Should Video Game Lock Picking be Remastered?

I wish all RPG games had lock picking mini games as good as this! As much as I enjoy picking locks in Fallout 4, Skyrim or hacking terminals in Fallout New Vegas I do really enjoy the refreshing game design in Atomic Heart. Reinventing the locked door problem with a fun but short puzzle is a great idea! #ad
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[@trickyzorro8603]

The locks that test your raction speed are found in warframe in the Grineer tileset apecifically. I was surprised to see it the first time.

[@guyatridaskerr4676]

Those are my fav

[@Arxgxmi]

yeah how do more people not know about this? its literally the same minigame lol

[@Thick_Moist]

That is true they used to really stress me out when I was younger lol

[@thebaconnatornl5250]

Love doing those while getting shot and hearing "TENNO SKOOM!!" from behind me

[@DryWallMockery]

I was going to comment this

[@ABronzeSoul]

I want a game with a lock door that has a puzzle and then halfway through your character gets annoyed and kicks the door in.

[@Landry_Maines]

Trover saves the universe has that

[@dudebop8203]

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy has a door like that in the first chapter

[@heyitsbyron6254]

Batman Arkham knight, if you can’t get the key code right he gets tired and just punches it open, robin makes a snarky remark about doing that from the start

[@ARMCcoy15]

Play warframe

[@xweert711]

In Arkham Knight there's a scene where you have to determine the code for the lock based off of a reflection in video footage. If you fail it too many times, Batman says "This is taking too long" and punches the keypad, destroying it and unlocking the door

[@chronosite]

ah yes Grineer technology from WF truly at its finest can't have it without some guy behind me screaming "TEnNo sKOoM!" and fires worse than a stormtrooper

[@mrsashimi8244]

Omg thats exactly what I was thinking, "hurry up," he says as he's not hitting any of them, so I die while unlocking the puzzle.

[@drsolo7]

Warframe is the shit man, it was and still is a GOATED game

[@colyndockstader7191]

Legit hahaha. When I first saw it I was like, yoooooo the Grineer lock.

[@loveableheathen7441]

The grineer actually have really good aim with those histcan weapons, it's the corpus who can't hit anything

[@mrsashimi8244]

@loveableheathen7441 lol I was referring to my teammate they can't aim for crap and they're telling me to hurry up. And they don't kill anything so I end up just dying lmao

[@FlushedMoji]

finally an atomic heart short that isn’t talking about a specific pair of robots

[@tuomasmakinen5593]

And simping

[@gwenlop9512]

Finally a short on Atomic Heart without comments of people literally saying how much they want to m@sturb@te to a boss fight and say it’s hard with one hand

[@Sebastian-oz1lj]

Sex sells are worth it

[@Hijihihihuhuhuh]

“Every locked door is the same” Dark souls enters chat *door does not open from this side*

[@justebob]

Or *there is a contraption blocking this door.*

[@Tankboy-uv3lp]

That's how you know the door will likely be saving you plenty of time when you unlock it

[@mattdavis4860]

Chosen undead carrying a sledgehammer the size of a motorcycle staring at a locked door made of rotting plywood:

[@lunarluger3498]

Guess we can count illusionary walls 🧱 n such too.

[@JooJPC]

you don't have the right, O you don't have the right therefore you don't have the right, O you don't have the right

[@titan7181]

Alien isolation is one of those rarer games too. I really enjoyed the mintage each time while the pressure was ramping up

[@pizzasauce9945]

what I particularly like about alien isolations little lockpicking/hacking mini games is how they are not explained at all and have a time limit so you have to figure it out on the fly

[@MEEP83]

i once successfully hid from the alien under a foot long sink once

[@RapidActionAnimations]

Great example. Loved how those little puzzles helped immerse the gamer into the experience.

[@cinezurdo]

Half Life: Alyx also had innovative mini games that you would have to complete in a 3D space (VR) in order to unlock doors/crates.

[@JG_Wentworth]

Woah, a VR only game has you complete mini games in a 3D space (VR) in order to progress? That's wild man. Crazy.

