 at 16:55
Quote Posted by szabikka
THE BOXMAKER SHALL RISE AGAIN!!!
I don't know what this is referencing when I found it in the mission, but it reminded me of that box dude in The Evil Within lol
ticky on 13/4/2020 at 17:06
Inline Image:
https://i.postimg.cc/gkXJcKfy/dump000.jpgWhere is the key to this one? It's near the sewers, and a rat trap with a readable next to it. I think I need to proceed this way, because I already checked out everywhere else (what was available at least). I have the
mangled key now, but it won't open this one.
Basso The Boxman on 13/4/2020 at 17:15
Quote Posted by ticky
While this contest truly has some highlights and great moments, I also experience new levels of frustration in terms of gameplay. Best examples for that would be
the invicible enemy and the confusing map in the Builder's paradise, or GORT's puzzle in his Collecting it All mission. As I went through further in the contest, my last before mission is Into the Odd. Honestly, I
did not expect that I'll get even more frustrated, but my first impressions are the following: I do not understand a single bit of the story, I find the area brutally cramped, frustrating and hard to navigate, and while pitch black shadows are realistic, in my opinion they are not useful for gameplay, they rather make the mission pointlessly difficult. Anyway, I decided not to abandon any of the contest missions, so these were only my first impressions.
Give it some time. It’s actually an amazing mission. The beginning is very frustrating but once you find your way out of it it’s an incredible mission!
Galaer on 13/4/2020 at 17:33
ticky: The key you need is underwater.
Edit: Sorry, didn't read your post to the end. Lock is in the place where you found blackjack.
Psych0sis on 13/4/2020 at 17:52
NO. There's no key for that lock, you can come back later and lockpick it
ticky on 13/4/2020 at 19:28
Thank you, guys. As the mission goes on, things get much better and everything makes much more sense. Actually, it's marvellous from an architecture and ambient design perspective.
How do I get into the marketmaster's mansion? He is blackjacked btw, I hope that's not a problem. Also, how do I get into this already infamous sanctuary? When I collected my lockpicks at that spooky place, I nearly thought that I'm there, but quickly found out that not.
Schlock on 13/4/2020 at 20:44
Marketmaster's: through the windows
Sanctuary: Right where you find the lockpicks you can flip that lever so it opens the nearby door and brings you to you the area with the gate that you posted above. Now you can pick the lock, and you'll be back in an old area, but keep looking for locks to pick.
ticky on 13/4/2020 at 21:23
Quote Posted by Schlock
Marketmaster's: through the windows
Sanctuary: Right where you find the lockpicks you can flip that lever so it opens the nearby door and brings you to you the area with the gate that you posted above. Now you can pick the lock, and you'll be back in an old area, but keep looking for locks to pick.Thank you! Is the order of these two important or possibly gameplay/story-breaking? Since I'd prefer to
get through the sanctuary asap, then enjoy the more peaceful areas, so 1. sanctuary 2. go to the marketmastersSchlock on 13/4/2020 at 22:00
That seems to be the intended way. If there's another way to go about it, I'm not sure what it is.
