7 Videogame Puzzles Only A Genius Can Solve

[@nathanditum8311]

Commenting as my damn self because I did the Jindosh lock and this comment might annoy Rob

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

oh god oh god oh god its Nathan!!! 🥰😍🤗🤭

[@digitalanalogue5155]

Must be your inNate puzzle skills

[@nathanditum8311]

@@digitalanalogue5155 Downvoted this

[@kristianjensen11]

"this comment might annoy Rob" - True friendship right there :P

[@joestacey6185]

I think that Rob will be genuinely pleased for you... that he'll recognise that your achievement reflects positively on you and not negatively on anyone else... that the more we encourage each other, the happier and better the world is... It could happen, you don't know.

[@Paddycake_Games]

Cracking the language in Tunic is probably one of the most rewarding puzzles in gaming history.

[@jordansimpson9099]

The Onimusha Warlords' water trap puzzle I thought was fun, but alot of people hate it. My brother throw me the controller to do it after a 30 minutes trying to get it and then I solve it in about five minutes. He hated me for the rest of the day. Memories of childhood.

[@psudodrake]

Special Mention: Tunic. The whole game. Especially figuring out the Golden Path. I mean you could make an entire video like this just on Tunic.

[@GageStorer]

I loved doing the Jindosh lock. The fact that you can't just look up the answer made it even sweeter because that trophy is proof you did it by solving it properly.

[@dorabrooks76]

I _adore_ that type of puzzle! In grade 5, my teacher used to put one up at the back of the class each week and we could work on it after finishing our work. Each correct answer turned in was put in for a draw for a donut on Friday. I ate a lot of donuts in grade 5. 😆 Great memories. 😊

[@wavedmax4136]

One of my most proud platinums are actually The Witness, especially bec of this trophy with the challenge!!!! It was craaaaaaazy, took me hours/days of trying again and again and again.... But that feeling when you manage to do everything in time is the best!

[@Angeal1986]

Evergrace and the level the underground shrine. This old From software game from the PS2 era was one I will always remember as a kid. I remember being stuck for days on what I should do to get through the door at the end of the level. When I found out that I had to combine two colors to make another with the mirrors, that I was so ecstatic that I worked out the solution.

[@otterpoet]

That Sphinx puzzle did me in. I think I was 80+ hours into the game when I got that one, and was like... 'Uuuuuhhh, you want what now?!'

[@Anky_A]

That Witness set of puzzles was about a weeklong hellscape for me, but eventually got through it. And really glad to see Grim Fandango in a Friday Feature!!

[@devlinburgess2463]

It's one of my favorite games, but the first time I played Catherine my poor young brain melted. '"So I push that block there, and climb it to get that block, then push that block on top of another block and climb backwards around to another block and I'm dead."🤯

[@Jonathon_Hennessey]

I finished the original Final Fantasy 7 recently for the first time, I enjoyed playing it and had a good time.

[@kalythai]

1:49 Everyone would say "Crash Bandicoot" but an intelligent genius knows that's "Cash Banooca"

[@kyoyaootori1104]

She *is* Caddy's sister after all.

[@KenzieRetro]

YES ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY CASH BANOOCA

[@ryanchurchill5081]

I thought cash banooca as well when I saw it small world

[@springer1786]

I always knew Dave's well-spoken, pleasant disposition was an act, no one can be that nice! We've seen his true form here!

[@Arichan15]

The goat is coming back - Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged 9/19. The release date trailer dropped today. I think the goat heard you talking about it. Now for a new gen to get stuck by the goat but for not as long.

[@DanRPGMan]

Discworld, Riven and Myst are could be on multiple lists for difficult puzzles.I've completed Myst VR but not without taking my headset off to jot down notes to get to the answer to puzzle because at the time there wasn't a notebook in the game. That tram puzzle especially, had to note the sounds each cross section of the tracks makes and it was maddening. I haven't played Riven VR yet.

[@robd9413]

Discworld. Get a moustache by framing a donkey for an accident you caused, but only after cleaning the numberplate of its cart. Obvious?

[@gardnuts]

Tunic has to make it into these types of lists eventually. Great video as always!

[@QuayNemSorr]

I completed MYST at age 13 with english being my second language. My best puzzle achievement ever.

[@triphazard2906]

A wild Genius appears 😮

[@Nortic111]

Ah, so many happy memories from this video. Grim Fandango, Broken Sword, I need to replay them now, with my thinking cap at the ready!

