The Shakespeare puzzle on hard puzzle mode in Silent Hill 3 is the hardest that i've ever encountered in a game.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/561292-silent-hill-3/faqs/55463
Others memorable riddles are the piano riddle and the color blocks in Silent Hill 1 but to be fair they were hard to me mostly because I was about 12 years old and didn't know english.
Wich are the best videogame riddles that you have find or the ones that you think are the hardest or most memorable?
Edit: I guess there aren't a lot of puzzles in MWF2, Halo, L4D, etc.
You're in the bookstore and need to get the back door opened,
look around long enough to find some Shakespeare books on the
floor, the books and the puzzle in whole varies depending on
the riddle difficulty level:
look around long enough to find some Shakespeare books on the
floor, the books and the puzzle in whole varies depending on
the riddle difficulty level:
Here you find 5 books:
Shakespeare anthology 1 (Romeo and Juliet)
Shakespeare anthology 2 (King Lear)
Shakespeare anthology 3 (Macbeth)
Shakespeare anthology 4 (Hamlet)
Shakespeare anthology 5 (Othello)
You don't need to put them on the shelf to continue.
There's a note on the wall near the door that reads:
"In here is a tragedy---
art thou player or audience?
Be as it may, the end doth remain:
all go on only toward death.
The first word at thy left hand:
a false lunacy, a madly dancing man.
Hearing unhearable words, drawn
to a beloved's grave---and there,
mayhap, true madness at last.
As did this one playing at death,
find true death at last.
Killing a nameless lover, she
pierced a heart rent by sorrow.
Doth lie invite truth?
Doth verity but wear the mask of falsehood?
Ah, thou pitiful, thou miserable ones.
Still amidst lies, though the end cometh
not, wherefore yearn for death?
Will thou attend thy beloved? Truths
and lies, life and death:
a game of turning white to black and
black to white.
Is not a silence brimming with love more
precious than flattery?
A peaceful slumber preferred to a throne
besmirched with blood?
One vengeful man spilled blood for two;
Two youths shed tears for three;
Three witches disappeared thusly;
And only the four keys remain.
Ah but verily...
In here lies a tragedy.
Art thou player or audience?
there is something which cannot become
a puppet of fate or an onlooker,
peering into a cage."
Now this isn't as hard as it seems, let's analyze the writings
part by part.(You'll need to have an idea of what happened in
these 5 plays first):
"In here is a tragedy---
art thou player or audience? {Talks about the 5 plays
Be as it may, the end doth remain: in general, they all die.
all go on only toward death." This is merely an intro}.
"The first word at thy left hand: {This clearly refers to
a false lunacy, a madly dancing man. Hamlet. Madness, unhearable
Hearing unhearable words, drawn words (his father explaining
to a beloved's grave---and there, his death).}
mayhap, true madness at last."
"As did this one playing at death,
find true death at last. {Talks about Juliet, when
Killing a nameless lover, she she kills herself}
pierced a heart rent by sorrow."
{I never read Othello,
"Doth lie invite truth? but it's the only
Doth verity but wear the mask of falsehood? one left, so it has
Ah, thou pitiful, thou miserable ones." to be here}
"Still amidst lies, though the end cometh
not, wherefore yearn for death? {King Lear here, he was
Will thou attend thy beloved? Truths the one that yearned
and lies, life and death: for death}
a game of turning white to black and
black to white."
"Is not a silence brimming with love more {Talking about Macbeth,
precious than flattery? whose throne was won by
A peaceful slumber preferred to a throne killing the king. It also
besmirched with blood?" speaks of his wife who
convinced him to kill.}
Okay, here we got a certain order for the 5 books, it's like this:
Hamlet - Romeo and Juliet - Othello - King Lear - Macbeth
Which in numbers are: 4 - 1 - 5 - 2 - 3.
But there's still some lines missed:
"One vengeful man spilled blood for two;
Two youths shed tears for three;
Three witches disappeared thusly;
And only the four keys remain."
[One vengeful man spilled blood for two]
The vengeful man is Hamlet, when he wanted revenge for his dead
father.
He spilled blood for two, meaning his number got multiplied by two:
4 x 2 - 1 - 5 - 2 - 3
8 - 1 - 5 - 2 - 3
[Two youths shed tears for three]
The two youths are Romeo and Juliet.
They shed tears for three, meaning their number got multiplied by
three:
8 - 1 x 3 - 5 - 2 - 3
8 - 3 - 5 - 2 - 3
[Three witches disappeared thusly]
The three witches are from Macbeth, they are the witches that told
him his future. They disappear, so let's take Macbeth's number out:
8 - 3 - 5 - 2 - > 3 <
8 - 3 - 5 - 2
[And only the four keys remain.]
The four number that remain are the code for the keypad on door,
enter the combination 8 - 3 - 5 - 2 to unlock, continue through.
Phew.
Oh, and the final few lines:
"Ah but verily...
