Game:

The Neverhood (1996)

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Originally recorded: May 8, 2025
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Ironically, it seems like this game is bothering my audience more than myself. I did not see that coming. That being said, there were still several chunks of time during this session where I basically got sort of stuck. I'm not going to lie, there were times where I almost wanted to give up and consult a guide. But in the end, I figured out those hurdles myself... and it felt pretty good all things considered.

I think the biggest issue I've been having with the game is that fact that there's no direct warp back to the game's first area... which has ended up being pretty important as the game continued and I ended up missing out on a few key pieces of information necessary to clear some later puzzles. Seriously, if there was just a warp point somewhere in the earliest point of the game, that would've saved me so much time. It got so bad that I literally started making back-up saves at specific locations to switch between specific locations to look for stuff.

There was also a point where I decided to pull out a piece of scratch paper and started making notes. Apparently, KI hates this sort of thing... but it doesn't really bug me that much. Granted, I generally prefer to pull up Notepad and use that instead whenever possible. I also took a snapshot of that damned puzzle with the mouse and cheese, but only so I could easily mark each door I used. I was also originally going to use it for the memory game puzzle too, but paper and pen ended up being way more feasible. In the end, I got a lot of use out of it -- though I've a bit worried that anyone who finds it might think I'm schizophrenic.

And despite spinning my wheels for so much of this section, it seems that I've managed to reach the game's final area. I was originally going to call it quits when I found the final warp point. But after watching the lore video in full, I decided to see how far I could get without running into any real pushback. I'm not sure how far I got, but I did at least manage to clear a few more puzzles before calling it quits. I am curious about how I'm going to get both of the rings down to reach the next room though. I just hope I can finish the rest of the game without resorting to guides or outside help.