7 Puzzles That Must Be in Every Game, By Law

[@outsidextra]

It's literally illegal to make a game without these seven puzzles! Or at least, that's the only explanation we can think of for how they're in every game ever. Can you think of any other puzzles you see all the time? Shout in the comments if so!

[@nickolaibernar16]

Outside Xtra I will see your block sliding puzzle and raise you a slide on surface maze to reach our destination such as from Tales Of Symphonia

[@Mariieebeee]

No wonder things keep escaping from janes lab! Her pin is 1234, even the eldritch abominations can figure that out!

[@theunboundpixel]

What about when the floor is quite literally lava? Or will otherwise instantly kill you, making whatever puzzle you're doing a million times harder.

[@barrybend7189]

What no trilotic game from both KOTOR and Mass Effect. Its been a Bioware staple in all of its RPGs.

[@zenriboakwon2921]

Tell Andy he missed a chance to push his mind control caps- I mean safety beanies.... Also tell Jane not to off me for revealing her plot of using Andy's safety beanies....

[@DavidJoh]

"Search around for where someone wrote down the latest passcode" is the most realistic puzzle of them all.

[@Jenacide]

This is why I write it in permanent marker on my flesh. If I actually lived in a videogame world I'm sure it would backfire horribly but works pretty well in the real one.

[@randomstuff-qu7sh]

I thought the most realistic (although comparatively rare) are when you have to trick an NPC so you can progress. Games tend to dumb it down compared to the real world...although with some of these scams, it seems like real people fall for some awful dumb stuff too.

[@DavidJoh]

@@randomstuff-qu7sh People write down their combinations and passwords all the time. The worst for that are the most high security places that are constantly changing those things because nobody can memorize constantly changing alphanumeric codes. Lying to people to get them to give you their access information is also common, but that's not really a puzzle.

[@ann_onn]

I work in IT. It is *extremely* common for passwords to be written - often on a sticker near the PC. BTW, if your password is something like "123456", "qwerty", or "password" *change it now.* xkcd.com/936/

[@thoughtengine]

The MiB game where you had to start a computer that wouldn't let you in without a password was quite realistic, if you consider how many pet and family names are used as passwords. There's actually a photo in the office with the password as a caption.

[@Chernobog2]

6:52 "Although I begrudgingly admire your upper body-" *ad* "-strength"

[@borucharnold9406]

Yeah. I'm glad someone brought this up.

[@AkumaDayo]

I laughed so hard when that happened to me lmao

[@aga3852]

Omg same here!!

[@aga3852]

I just found this comment as it happened XD

[@nicholasavasthi9879]

One thing I will say for tv add breaks is that at least they don’t cut people off mid scent-.

[@sanfransiscon]

Rate my dungeon: Redirect beams of light to control the water level. This grants you access to other areas of the dungeon so you can follow electric wires to password-locked path puzzles. Each path puzzle drops a new block into the main room's icy floor. This final sliding block puzzle is on a timer, so if you take too long or mess up, the blocks disappear and you have to redo everything.

[@sozaj]

And you lose your shot at obtaining the shield key to unlock the shield door.

[@KingdomKey-ik4xk]

I give it a "Lol, You Covered All The Bases" out of 10. 😂

[@dominiknovosel883]

If Satan was a level designer:

[@SmellyFerret146]

Imagine if someone actually did this one day... 🙂

[@Wecoc1]

There's also the "step only once" path, where you have to step in every tile of a room, but if you step more than once on the same it breaks under your feet.

[@alexipanda9505]

Like the Sky Tower from Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald

[@willieoelkers5568]

@@alexipanda9505 Not quite, Sky Pillar was about using a Mach Bike to move fast enough that you didn't fall through. Sootopolis Gym is a straight example though.

[@insaincaldo]

Or follow the path puzzles, you can only step on certain tiles, sometimes you have to know the path by clues elsewhere and sometimes you just have to know which tiles are safe.