[@GlorifiedGremlin]

And an added bonus, if you get fed up and just start button mashing, sometimes you actually end up unlocking it 😂

[@seanhowes5440]

Warframe also has a lock system similar to this with patterns and puzzles to solve to unlock the door

[@jjcameron0096]

Ughh don’t get me started on the sentient locks I love the design but those are Lowkey hard sometimes

[@JC14minecraft]

​@@jjcameron0096 For narmerrrr

[@jjcameron0096]

@@JC14minecraft and we all fall together

[@jacksonparker39]

@@jjcameron0096 literally just get the outsides pointing in them spin the middle

[@voncosmo2.0]

Late game they kinda get eye fucky lmao

[@Elite_Dark_Dragon]

The trespasser from Ratchet and Clank left the chat

[@orionshadowveil]

Wondered how far down I'd have to go to find this.

[@Lord_cakeatron]

Generaly just all Of R&C’s Lockpicking minigames are cool

[@sernik2375]

​@@orionshadowveil same here lmao

[@cannoli2442]

Was waiting for a comment like this

[@faasfazaax2968]

Was gonna say this

[@bennnee9618]

Nothing beats decoding a lock in a Batman game.

[@goatedcracked138]

Lmao, I've never played cyberpunk but this game is like a batman game but cyberpunky

[@tomdavies9004]

I’m not afraid to admit that I have a weird nostalgia for the lockpicking in elder scrolls oblivion.

[@mayro2035]

The entire thing is just the Grineer hacking segments in warframe

[@tottyamadeus591]

On god

[@kerberusranjiro-yamado2017]

Its a little bit different and this is coming from a 3-4 year WF Vet xD the end goal is the same but the locks in Atomic Heart are a little more difficult. At least in my opinion.

[@mega_bird700]

Dude for real

[@Dracomancili]

​@@kerberusranjiro-yamado2017the only reason i found them more difficult is because the lights are light green and light red which made it slightly harder to see which pin i was hitting...

[@kerberusranjiro-yamado2017]

@@Dracomancili yeh plus it seems the way they switch is just a little different imo. Outside of that id say theyre similar but not exactly the same, its nice to see them in a game outside of warframe tho. Lemme edit my comment, because honestly it could just be my opinion that theyre more difficult.

[@ryuukoi9678]

Traditional lock door proceeds to look like it belongs to the twins

[@JohnDoe-pp9oj]

Ayyy

[@lindboknifeandtool]

That lock is very trad

[@audiovisualcringe]

nah that’s the refrigerator Nora’s door lock

[@Rex-gs5lx]

Ayooooo

[@dragien1749]

I thought the exact same thing man.

[@fox3.14]

imagine having to do a minigame to open a door in a horror game

[@lameduck8238]

I really liked it in the older ratchet and clank games where you had to use things like the trespasser to get into all the locked rooms and stuff

[@ReverendLeRoux]

The best mechanic for bypassing a locked door in recent memory is in Resident Evil 3. A four second animation plays of you locmpicking it, and then it opens.

[@Putra-ji4ct]

Umbrella corporation

[@1Pidds]

Unironically yeah Why does everything need a minigame

[@jayson1505]

​@@1Pidds player engagement. Otherwise, why have the door be locked at all?

[@bn-tc2tk]

@@jayson1505 because they’re are valuables behind it? You’re wrong on this one bro, they put a lock-picking mini game in hogwarts Legacy….where I have spell that unlocks doors. So why the fuck am I picking the lock?

[@ReverendLeRoux]

@@jayson1505 to stop the player from immediately bypassing it. But if you also give the player the means to bypassing the door, why bother doing it? Imagine, for instance, that there are three doors. One is red, one is yellow, and then the third one is red again. If a bypass tool isn't consumable, then arranging them in this order makes no sense. All you've done is needlessly locked a door that the player has already proven they can get through. I don't want to play a shitty fucking mini game that the devs spent less time designing than I will engaging with it every time they arbitrarily decided to lock a door that doesn't need to be locked because I already showed that I can, indeed, get through it. Atomic Heart isn't a game about picking locks, it's a game about shooting things.