[@mikkdc]

The Witness. The Challenge = Reason I don't have the Platinum for that game. As for a game with lots of puzzley puzzles, which had me reaching for a guide after hearing "That doesn't work...." far too many times - Discworld. Some of the puzzles in that game were down right ridiculous. It's still one of my fave point and clickers, though.

[@azuregiant9258]

Aaaahh! I’m with you on that one. It’s not the difficulty of the puzzle. It’s the fact that it’s time sensitive. Anything that is time sensitive is stressful in fact. It’s safe to say, a career as a bomb disposal expert is out of the question.

[@FZERO20]

I’m really glad yall still making videos. I been watching this channel since I was a kid pretty much

[@thorstenbrandt6256]

For me the best puzzle game is still Day of the Tentacle.. We played it with 7 or more people with an old pc and a tiny monitor and it was so much fun when we meet the next day and everybody had thought about possible solutions instead of sleeping 😁

[@MartynJamieson9]

Agreed, one of the games i have a platinum for :)

[@GuiItyUniverse]

The Challenge has cost me more stress than anything in my life. I've been coming back to it for 7 years. But solving those puzzles THAT quickly. I feel like it's impossible. :( But I want that Platinum.

[@joeri2499]

You are much more determined than me. I've acknowledged defeat years ago. It is just too hard. Hope you get it some day

[@RedGoldEmerald]

just here to brag and say I got the platinum.

[@GuiItyUniverse]

@@RedGoldEmerald Good for you.

[@Lynzilla0525]

I still break out in a cold sweat every time I hear that music. The platinum, alas, still eludes me.

[@GuiItyUniverse]

@@Lynzilla0525 I feel your pain. That song has burned into my brain. I'm too slow at solving puzzles. I just can't do the time constraint. The most I've done is 6.

[@hacktormike3679]

I did the Grim Fandango puzzles all by myself. I heard Fez has some mind breaking puzzles that got a whole community to work around them

[@SiliconSlyWolf]

Stories I've heard about the Silent Hill 3 book puzzle might possibly be the hardest in the world. Of course ignoring the one in Wild ARMs with the bookshelves and chests, where I think the English version is actually broken due to bad translation or such. And according to Rob, I'm at least a genius to some extent, as I didn't need a guide for Onimusha puzzles until 3. Though in 3, I needed a guide for nearly ever treasure box puzzle in that game. Those puzzles did not click with me.

[@thomasjackson1738]

Love the Jindosh Riddle (Lock). It's actually a derivation of the Zebra Puzzle (or the Einstein Riddle if you like). Even though it's randomized in every playthrough you can solve it if you just know what Lady has what Heirloom. Someone put it online.

[@dorabrooks76]

Probably my favorite type of puzzle ever! I actually have a couple different mobile games I use to kill time that are either strictly Einstein puzzles or variations thereof. One has up to 12 rows and 9 columns to figure out on "insane" difficulty! 😄

[@hemming87]

One of my proudest moments is being at a friends house, with a banging headache and somehow beating The Challenge in The Witness on my second attempt. I had done it on my own save before, which took many more than two attempts 😂

[@ABadassDragon]

I felt like Einstein once i cracked the Jindosh lock. Spent hours trying to figure out how it works and genuenly enjoyed figuring it out, it was awesome

[@joels5150]

There’s a similar puzzle that’s colloquially referred to as Einstein’s Puzzle, even though he didn’t create it or have anything to do with it in any way. 🤷‍♀️ The challenge is to figure out which five people live in which houses, based on the color of the house, the nationality of the people, what type cigarettes they smoke, what their preferred beverages are, and the orientation of the houses along the street (right to left).

[@JohnWalker857]

The goat puzzle in Broken Sword took me a week to figure out back in the days of no internet. 😊

[@triphazard2906]

I cracked a puzzle from Broken Sword 2 in my sleep, no lie. Dreamed up the solution

[@SpaceCattttt]

The Grim Fandango one can be figured out by playing around a bit. In the same game, however, there's a puzzle with a betting stub which soooort of makes sense when you know what to do, except you would NEVER think to do it, so...

[@n-kap4064]

Thanks for the video Rob, great way to start my weekend!

[@alialmuhanna4938]

9:00 I love how Rob just OWNS it. Hah !

[@LizdardKing86]

I loved the golden age of lucasarts adventure games. Seing Grim Fandango after so long brought a smile on my face. Great selection Rob.