[@polkarrty]

@@alexipanda9505 oh God the ptsd with the damn bike

[@brookerickettson4950]

A variation is having to touch every tile to get a door open/bridge down but after you step, the tile/rock/pillar disappears into the deadly thing your are trying to cross, so you can easily “paint yourself into a corner “ of death.

[@TrickyTalon23]

How in the world do you still have fresh ideas??

[@IamaPERSON]

@@therewillbefire1833 but what happens if that runs out of ideas?

[@randomweirdo6712]

I dread the day that happens.

[@kingnikolai5799]

@I am a PERSON! You don’t want to know…

[@alexwright5419]

Luke McNamara I think they also have fan suggestions

[@nashvontookus7451]

As long as there are tropes in video games, there will be new OX videos.

[@luckmaker6250]

Everything on the list happens in a Zelda game at least once

[@andrewowens4421]

Hell, at least twice.

[@gamergirl209]

Its almost like they aren't fans

[@marcanthonybattenberg7636]

Lots of Oot references too

[@umt6429]

That's because zelda pretty much invented the modern actions adventure puzzler. Allt the big games of the current gena re still using idea oot invented 20 plus years ago

[@getshwifty3101]

Not follow the wiring. Although I would've loved to see it in BotW. Or something similar, like "follow the root/ground vine."

[@ka-mai]

The mother of them all: a box you put on a platform.

[@steelfist3956]

Here's another one: travelling back in time to change something in the present, thus allowing you to bypass an obstacle that no longer exists.

[@RazorO2Productions]

Steel Fist Did Skyward Sword have this in the Lanaryu Dungeon?

[@Gamer88334]

Or switching over to worlds/dimensions where said obstacle doesn’t exist or is in a location that you’ll eventually get to.

[@jamiemahoney2446]

And then I see you Soul Reaver. And then try to follow what and when is happening.

[@katt646]

Only game i know that does that is The Messenger

[@sanfransiscon]

Chrono Trigger?

[@zuralani1]

Anytime I pick up a BioWare game I know that there is at least a 50% chance of encounteting some kind of Tower of Hanoi and/or light up floor puzzle (looking at you Kotor, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age)

Came for this comment. (Just playing Mass Effect for the umpteenth time.)

[@parkerhynson3581]

Ugh, Tower of Hanoi puzzles.

[@aBardThatRolls1s]

What about pulling the levers in the correct order based on unfinished clues? Skyrim immediately comes to mind personally

[@Tengila]

Fun fact: Skyrim does have an in-game explanation for why its puzzles are so simplistic, actually. It's just... hidden away in a journal in an optional ruin, and doesn't _really_ excuse the frankly lazy puzzle design, but at least it's there and kinda interesting. The puzzles in the Draugr ruins are not there to keep people out, but to keep the Draugr _in._ They don't test for cleverness - they test for basic cognitive function. Which the Draugr don't have.

[@ringlhach]

Zelda too.

[@tychogoedhart286]

@@Tengila enough to talk in the ancient dragon language and discern friend from foe apparently

[@Tengila]

@@tychogoedhart286 Quite. But then, I'd hardly accuse Elder Scrolls lore of being consistent

[@civilwildman]

Also thinking back to the original Shadowgate. I played the NES port back in the day.

[@wsd7814]

11:01 Super Paper Mario. Mimi somehow memorized an EIGHT DIGIT CODE and accidentally muttered it in her sleep. One of the NPCs overhears that, and ALSO memorizes it. You give the NPC some money, and he then gives you the code to her treasure vault. He did not know what the code was for, so he didn’t use it. It was crafted to be the exact opposite, yet similar to this experience.

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

"Somehow memorized an EIGHT DIGIT CODE--" Me with my five most common passwords that are between 16 and 32 digit (depending how many a site allows) random combinations of letters, both uppercase and lowercase, numbers, and symbols, all of which I have memorized: 😐 At least I never have to worry about muttering that shit in my sleep lmao.

[@caidenlipoth1247]

Hey, Andy's PTSD is getting better, he only had to say "sluice" 6 times to calm down.

[@jacksonangley8163]

he did say it 10 total times however

[@StayNPlayGames]

So 10 Sluices to calm an Andy. Got it.

