Test Your Mental Might With The Escapist's First-Ever Puzzle Adventure!

[RandallJohn]

My hints:

1)

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This woman would get the answer quite easily.

2)

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I'm an only child, so I didn't automatically think of other, more casual ways you could refer to your younger female sibling.

3)

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By now, you know this is a cipher. The first word is pretty common in games nowadays.

4)

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This game didn't get wonderful reviews here at The Escapist.

5)

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What do you think of when I say "Midnight Release?"

Also, I found it helpful to listen to this while puzzling the answers out:

See you tomorrow, folks.

 

[lockeslylcrit]

Mod Note - Please use hints, and not just give the answer

I call BS. The guy above me posted the exact same thing (and FYI, it's not a solution, it's a hint) and it didn't get modded out.

 

[vaderaider]

For anyone else stumped on five, think of ridiculously popular recent games.

Thank you so much for saying that, I was stuck for an hour on that one.

 

[Delusibeta]

Mod Note - Please use hints, and not just give the answer

I call BS. The guy above me posted the exact same thing (and FYI, it's not a solution, it's a hint) and it didn't get modded out.

He put it in

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tags.

 

[theonlywildman]

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For number 5, the best hint is that it has to do with a weapon. A quick search should do.

I know your trying to help but trying to figure out ONE Game that has to do with a weapon is really really broad considering all the games that have to do with weapons

I still cant get #5 either.
I feel like a dumbass because i didnt get any of these without peoples help.
and i havnt played any of the games either

EDIT: Wow just got it and i tried it earlier and it didn't work but now it gave it to me

 

[lockeslylcrit]

Mod Note - Please use hints, and not just give the answer

I call BS. The guy above me posted the exact same thing (and FYI, it's not a solution, it's a hint) and it didn't get modded out.

He put it in

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tags.

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I did too.

 

[Delusibeta]

I still cant get #5 either.
I feel like a dumbass because i didnt get any of these without peoples help.
and i havnt played any of the games either

Spoiler: Here's a more refined clue to number 5

Activision's Milk Supply.

 

[Susan Arendt]

Mod Note - Please use hints, and not just give the answer

I call BS. The guy above me posted the exact same thing (and FYI, it's not a solution, it's a hint) and it didn't get modded out.

He put it in

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tags.

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I did too.

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Ha! One got away from me. Thanks!

 

[oppp7]

I think I might skip this thing. More than likely I'll end up trying to figure out a game I haven't played. Already had to Google 5 to find the answer, which was a game I completely ignored.

Edit: Actually, I haven't played any of these. I can tell this will be fun.

 

[KefkaCultist]

Puzzle 4 is killing me. I can't make my eyes discard the riff raff.

Gah, number 4 is killing me. I'm good with anagrams but its hard to look past the words that are already there.

Perhaps you need a mask?

Oh my god thank you! As soon as you said that I got it pretty much right away

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Puzzle 4, officially the worst hint I have ever seen.

Got it immediately after scanning through the list of recent game reviews, which is... not really in the spirit of being given a puzzle and then solving it but still.

I always thought the point of puzzles was that the solution should be apparent only from the puzzle itself, whereas these aren't puzzles as much as tests of both deductive reasoning and trivia. It's the trivia part I don't like. It makes this an overly elaborate quiz, with another step placed between 'get question' and 'solve.'

But I don't know why I'm whining, (solved all first try except for some really weird discrepancies about the specific spelling.)

 

[Orwellian37]

I never played the game with 5, but I'm looking forward to tomorrow's challenges. 5 down, 10 to go.

 

[Chicago Ted]

Finally got them all! Hints:

2

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If you can get this one you are nomad or psycho, you just love your PC

Thank you. This one took me ages, and I thought of that game a dozen times, but each time I went "That doesn't really fit though". I forgot to shorten the---

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Sis

 

[Dack_Martini]

Finally, #2 almost had me giving in. That it took me so long is a goddamn catastrophe...

 

[Irradiated Tiger]

Wooooo! Got all 5. Bring it on Day 2!
(#2 kicked me in the arse)

 

[ComicsAreWeird]

finally finished them! thuse were pretty challenging...

 

[Kapol]

I finally got them all! It was especially hard for me as I've never played any of them before. Thanks for the hints everyone. I can't really think of any more to add without giving them away completely. It's going to be interesting as it gets harder. Two was the one that almost got me.

 

[KefkaCultist]

Finally got all 5!
number 3 kicked my ass, which I find funny because it was a game I was looking at in Gamestop on Saturday

 

[Thatguykalem]

Goddamn it. I JUST got #2. That took me soooooooooooo long.

For those of you who know the answer, but think that the clue doesn't make sense, split the word in half, and seperate with a comma. It's a directive; a cold directive

Seriously, though, this was so much fun. Can't wait for the rest. There's no better way that I could've been introduced to Escapist. I love this.

*Removed #5 clue, 'cause it was probably too obvious*

 

[PrototypeC]

OK, finally took a bite out of 4 (that is, got it)... but if these are the puzzles for DAY 1, I'm terrified for day 2, let alone days 3, 4 and 5.

For number 2: I thought it included the spaces and "," but nope. That's what was holding me back.

For number 4: Not a place for any clothes you'll need later.

For number 5: Where gun customization can be important.