[@camilogonzalez5576]

When I was a kid (turns to dust besides Rob) I used to love those Zebra Puzzles a-la Jindosh lock. When I ran into that one it was a breeze and I had a lot of fun with it. The others look hard though. I suggest several of the Prince of Persia Sands of Time Trilogy. The one in the Foundry in Two Thrones comes to mind. I brute forced that one and to this day IDK how it works

[@allenharmon1768]

Many puzzles i face are those i make myself. Like skipping through a quest givers dialog so i can go about exploring, when indeed they mention a key detail that would have explained what i was supposed to do. Instead i skip along cluelessly following the quest marker

[@mariokarter13]

Head-smacker is The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. At one point you have to figure out how to transfer a crest onto your map. You accomplish this by physically closing your DS.

[@bluestockholm]

I’ve been waiting so long for a Grim Fandango reference 🥹

[@THATCRZYKING]

Dragon Warrior 3 holds that title for me. I still remember the riddles for the Magic Pyramid puzzle. Took me FOREVER as a kid to figure out. And then finding the Shoal in the middle of the sea to get the Dry Vase. Good times!

[@melodysymphonystar]

I mean, if we want to go the Lucas Arts route, let's mention one that has yet to be remastered: The Dig. Some of them are wack. Such as reconstructing the alien turtle skeleton.

[@44Quantum]

I was expecting a list of The Witness puzzles from the endgame.

[@peteroscarson1188]

And I had to call a helpnumber for the piano in Silent hill (PS1)

[@raithrover1976]

I had an A4 sheet of paper with notes all over it for that one. Quite a unique puzzle in the Silent Hill games which usually just went with the "pick up an object and use it at the next opportunity" type of puzzle.

[@BaronVonSlap-DeBak]

barry chuckle..... laughing in such a way juice came out of my nose..... 2 blasts from the past in quick succession. Thank-you sir...

[@stookalicious]

I've been sat on the 'Challenge' trophy for The Witness for literally 7 years now. Knowing I used a guide to cheese some of the other puzzles (please acknowledge: SOME), I just can't bring myself to even attempt it knowing I've no idea how some of the puzzles even work!

[@Robfnord]

Bloody loved the Witness, one of my favourite games ever, I did the challenge but I didn’t 100% it I seem to remember there was a corrupted multi coloured one in the tower that I never did

[@JoaLoft]

I just started playing the remaster of Onimusha blindly, solved the water trap puzzle in my first go, then came back to this video and pondered: "why exactly is this puzzle considered hard again?"

[@animemanXLK]

One puzzle that stumped me for over a week was finding the second red jewel in resident evil 2. I had to go out and find a guide since the internet was still in it's relative infancy in the mid 1990's and scour through it (since rather than explaining one puzzle at a time it basically treats the entire game like one giant puzzle) Only to eventually learn I had to use the lighter on a fireplace which burned a hole in a painting with writing that said something like the flames of hades will reveal the prize or whatever.

[@Spicelord]

Lets not forget the secret ending to Payday 2. Nothing like having to have a full party of people who spent days translating achievements and completing them while also having a certain set of achievements already done so you have the right items in the safehouse

[@Jedi_Chimp]

There's an optional dungeon in FFX-2 in the Thunder Plains that I just couldn't get my head around, thankfully it didn't affect me getting the platinum trophy 🙃

[@wallacecalvert]

Math dungeon

[@gamer2101]

I know what one you are talking about. Brings back memories

[@breakingfreedom4272]

I absolutely slayed at Queens Blood apart from one of the challenges which made me rage 😂

[@dreamer24-79]

It was a proud day when I earned The Witness platinum and put The Challenge behind me! 🥳 That music still gives me chills even now lol 😅 Another great video Rob and the team, Delsin made my day once again 😆 Looking forward to the next one! 👍

[@007feck]

Talos principle deserves a mention in this list - especially that "Crisscross Conundrum" in C7... damn i was at that one for ages...

[@claratalbot7613]

A few I can think of are: 1. The piano from Silent Hill. 2. Small Space, big solutions from The Talos principle or any of the ones to get the stars so you can do the secret lvls. And 3. The lakebed temple from Zelda Twilight Princess

[@ginsugray5469]

Very Very proud to say I got a Platinum for The Witness. With the randomized final Challenge Puzzle, there is no possible guide for it. It changes every time you attempt it, so you MUST have a fundamental understanding of all puzzle types in order to successfully complete it. It's the Plat I'm most proud of. (Okay, so I wrote all that before I got to The Witness portion of this video, but jeez, hearing that music again stressed me out IMMEDIATELY)

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

I got it too. The pillar puzzles were always the most stressful of the set for me.