[@grape_protogen]

Andy having to say "sluice" several times kind of reminds me of how I have to tell myself WWIII has not begun every time I think of Pokémon Gen 5's Critically Low HP theme

[@renammartinez]

Maybe the previous four got edited out due to volume por something

[@buttonsfan]

I feel like the other sliding puzzle is even more common, where it's your character being thrown from one side of the screen to the other whether it's conveyors, slime, or insanely slippery ice you're not stopping til you hit a rock, a wall, or an enemy. Be prepared to go through multiple times too as there's loot to grab before continuing on your journey.

[@jedihorjus]

Are "Matching Things To Symbols In The Environment" puzzles common, or has my perception been skewed by Skyrim?

[@johncao6516]

Literally the entire Hellblade game.

[@tombsofak]

The entire game of The Witness

[@seandennis8911]

A lot of the first three Uncharted games

[@insaincaldo]

No that's pretty common

[@Larcona_]

Black Flag had one too

[@astrochiken]

Let's not forget, the "frictionless ice" puzzle is itself a classic.

[@paradoxacres1063]

The true Puzzles were the friends we made along the way

[@lercheklerchek3472]

@Paradox Acres I have seen this joke for a thousand times but it still cracks me up.

[@JanAside]

The what now

[@bobjoe2228]

im 14 and this is deeP

[@caden4725]

Jane: “Although I begrudgingly admire your upper body-” *Ad plays* Me: “I too, admire Chloe's upper body.”

[@happybob1441]

"I want those bowels out, disemed" - Jane Douglas channeling Michael Scott talking about decapitation " His cappa is detated from his head!"

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

You forgot the literal simplest puzzle. The maze.

[@ejedwards988]

So any game without a mini map or accurate, functional world map. Gotcha.

[@shingshongshamalama]

Fucking. Towers of Hanoi. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa stop using this

[@insaincaldo]

I would argue step on button or pull leaver can be simpler, but sometimes they are hidden in a maze, or part of a time puzzle.

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

@@insaincaldo I mean, you could also argue that those things aren't puzzles on their own. There may be a puzzle surrounding the button or lever, but they themselves are only one-step processes.

[@insaincaldo]

@@cthulhufhtagn2483 You are right they are so simple we all know they should not be called puzzles on their own, and yet that is the world we live in.

[@KnightsRealm98]

"Billionaire with a fancy Dracula visor" ~Ellen describes Batman 2019

[@malcolmdarke5299]

Bonus points go to The Witness, for combining water level puzzles *and* reflection puzzles.

[@damiencouturee6240]

Ill give it bonus points too, for making me feel completely inadequate when it comes to puzzle solving lmao. I think I solved around, idk maybe 30-40 puzzles, got further into the game and then is just... Just lol, nah dude my brain does not work like that.

[@wisehero69]

Ellen: "How does this work?" *throws rubik's cube at the floor* That's how to break the puzzle, Ellen.

[@DerekBarns]

Easy. It involves a black sharpie...

[@Greenwood4727]

but then when its broken you put the blocks back in the right place..its not cheating its using logic and lateral thinking

[@NJRDC]

Frankly I’m with Ellen on Rubik’s cubes. The only way I ever solved one was by peeling off the stickers.

[@DamnedEyez]

Peeling off the stickers damages the stickers, though...and eventually makes it obvious. Just take it apart and put it back together solved. That's what I did as a kid...I've since learned the proper way, but that way kept it looking nice. ...and there are Twisty Puzzle games out there on consoles.

[@blackice9088]

A simple solution to Rubik's cube, toss it in the trash can and forget about it.

[@BattyButtercup]

I remember feeling cheated when, after years of "honing" my hacking and electronic prowess in video game puzzles, I learned that IRL electronics are timed, deathly, and cannot be reset via a conveniently near lever when something goes horribly wrong. Sadly, my initial bravado must have outrolled my electronics teacher's perception check - my growing terror at the mere sight of the word "solder" went without correction and, to this day, I power down, flip the switch AND THEN UNPLUG THE ENTIRE APPLIANCE lest the blinking lights of Standby Mode haunt my sleep. Curse you, video games!

