Regarding Mind Electric


Mon, 9 Oct 1995 21:20:55 -0500

"Andrew C. Plotkin" <erkyrath+@CMU.EDU> writes:
>The Mind Electric: I ranked this really low, to be honest. I didn't
>like the puzzles at all. I solved almost none of them myself -- I kept
>thinking "There's no way to do anything with that," looking at the
>hints, and thinking "I was supposed to do *what*?" I felt like the
>author was leading me blindfold. Then again, the cyberpunk atmosphere
>didn't particularly do it for me -- that's a matter of taste - and
>people seem to have ranked the game highly because of it.

I have to agree.. I tried it today, and the puzzles were IMPOSSIBLE. Of
course, the first was easy, but...

spoilers..

The cubeface one was impossible. How are we supposed to know (without
the on-line hints) that blinking/nodding/double-blinking/etc. meant all
those things? An I-F game that is too hard, is no fun..

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