[@devilgames2217]

I want Dishonored 3! 😩

[@theaiden5285]

I loved the Jindosh lock... That's my kind of puzzle. I didn't bother doing the legwork the first time through and just solved it.

[@sg1jb]

Now I did beat The Witness challenge and I can say I was very VERY proud!! It took a lot of attempts but man was it satisfying to get. Glad to see Grim Fandango on this list too

[@JPJ17]

The water puzzle in Onimusha is legendary among my friend group from school. The biggest issue was figuring out how to actually move the pieces around

[@backgroundtom4589]

The jindosh lock was such a great piece of puzzling. Absolutely infuriating, but great.

[@martynpotter21]

"and on that bombshell" haha love it Rob

[@jeaz]

Growing up with old school adventure games, I’d like to think I’m quite good at puzzles, which is why I’ve stayed well clear of The Witness to keep that illusion alive.

[@annasahlstrom6109]

I've never played any of these games. The entire Myst series was puzzles only a genius could solve, so all of them had accompanying game guides. And the 11th Hour had puzzles so tough, there was an option to have the game AI solve it for you or play against Stauff.

[@samstenning3834]

So glad to see a bit of outer wilds love on the channel! Such a fantastic game which I feel like there hasn’t been much of on he channel

[@timallanmusic]

The witness still haunts me. I tried for days and days. Years later I still haven't gotten the final challenge trophy and up until now, I'd learnt to forgot about it.

[@corztrubl1]

I’m a lover of puzzles…..especially logic puzzles such as the jindosh lock….

[@OptimusNemesis]

I was expecting to see the Metal Gear tally around the 5:56-6:01 mark. Maybe next time.

[@TheRenrag]

The Four Chinese Topmen in Return of the Obra Dinn. It's one of those headslapper ones, once you figure out the trick it's fairly straight forward, but before...

[@fenrirson]

I now feel completely justified in looking up that tree puzzle when I got to it, thank you Rob.

[@joshm8952]

I spent so long getting the Jindosh unlocked and completing The Witness challenge. I wanted the trophies. Got the platinum eventually lol.

[@SamruddhiShruti]

anyone remember the time manipulation puzzles of ratchet & clank: a crack in time, on ps3?

[@melaniapina6368]

I’m so bad at puzzles that I struggled finding the right direction in the Tomb of the unknown king in Final fantasy VIII…and I had the map 😅

[@empurress77]

I can think of two. The Shakespear puzzle in Silent Hill 3 (Hard puzzle difficulty) And the power plant code for Riven. I still have to look those up if i ever do a replay of those games.

[@DrNiper]

The silent hill 3 one came to mind for me as well. If I remember right, you actually had to know your Shakespeare to solve it. I'm not reading the entire output of an author just to solve one puzzle

[@shadowlinkbds]

Puzzles. I do have a love hate relationship with these. Its fun when you start and finish them. It's a pain when you have to really really have to use every worth of your brain power especially when the puzzle can be solved simply and you end up thinking a bit too hard.

[@ariadneraynor]

Hardest puzzle I ever had to do? The Knights Puzzle in The 7th Guest. When I first played that game, it was 1993. There just weren't the amount of online guides then...and I didn't have a book guide, so I did it all on my own. It's a good thing I love chess.

[@clawsofangeles]

Was going to say that this was perfect with announcement of Broken Sword remake

[@Adam.1.9.9.2]

I was so happy getting my platinum completing the challenge in the witness, one of the best puzzle games out there too.

[@videobasil9575]

That Grim Fandgoo puzzle had me stumped for ages. I think i had to ring hint helpline on pc back in the day.

[@MrFutago87]

Thanks for giving me PTSD flasbacks to the Onimusha water puzzle.

[@giorgia-sko]

I have conquered The Challenge in The Witness and it was one of the hardest things I've done in gaming

[@tomoroboros]

The second maths side quest in stellar blade. Seeing it explained makes total sense to me but I’d never have worked it out on my own

[@PlayStationAccess]

Oh, we nearly included this one. Huge leap in difficulty after the first.

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

I guess pretty much all the point and click adventures my father played during the 90s. XD He was stuck so freaking often.

[@nickofzo]

I recently did play the Witness, I both hated and loved The Challenge. It got me a shiny platinum.. so I loved it more than I hated it.