[@warandpoetry9542]

"To get to the stone temple, you must first solve an ancient puzzle, untouched for thou-" "Is it Pipe Dream?" "Maybe."

[@JohnPiece]

"PIN number" Personal Identification Number number

[@nicholascross3557]

But you use your Personal Identification Number number at the Automated Teller Machine machine!

oh, and "MLB baseball"...Major League Baseball baseball...

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

As issued by the Department of Redundancy Department. Also known as the Redundancy Department of Redundancy.

[@sanjotsingh7427]

Apple phones have iOS systems, iPhone operating systems systems

[@nowthatsjustducky]

At least the Network Interface Controller Card (NIC Card) is correct.

[@logansrevenge1214]

This must have been a dream for jane she got to say "disemboweled" 10 times without people staring.

[@borucharnold9406]

Prudence.

[@slewone4905]

I was staring. Can't help myself.

[@bigfoot9405]

i too want to see the bowels disemd

[@PixelSlayers]

One of my biggest gaming confessions.... I never got past the Water Temple 😭

[@Uniclonus]

"If they didn't find it in the bag check, that's on them". Fair

[@ulmwilliams57]

Uniclonus I am 100% with Ellen on this one

[@slewone4905]

how big is her bag.

[@aplanenerdandagamenerd9087]

Especially because it should be very difficult to miss A CHAINSAW.

[@aplanenerdandagamenerd9087]

Especially because it should be very difficult to miss A CHAINSAW.

[@LadyOnikara]

I have one of those folding knives that's shaped like a key on my keyring. Two places so far didn't notice, and one was a courthouse.

[@fableagain]

I cannot think about ice block puzzles without thinking about the Snowpoint Gym in the Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum. A surprisingly fun puzzle where your character is the one uncontrollably sliding around on the ice. The stage itself is not flat but staggered like an upside down mayan pyramid, so you have to factor in momentum, too.

[@arjunsatheesh7609]

8:02 - Ellen's pure excitement at her electrifying pun gives me joy.

[@nicholascross3557]

She just couldn't resist.

[@clothar23]

@@samtaholo Boo Boo Boo

[@scottkamps1270]

"1, 2, 3, 4, that's amazing Jane! I have the same combination on my luggage!"

[@Aweman11]

Me: I can't believe we're nearly at the end and they haven't done either "move the block onto the switch puzzles" nor "navigate impossibly slippery ice puzzles." Outside Xtra: Number 7: Move the block on the switch over impossibly slippery ice puzzles Me: Well played Outside Xtra, well played.

[@amiminia]

"Some call me the bleep test. Some call me the beep test. But my real name is... The Fitness Gram Paser Test is-"

[@300IQPrower]

I knew this would be good but...5 seconds. That’s how long before i was floored laughing. New record!

[@Danceofmasks]

Interesting ad placement at 6:56 interrupting Jane's line so that she says "I begrudgingly admire your upper body ..."

[@Okotom02]

Yes! Came looking through the comments for anyone else noticing it

[@johnathannelson4542]

I didn't have any ads, weird

[@xdsmile5359]

Same man I didn't have to go through any ads either.

[@LukeVilent]

How about that: you need to follow the cable to an electric shield with a combination lock where you have to complete the circuit in order to open a sluice which will raise the water in order to lift a floating mirror that will provide enough light to solve a block puzzle, all while a countdown clock is ticking.

[@ChrisPreece]

You forgot the most essential puzzle of the 00s. The Towers of Hanoi! I can solve that puzzle in my sleep I've done it so many times!

[@shotgunshells2]

Left to right, left to middle, right to middle, left to right, middle to left, middle to right, left to right, left to middle, right to middle, right to left, middle to left, right to middle, left to right, left to middle, and finally right to middle. Also, the words "left" "right" "middle" and "to" have no meaning anymore.

[@charliethemagpie523]

It even shows up in Sunless Sea! Although at least there you get to blow it up, as nature intended.

