Yeah, like most people here, the piano puzzle can go fuck itself sideways. I have no musical inclination at all and trying to match up all of those notes perfectly was a fucking nightmare, made worse by the shitty interface that doesn't allow you to move the sliders up just a single space because whenever you click to grab it jumps down 2-3 randomly and you can never be sure exactly how far off you now are from where you wanted to be, which makes trying each position in turn even more difficult because you're inevitably going to miss some. And you have to get all 5 right at the same time without any indication which ones are currently correct. The best way is to slowly edge it up and count each position until each one is right, but that requires knowing from the beginning how far to move each one.
But all of this just leads to the next worst thing; the shitty minecart ride with sound based directional hints, and the sounds that correspond to each direction aren't even found in the same level, they're in another age entirely and you might not have been there yet! Fuck you sound age!
Also yeah the stupid clocktower is a bastard too, and special mention to the lift in the clockwork age that you have to go up, then down, but you have to step out of before the doors close so you can get to the button on the wall behind it GAHHH fuck you Myst!! And now I have flashbacks to Riven and the stupid double doors that lead to a dead end because opening the doors and walking through covers the entrance to another tunnel, and fast travelling back can cause you to skip right past the doors you now need to close to reveal the other entrance. And let's not even get started on the damn animal/sound/colour/number/whatever other bullshit association puzzle from Riven, with most of the animal noises not even sounding like the thing they're supposed to, the symbols for each being represented differently on the stone carvings than they are elswhere and at least some parts of the puzzle not even being in the game!
I swear these games are deliberately obtuse to try and fuck with you.
But all of this just leads to the next worst thing; the shitty minecart ride with sound based directional hints, and the sounds that correspond to each direction aren't even found in the same level, they're in another age entirely and you might not have been there yet! Fuck you sound age!
Also yeah the stupid clocktower is a bastard too, and special mention to the lift in the clockwork age that you have to go up, then down, but you have to step out of before the doors close so you can get to the button on the wall behind it GAHHH fuck you Myst!! And now I have flashbacks to Riven and the stupid double doors that lead to a dead end because opening the doors and walking through covers the entrance to another tunnel, and fast travelling back can cause you to skip right past the doors you now need to close to reveal the other entrance. And let's not even get started on the damn animal/sound/colour/number/whatever other bullshit association puzzle from Riven, with most of the animal noises not even sounding like the thing they're supposed to, the symbols for each being represented differently on the stone carvings than they are elswhere and at least some parts of the puzzle not even being in the game!
I swear these games are deliberately obtuse to try and fuck with you.
, in MystV.