In here lies a tragedy.
Art thou player or audience?
there is something which cannot become
a puppet of fate or an onlooker,
peering into a cage."
Have no use, it's a finish. The intro and finishes of most similar
puzzles have no significance.
Shakespeare anthology 1 (Romeo and Juliet)
Shakespeare anthology 2 (King Lear)
Shakespeare anthology 3 (Macbeth)
Shakespeare anthology 4 (Hamlet)
Shakespeare anthology 5 (Othello)
You don't need to put them on the shelf to continue.
There's a note on the wall near the door that reads:
"In here is a tragedy---
art thou player or audience?
Be as it may, the end doth remain:
all go on only toward death.
The first word at thy left hand:
a false lunacy, a madly dancing man.
Hearing unhearable words, drawn
to a beloved's grave---and there,
mayhap, true madness at last.
As did this one playing at death,
find true death at last.
Killing a nameless lover, she
pierced a heart rent by sorrow.
Doth lie invite truth?
Doth verity but wear the mask of falsehood?
Ah, thou pitiful, thou miserable ones.
Still amidst lies, though the end cometh
not, wherefore yearn for death?
Will thou attend thy beloved? Truths
and lies, life and death:
a game of turning white to black and
black to white.
Is not a silence brimming with love more
precious than flattery?
A peaceful slumber preferred to a throne
besmirched with blood?
One vengeful man spilled blood for two;
Two youths shed tears for three;
Three witches disappeared thusly;
And only the four keys remain.
Ah but verily...
In here lies a tragedy.
Art thou player or audience?
there is something which cannot become
a puppet of fate or an onlooker,
peering into a cage."
Now this isn't as hard as it seems, let's analyze the writings
part by part.(You'll need to have an idea of what happened in
these 5 plays first):
"In here is a tragedy---
art thou player or audience? {Talks about the 5 plays
Be as it may, the end doth remain: in general, they all die.
all go on only toward death." This is merely an intro}.
"The first word at thy left hand: {This clearly refers to
a false lunacy, a madly dancing man. Hamlet. Madness, unhearable
Hearing unhearable words, drawn words (his father explaining
to a beloved's grave---and there, his death).}
mayhap, true madness at last."
"As did this one playing at death,
find true death at last. {Talks about Juliet, when
Killing a nameless lover, she she kills herself}
pierced a heart rent by sorrow."
{I never read Othello,
"Doth lie invite truth? but it's the only
Doth verity but wear the mask of falsehood? one left, so it has
Ah, thou pitiful, thou miserable ones." to be here}
"Still amidst lies, though the end cometh
not, wherefore yearn for death? {King Lear here, he was
Will thou attend thy beloved? Truths the one that yearned
and lies, life and death: for death}
a game of turning white to black and
black to white."
"Is not a silence brimming with love more {Talking about Macbeth,
precious than flattery? whose throne was won by
A peaceful slumber preferred to a throne killing the king. It also
besmirched with blood?" speaks of his wife who
convinced him to kill.}
Okay, here we got a certain order for the 5 books, it's like this:
Hamlet - Romeo and Juliet - Othello - King Lear - Macbeth
Which in numbers are: 4 - 1 - 5 - 2 - 3.
But there's still some lines missed:
"One vengeful man spilled blood for two;
Two youths shed tears for three;
Three witches disappeared thusly;
And only the four keys remain."
[One vengeful man spilled blood for two]
The vengeful man is Hamlet, when he wanted revenge for his dead
father.
He spilled blood for two, meaning his number got multiplied by two:
4 x 2 - 1 - 5 - 2 - 3
8 - 1 - 5 - 2 - 3
[Two youths shed tears for three]
The two youths are Romeo and Juliet.
They shed tears for three, meaning their number got multiplied by
three:
8 - 1 x 3 - 5 - 2 - 3
8 - 3 - 5 - 2 - 3
[Three witches disappeared thusly]
The three witches are from Macbeth, they are the witches that told
him his future. They disappear, so let's take Macbeth's number out:
8 - 3 - 5 - 2 - > 3 <
8 - 3 - 5 - 2
[And only the four keys remain.]
The four number that remain are the code for the keypad on door,
enter the combination 8 - 3 - 5 - 2 to unlock, continue through.
Phew.
Oh, and the final few lines:
"Ah but verily...
In here lies a tragedy.
Art thou player or audience?
there is something which cannot become
a puppet of fate or an onlooker,
peering into a cage."
Have no use, it's a finish. The intro and finishes of most similar
puzzles have no significance.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/561292-silent-hill-3/faqs/55463
Others memorable riddles are the piano riddle and the color blocks in Silent Hill 1 but to be fair they were hard to me mostly because I was about 12 years old and didn't know english.
Wich are the best videogame riddles that you have find or the ones that you think are the hardest or most memorable?
Edit: I guess there aren't a lot of puzzles in MWF2, Halo, L4D, etc.