[@SgtAntenor]

It's even a mechanic in one of teh raid boss fights in star wars the old republic mmo. I've done it for my raid group soo many times back in the day that its just ingrained into my soul.

[@timburlingame5893]

Mass Effect has it too.

[@Reglanif]

It was in the original Knights of the Old Republic. Sith temple on Korriban. First intro to that kind of puzzle, and I loved it.

[@merepseu]

"I want to spend it disemboweling Ancient Greeks, please". I get the sense that this line was only being passed off as a joke.

[@robertagu5533]

Forgot them timed parkour "switch" games of those early, and a few newer, Assassins Creed games. An of course the Resident Evil's patent, cross level puzzle of: go through Door A, get item B, then fight an kill monster C, so you can safely get past trap D and stick item B in slot E so door F will unlock, on the other side of the map... an thus finally let you get to section G to battle boss H to finally beat the level

[@loudenferguson7104]

Jane's pin number being 1234 and all the horrible experiments in her lab seems like it could be a particularly dangerous combination...

[@SylvesterFox007]

No footage from "Catherine" when the whole thing is one big block sliding puzzle?

[@jonnybatman007]

You literally have an example of this as your running gag in this video: matching colors/images.

[@theresarayner5726]

Assassins Creed Black Flag did that in a fun way

[@lionocyborg6030]

System Shock 1 has a lockpicking minigame that's basically Bioshock's hacking, except you need to turn microchip switches on and off to make the path. A lot of them have side effects where flicking one bit switch changes several others in different patterns. They aren't timed (except one) but it's easy to get caught in endless loops, switching bits until the current connects right, or you get bored and either use a multi tool probe to win it instantly or eat a genius pill to make it easier (at the cost of briefly switching your strafe cursor keys).

[@zarnox3071]

Shoot/punch/break etc. something until it works. Locked door? Break the lock. Security camera/turret in the way? Break it and hope no one noticed. Standing on an elevator that won't move? Break the breaking mechanism. Sometimes violence really is the answer.

[@lionocyborg6030]

Speaking of water puzzles that are terrible for once, Tomb Raider 2 & 3 have a single trap each that weaponises swimming pool drain suction entrapment as a trap: In Barkhang Monastery of TR2, there's a swimming pool past a couple of boulder traps that you _have_ to go past. However, the huge drain in the middle is pumping the water fast enough that it's a wonder there's no actual whirlpool. No sooner than when Lara's toes touch the water, the drain's current pulls her down to the safety grill in the sump which appears to be leaking air bubbles. It's impossible to fight the current when this happens so you have to either quick load or watch Lara drown. In High Security Compound of TR3, there's a part where the way forward is through the drain pipe of a satellite dish water cooling tank. Simply swimming over the open sump hole pulls Lara into it and she gets shredded into minestrone soup by the pump. You need to get a key that closes a valve over the pump fan, allowing Lara to swim through the pipe.

[@StayNPlayGames]

“...Kuz I passed out after bleep three.” Did you really, Miss Doing-NASA-Flips-In-A-Plane Douglas? Seems you were playing possum.

[@emmieregula189]

The one that I always noticed was the Tower of Hanoi, which for a while seemed to be mandatory in every Bioware game. Whether it was Jade Empire, Knights of the Old Republic or Mass Effect, it was there, right in your way.

[@brandoftheraisin]

It’s okay Ellen, I’ve never beat a Rubik’s cube either 😂

[@stanislavski13]

Ah, so we are getting Ellen's full Shadow of the Tomb Raider rant but spread out over multiple videos

[@stiffpictures8971]

Y’all missed Skyrim’s dungeon puzzles. Y’know, the ones with the dragon claw or the switching the things around.

[@Kate-ms2mn]

the one where you turn the first stones 2 times, and the last one once

[@Honk4frogs]

How in the world is the glowing tile puzzle not on this list? I mean yeah it's mostly a lego game thing and they take like 2 seconds to solve but for some reason the concept of stepping on a bunch of tiles without stepping on the same one twice is absolutely engraved in my subconscious.