[@KerkopesArt]

Warframe has like 20 or something locked door minigames that are all great and are faction specific. so you can basically make sure you always play your favorite locked door minigame.

[@Orion_44]

it's really only 3, one being introduced mid game (about 120 hours in)

[@mountainbeast724]

​@@Orion_44yeah but each of the locks has variations on them except the corpus ones

[@iamnotdrivingunderinfluence]

​@@Orion_44 we had like 4. grineer, corpus, orokin/vitruvian and narmer. although the vitruvian one was only used in the sacrifice

[@MaxiTimmi]

Hogwarts legacy has a slight puzzle for door locks

[@Orion_44]

@@iamnotdrivingunderinfluence oh yeah, I forgot about that one

[@pyromaniac000000]

“AlL lOcKs ArE tHe SaMe AlWaYs” Dishonored: *ahem*

[@infectiontag1328]

"I've never seen anything like this before" Samsung Phone Pattern Locks:

[@DC-pi3yl]

I’m pretty sure warframe has very similar locks in their games for the terminals

[@silentrenn4012]

Damn you I literally saw this and was coming into the comments to say that xD

[@piratenbube]

Me too Ü

[@thenerd173]

Warframe has some of the only "hacking"/lockpicking minigames I'll never get bored of

[@LotrisLovanna]

its so fun whenever i try to speedrun the minigame because i've done it so many times, its so satisfying when you do it perfectly

[@Big_Fat_]

“Coughs professionally” Lego Star Wars The SkyWalker Saga

[@skeloluke4967]

Skylanders also had amazing locked-door-puzzles. Those were the golden day’s

[@Synastershadow]

Part of what made bioshock so cool was the unique lock picking system with getting the liquid to flow, and hacking the sentry bots

[@Zanthum]

This needs more likes. I came down to say the same. Add to it that as the game progressed the locks got more complicated with more pieces that had different effects and trap tiles on the board as well as adding in late game that depending on what you were trying to unlock/hack the complexity of the puzzle would be more or less difficult. And on top of that you could have passive skills that made hacking easier, but your tactics on how to approach the device could make it easier e.g. you could spend some eve to use a plasmid on the device to slow down the liquid to give you more time. Or my favorite, intentionally setting off alarms to have security bots deployed after you, hack and disable the bots to set off the alarm again, and then after a few minutes you have an army of robot bodyguards.

[@mvnkycheez]

wasn't it just pipe dreams from windows 3.1? lmao better than system shock 2's hacking at least lmao but system shock 1 still reigns supreme for hacking/unlocking minigames

[@Aston3003]

The Locks are also there to Enhance your Focus for when the Robot Mommies shows up

[@tiagofigueiredo5659]

TES 4 Oblivion had the player picking the actual pins of the lock, to me that seems more realistic than most games do

[@Poxilez]

That picture on the lock is the classic “ну погоді” cartoon when the bunny turned in to robot

[@jratnerd]

"never seen anything like this before" as I look at my old Android phone from 2012.

[@rutgerkemperman2830]

or lego games which had them as minigames to unlock random things (doors, achievements, minikits, e.g. the kamino level had one in lego star wars in 2005 or so?)

[@mega_bird700]

Or those locks in warframe

[@frailty7280]

its a weird example, but I think the Grineer Alarm/door hack minigame in Warframe is one of the best ever made. Especially in level 70+ runs where it reverses direction each time and you have to hit every single one. Its a really simple single button minigame but its tactile, skill based and it does a good job of matching the fast pace of the game.

[@badusernam]

Yes this is literally the same thing as the atomic heart locks

[@Link10103]

except in warframe, unless its a sortie or some other higher end mission, you can craft and use ciphers to instantly get it over with. if atomic heart has anything like that, i sure as hell didnt play long enough to get to it being too busy blowing my brains out along with the MC everytime i saw a nonsensically locked door.

