Thread: Environmental puzzles for 2.0?

Originally Posted by yoshikwalla

I like the idea. Mostly, though, I want secret areas. And TONS OF THEM.

this too, add the jumping puzzle to reach and increadible juicy place xD

Originally Posted by yoshikwalla

I like the idea. Mostly, though, I want secret areas. And TONS OF THEM.

Yeah. The engine looks capable enough to handle this sort of thing.

It would certainly be another tool for designing the geography of challenging dungeons.

And just keep in mind that they don't have to be anything overly complicated. They can consist of small jumping segments in dungeons to avoid traps that inflict minor or heavy damage and/or status effect(s). Aside from jumping puzzles, we can also get simpler puzzles like having to push a statue onto a loose tile to reveal a hidden passage, hitting a switch to avoid poison mist, pushing a large rock with a party member (because the rock is too heavy) to a lower level to avoid the spawning of a group of enemies since you've blocked their path.

Any kind of environmental interaction would be great. This way, environments can feel like they have life to them and don't feel like they're just there for show.

Myst like puzzles would be kinda cool. Like the ones in Riven. loved that game. <3

I would love ICO (or Tomb Raider, or certain Uncharted ones) style puzzles, which modify the playing environment to make you progress, but would not insert jumping into them.

Just an example:
Ancient temple, you pull a lever and part of its ground opens up showing stairs; you go down, fight a boss and grab its key item, turn a wheel and an elevator starts moving. Pull another lever and the ceiling opens up and you reach the opening through the elevator.... then go place the key item inside an altar and the walls move showing a new path through the jungle to another place where more puzzles need to be solved.

Yes, i vote this up +1 Like, since they are adding a jumping features, i hope they make an exploration as part of the game, like, sorry if i bring this game up, in GW2, exploring the "interesting point" in the map is really fun, that Vista points too is awesome. May be aesthetic, but to reach to that vista point is fun, reminds me back to exploration like Tomb Raider and the sort.

So yes, i do agree with this mini game

I really like Rifts puzzles. IT was the pretty much the main thing other than rifts that i liked! In GW2 i feel the need to explore the map for the vistas and the jumping puzzles, because i actually have a reason! I find places, i normally would not in other games, as i look for them in GW2!
Having things like this adds to the feel of adventure.. Which this game says its about! If they add these in then people will explore the world more. I don't see why anyone would be so against making the game better in this way.