[@cphtfluke7565]

DAMN! Ellen was on point this episode! Good puns, good sass, nice burn on Jane, marvelous misadventures. Oh, and the puzzles were nice too. P.S. Solve the lower green cross first

[@pariskoloveas]

As a (not so Ancient) Greek, I felt very threatened by Jane at the end 😂.

[@AkumaDayo]

Your bowels, she wants them _disemed_

[@pariskoloveas]

😱😱😱

[@seepaw9191]

Why did you guys put Elon Musk's Cyber Truck in the thumbnail? It has nothing to do with the video:p

[@ravencrovax]

Is that a Blake shirt Ellen is wearing? Yay for another RWBY fan, and yet another reason Ellen is awesome!

[@aga3852]

Right? Ellen just keeps getting better XD

[@chrisbuttonshaw2088]

this is the day we've waited for LOL

[@roguerazac7071]

Oh heck yeah

[@zacharyjoy8724]

All hail the ninja kitty!

[@bel3338]

No love for a puzzle that crosses all time and space - from moving a temple away from a flood in Black and White to secret tomb entrances in Knights of the Old Republic to who knows how many other games - how could we forget the classic Towers of Hanoi?

[@bucketslash11]

Ellen's "and that's why i'm banned from ________"

[@crimsondragon2677]

"What's up with this bull****" Give me 5 minutes, and it will be solved.

[@dallydaydream]

Oh, so the bleep test isn't when you hate gym class and have to resist the urge to say words that need to be bleeped?

[@TheOldMan-75]

Star Wars: The Fallen Order had some surprisingly interesting puzzles.

[@mesquale9473]

Amazing that you can still find good idea for your compilation. No sarcasme here ;) Carry on!

[@mesquale9473]

@Roman de Giorgi lets hope then! :P

[@SystemofEleven]

Legitimately surprised this list didn't feature "maze that would be easy, except every time you flip a switch, one door opens and another closes, completely changing the path"

[@MrFutago87]

Ah, Block-puzzles-in-Soul-Reaver-flashbacks! Make them stop!

[@Gamer3427]

For me, it's the Gen II Pokemon games, since I think that was probably the first time I was introduced to it. I'll freely admit that as a kid it took me longer to figure them out than it should have.....

[@steelfist3956]

10:31 That's amazing! I have the same combination on my luggage!

[@DerekBarns]

You'll never guess Andy's "password"

[@borucharnold9406]

THANK YOU!!! I've been looking everywhere for a Spaceballs reference. I'd almost lost faith in humanity.

[@Warrax85tp]

Skyrim has most of these: 1 - dwarven/dwemer water puzzle in the dragonborn dlc 2 - the room where you get your first elder scroll in dwemer ruins 3 - I think every puzzle that uses the whirlwind sprint shout 4 - I don't think so (behind the wall thing) 5 - Merida's temple (orbs and the light's path) 6 - You could argue the dragon claw and Nordic dial puzzles are this as they are combinations of animal symbols 7 - I don't think so (slide puzzles)

[@Ceece20]

You forgot the most important puzzle that is in every video game ever: How to find the cow level? It’s there, in every video game ever created. You just have to *believe* it is there.

[@johnyshadow]

Or how to turn on the subtitles.

[@ravenovatechnologies6554]

There is no cow level.

[@Ceece20]

Ravenova Technologies ah but that’s what the devs WANT you to think. There IS a cow level!

reminds me of that rumored secret character in Street Fighter 2...tai feng?

[@tonyp9313]

Earth Worm Jim

[@amokriinprolgiid3409]

What about the bar graph balancing puzzle? Those annoying puzzles where they give you what is essentially a bar graph with a handful of bars and you have to balance the values until they're all equal? They're also really common and not very fun.

[@ironicdutchmoonshade1394]

Actually, every time a beam of light bounces off a mirror, some light gets dispersed and the beam gets weaker. You might call it unnecessary realism, I call it a good excuse to stop with these mirror puzzles.

[@tonyp9313]

Assassin's creed Odyssey.

