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Multiple solutions to puzzles (spoliers!)
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Multiple solutions to puzzles (spoliers!)

One of the great things about the Penumbra series, something few people even notice, is that some puzzles have more than one solution. I've had a lot of fun replaying the games recently and trying to find new ways of solving the puzzles.

Some examples:
There are many physics based puzzles that are very open to how you solve them, for example the electric fence in Overture. Do you stack boxes, do you build a ramp with the wooden planks, or do you roll a barrel over there (using the planks as ramps over the old bags blocking the way).

Another example is lake Utuqao. Do you bunny hop over the ice, go along the edge of the lake where the ice won't break, or demolish the shack to use the walls as stepping stones?

In Overture, after you reach the storage (with the key and go go juice) there's a blocked door to your left. To reach the other side you can go through the vents or you can just break down the door with your pickaxe.

You don't really have to use the crane, in the same area, to get up to the vents. You can just stack boxes and other things to get up there.

In Overture, to get the electrical fuse from the top shelf in the store room you can use the boxes to stand on, or you can hit the fuse with the broom to knock it down (only real use for the broom?).

In Black Plague, to get a can from the soda machine you can use your flat coin, or just smash it with a rock.

In Black Plague, to get past the cold pipe leak in the vents, you can use your soda can on the thermostat or you can block the leak with one of the bags found in the freezer.

In Black Plague, to get past the locked door in the mess hall you need to get the sprinklers to start. You can place the barrel under the broken broken fusebox and pull the lever to light it on fire. You can also drop a flare in the barrel.



This is what I can recall finding so far (I'm halfway through Black Plague). Have anyone else found other puzzles with multiple solutions?
06-18-2010, 02:33 PM
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Multiple solutions to puzzles (spoliers!) - by nofsky - 06-18-2010, 02:33 PM



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