[@Alfredo_47]

The first time I ever played Final Fantasy 8, I was intimidated when asked to find a number in the tomb of the unknown king. So I said to myself you know what, I'm just going to try and guess the code. No word of a lie, i tried 001 and it worked!!! Considering it is random, that was pretty damn amazing lol my most memortable gaming moment ever.

[@straightjak1t]

Lufia 2: rise of the Sinistrals on SNES has two that are just brutal. The bomb wall puzzle and the aptly named, “the world’s most difficult trick” puzzle. I had to cheese the last one to get it. It’s a doozy.

[@joescmoe4784]

If you haven't heard of or played Creaks (amanita design), there are quite a few puzzles that were tough to figure out.

[@lighteverbright1468]

The platinum trophy on Catherine full body still alludes me, no matter how long I practiced those gold trophies never got to shine with me 😅

[@redtail32]

I think my one was in 2008 deadspace in the zero gravity bit with the big fan on the outside of the Titan station.

[@lordcopey]

So… I (and I’m sure many other people) managed to solve The Challenge without knowing that one of the early puzzles is actually an exact map of the maze chamber later on. The solution shows both the correct route through the maze and the positions of the two terminals you have to solve as you go. How I succeeded in the time limit without this is something I still don’t know to this day.

[@DragoonZell]

I remember playing Phantasy Star Universe Ambitions of Alumni there was this part where you had to chase a child through a series of caverns with laser gate mechnisms you can lock and unlock, the goal was to catch the child and force him into a dead end. The requirements for getting S rank (the highest rank im sure you all know) was completing this puzzle within 6 *HOURS* . This had to be one of the hardest puzzles to beat that ive run across where S rank was 6 hrs and A rank was 12 and continues from there. The most frustrating part about this was that it wasn't even an optional part of the game it was *mandatory* .....fyi that game did not age well lol.

[@xliquidpliskinx4327]

Heeeeyyy a grim Fandango mention?! Love it

[@AdamFerguson-jv3zc]

I did the Witness. Lucked out massively with the last puzzle and just put in a potential solution that just happened to be right!

[@edmg7]

…I’ve never really wanted to try the Dishonored games until this video.

[@PlayStationAccess]

Oh, you should - amazing games!

[@edmg7]

@@PlayStationAccess I might look into it. But in the meantime I’m trying to 100% World of Goo 2. Now those are some tricky puzzles.

[@silverfox3301]

I can't believe you haven't mentioned The Talos Principle 2 😮 It's such a wonderful, fun and very challenging puzzle exploration game!

[@joels5150]

The Jindosh Lock is just a particular kind of logic puzzle (5x5, in that case). If someone is practiced at working out those kinds of puzzle, it can be solved in a matter of minutes. 😉

[@beckymummert6036]

I remember using a guide for all of the puzzles in The Witness just to find out The Challenge trophy puzzles were randomized.😮

[@stevepruneau6561]

I remember figuring out how to get the Babel Fish in my ear in Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.. That was bloody difficult. And also, EXTRA hard because it was a TEXT only game.. ;)

[@hejiaofdasjio2084]

I did that sphinx puzzle without KZbin, but mainly by luck because the first token was on the path you have to take at the start of the game and for some odd reason I actually remember where it was

[@steve.nighthawk]

Pretty sure the "random" puzzles from the witness aren't actually random, and that you can memorize all of them, it's just a lot of variations

[@shmookins]

Batman for the Genesis. Full of riddles that I could not comprehend. The game was also hard as nails. Even the lowest enemies had the same health bar size as you. It felt like a Souls game before that was a thing...

[@CyborgNinjaGaming]

We like playstation here only 😂

[@paulwilsonuk]

12:05 I was the Good Samaritan with an eye for ASCII art 22 years ago on GameFAQs. Seems like yesterday.

[@Apex_Gamer_87]

I'm surprised that the original Resident Evil 3 on PS1 isn't on this list with either the Water Test Puzzle or the more difficult Clock Tower Paintings Puzzle, both are difficult 1st time but at least the Water Puzzle gets easier once you figure it out. The Painting Puzzle in the Clock Tower is difficult because there's no notes to tell you what each stone does to the time. Resident Evil Series is known for its puzzles.

[@chrisbampton5225]

I Managed to unlock the jindosh lock in dishonest 2, I figured out half of it and then brute force the rest by trying every combination. It worked in the end