[@CaitlinRC]

Personally I think Nintendo developers have signed a deal with Satan that they have to include a "raising and lowering the water level" puzzle at least every two games.

[@dallydaydream]

Satan? I think you'll find water puzzles to be a more fitting tribute to Cthulhu

[@EnemyChaser182]

Things getting too hot here... 😏

[@RamadaArtist]

The most nefarious example of the "raise the water level" puzzle is of course from Sonic and Knuckles, the one Sonic the Hedgehog game on the Genesis which blissfully has no water levels. No, instead of the water level raising and having to frantically navigate to a series of air pockets before you drown, (while the most stressful music in the history of gaming reminds you of your impending doom,) you are tasked with raising the *sand* level in the catacombs of a pyramid, and if you don't navigate the maze fast enough you're simply immediate crushed to death against the ceiling. The whole puzzle is made infinitely worse because *at the same time* you have to deal with "timed switch to get through doors puzzle," only these switches consist of either heavy pillars you have to slowly push across the floor, (and doors that don't just close at the end, but incrementally as the switch ratchets back to its starting position, meaning you can fail the timed event before the timer runs out, AND, if you don't push it all the way the door might not even open enough to get through in the first place,) as well as needing to hit a series of light switches, which if you don't repeated grab while navigating the maze will result in the lights going out after a certain amount of time and your character then being repeatedly attacked by *unkillable ghosts* until you find another light switch. Easily the most stressful "raise the X level" puzzle I've ever encountered, which is a remarkable feat, because in other Sonic games you're literally tasked with raising the level of freakin' LAVA to proceed.

[@400and4]

I used to just break the rubiks cube to pieces and assemble it all back together.

[@defox5019]

The "Bleep Test" in the UK, the "FitnessGram Pacer Test" in the US

[@bencarradine7574]

Its still evil regardless of name!

[@defox5019]

@@bencarradine7574 agreed

[@borucharnold9406]

I hate that thing.

[@chavamara]

First: The Combination Lock point also applies to computer passwords in games. Second: No Push Buttons in Sequence entry?

[@marquesgoldsmith1806]

Ads cut so that I got to hear Jane say " I begrudgingly admire your upper body..." 6:53

[@Blamwellamum]

It's amazing how common the passcode "451" is in games, in reference to Farenheit 451: your Dishonored footage, the first Deus Ex game (and more I can't remember now).

[@Roxor128]

Fun fact: the book was meant to be called Celsius 451, but the American publisher swapped the units without converting the numbers.

[@MrCheesyBaconBits]

0:54 Funnily enough this was the exact part I was thinking about when talking about raise the water level since I just completed it yesterday, there is also an annoying lower/raise the water mission in FC5

[@travis6279]

Ellen should get more praise for her puns. They're electrifying!

[@CortashGaming]

Ellen,you have to be one of the funniest people i have ever watched. :D

[@frankcollins6189]

*Grows up in Yukon where gold rush happened and sluice boxes are a normal thing* "The only time you may get to use the word sluice all year..."

[@TheTwilighthawke]

I JUST realized why I like these slidy puzzles and tube puzzles in my video games is cuz I was raised on Humongous Entertainment games like Freddie Fish and Pajama Sam and Putt Putt so I've been training for this my whole life!

[@SeanLamb-I-Am]

You could have shown examples of all of these puzzles from various Lego adventure games (such as Lego Indiana Jones, Lego Star Wars, Lego Harry Potter, Lego Pirates of the Carribbean, Lego Lord of the Rings, etc.). The one that is missing is the random timed race where you have to quickly get your character through a set of checkpoints to get the reward. This also appears in every Lego adventure game.

[@SwiftrunnerXXY]

... the water temple was my favorite temple in Ocarina of Time and I genuinely do not understand the hate for it.

[@joseluispcr]

same

[@persephoneunderground845]

I think it was redesigned to fix the main problems with it- one of these videos goes really in depth about why it was so annoying, like having to unequip and reequip the boots a million times from the inventory menu, with no more efficient way to do that. So I would guess you probably played the fixed version, rather than the original that people hate on. Or those things just don't bother you, which is fair.

[@SwiftrunnerXXY]

@@persephoneunderground845 i played the original N64 version on an emulator with a keyboard. I did not say mouse and keyboard, I said KEYBOARD. So yeah no idea why people hate it.

[@persephoneunderground845]

@@SwiftrunnerXXY fair!

[@roguedogx]

I know one puzzle that's in every online fps game, "how do I keep dying so quickly?" *crickets* So it's just me then.

[@SohiTheTinyKittenHuman]

The legend of Zelda level isn’t basically a whole dungeon that’s a water level it IS A WHOLE DUNGEON THATS A WATER LEVEL!! Lol

[@clothar23]

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[@jackkenseng2164]

I don't know why but Ellen saying "What is this bullshit?" while holding a rubik's cube was hilarious.

[@Paul_the_Bookworm]

"That one bit in every single game where you have to slide blocks about" Or in the case of one of the Broken Sword games (number 3 I think) every single puzzle. The developers of that one got a funny feeling when they thought about blocks.

[@k9_coyote360]

The rubix cube joke at the beginning earned an immediate like. Ellen is so charming

[@johnterpack3940]

"Water puzzles you say? How cute." *Goes back to playing Subnautica.

[@tootyfrooty7604]

I found Ellen's electrical pun Shockingly electrifying. A bright shining jolt of entertainment.

[@iceman1731]

Honorable mention to Bioware's obsession with the Tower of Hanoi stacking puzzle that has appeared in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect, Dragon Age: Origins and Star Wars: The Old Republic.

[@jamiechristensen6433]

Puzzles where you need to jump on tiles or select colored buttons in the correct order, usually given by blinking shapes or colors with the same audio accompaniment: a single drawn out note. Bonus points for doing it multiple times, but longer each time

[@iChannelz88]

I’m surprised that they didn’t talk about weights on pressure plates. I feel like that’s in every god damn game that has puzzles in it

[@KasumiRINA]

Assassin's Creed Origins cut away climbing, lever and other puzzles and ONLY left in weight redistribution ones, including one that breaks the game until restart.

[@alhena11]

I have some other ideas: - counterweight - shadows - the one where you need one big effing boss to smash something, so you run around and try to lure him to precise spot - optical illusion - teamwork - "special to specific character" one, like in Lego Games or Trine - buttons - place specific object here, which you have to find - cipher (with the specific key somewhere nearby, obviously) And then there is the Goat puzzle :) Anything else?

[@mjvdg4194]

Arrows and bullets seem to be the perfect way to flip any switch. Especially if you're on the wrong side of the door/drawbridge.

[@leefisher6366]

I have yet to see this video, but having a long history of playing Hidden Object games, let me guess... Tower of Hanoi - moving blocks over without putting a larger one on a smaller one Key on the Wrong Side of the Lock - Put paper underneath, poke key out, retrieve key. Simple Simon - Follow this sequence... now this one... and this one... Find the Pairs - version 1: Cards are upside down, flip two over. If they don't match, they turn face down again. - version 2: Partner up identical items on screen, often with one left over at the end. Whack a Mole - Click on this target, or this one... but not that one! Sliding Blocks - Well, this one was spoiled in the description, but yeah. Sliding blocks.

[@WildfireMagni]

Ugh, ruddy slide puzzles. I did all that and all I get is a piece of heart? Someone's going to get a piece of my mind!

[@jimmythetulip765]

Me: the perfect woman doesn't exi... *Ellen Rose exists* Me: nevermimd

[@fearfulsuggestion]

“A billionaire with a fancy Dracula visor” lol

[@Ashaasmith2]

You forgot floor puzzles. Those puzzles were you can only step on SPECIFIC blocks to get through. Like in Undertale where Papyrus and Mettaton both attempt to stump you, or in Elder Scrolls Oblivion where you’re in that guy’s dream and the game hands you a piece of paper with seemingly a bunch of random scribbles on it supposedly telling you how to get through