[@Lamycore]

The ratchet and clank series for ps2 had some pretty cool locked door mini games, and it's a bit sad that not more games used similar puzzles...

[@jordanriches7777]

Was looking for this comment ahahah

[@Tallulah187]

The game biomutant also has this where every lock is different

[@Katzume-64]

Half life Alyx had a pretty cool lock system, and it was mainly possible with the help of VR

[@elizathegamer413]

I thought the orb thing was cool but was a bit too easy for most of the game, but I do agree

[@elizathegamer413]

Honestly I found the combine upgrade locks more fun

[@whydontyouhandledeez]

Okay but no one gonna comment on how the "traditional" lock is a straight up coochie??

[@imlovingit1236]

Was finna say the same thing 🤣

[@lordspankus9412]

Thank God I ain't the only one noticing it

[@jacobc8036]

“Heh heh heh! Coochie!”

[@AlwaysSunny2240]

Now hear me out...

[@quack_foolery2282]

It's the exchange for no 6 hours twins sex scene. We got the shitty end of the deal; pussy locks

[@Im01Time]

hehe.. "puzzles for lockied doors is a new thing" good one

[@Dhrexxx]

That last lock making me act up IT MAKING ME ACT UP.

[@sunbear9374]

Really liked the traditional lock picking moments, felt like I was playing skyrim again even for the briefest of moments

[@ChopPvP]

Man that feeling of playing Skyrim for the first time hits different for sure. Hopefully that feeling is reinvented with elder scrolls 6 if that ever does come out

[@4f52]

Skyrim sucks

[@ChopPvP]

@@4f52 says the guy with the name 4f52

[@4f52]

@Renko Artyom Corvo That's true I have played lots of Skyrim

[@jackmyhre8759]

@@4f52 what do you think of Morrowind?

[@AMagicalTortoise]

“I’ve never seen any lock like this before.” Dude, I’m pretty sure that’s how my mom’s phone is locked.

[@StoryMasterJake]

The chest locks in Dust An Elysian Tail also have a unique minigame that I love It's not really challenging, but it's still really fun to do

[@placebo4815]

imagine running away from an enemy and be like "yo hol' up just gotta do a puzzle"

[@dillonclifford5812]

I think you'll find the reason this is so rare is because no one is locking their doors with a mini game

[@Unhingedwirelessdevice]

It doesn't help that P3 was self-aware in the fact that this means that literally anyone can go anywhere because of them.

[@cererra682]

@CranialDamage thanks for the nam flashbacks

[@natalie_v0.1]

@CranialDamage the only part worse than canister locks is hearing Comrade complain about canister locks

[@kerberusranjiro-yamado2017]

@CranialDamage F THE FREAKIN CANISTERS I HATED THOSE lol

[@danielcombs19]

Never seen anything like this before, proceeds to unluck his phone with a pattern lock 😆

[@jexgaming5110]

I thought the same thing

[@dmj271095]

"Even locks like cookies"

[@tokyo888]

Speed runners: nope out of my list

[@The_Rock_That_Floats]

I might be weird, but I’m one of those people that want to focus on the actual story of the game instead of trying to open a freakin door for 3 minutes EDIT: So many butthurt people here.. they don’t seem to understand it is not the difficulty of it that’s the problem. It’s the process of doing something totally irrelevant to the objective. This isn’t how you open a door, it’s just a little mini-game they’ve added to water out the levels and make the game longer. If the main goal was to solve a puzzle, like for instance in the Uncharted games, then it makes complete sense. (Btw, I’ve played all of them and enjoyed every single one). Puzzles don’t bother me, I actually like doing them if there’s a purpose for it. But aimlessly putting random puzzles on doors, with no connection to anything whatsoever, is simply lazy game-development. This is something you’d see in older games, when demands on devs and games weren’t that high. At that time, gaming was new and exciting no matter what. I think we’ve moved past that by now.

[@jakeshaw1661]

It will only take you 3 minutes if you’re an idiot. These doors take 15 seconds max to open up. Then you have a shortcut for going back and forth

[@The_Rock_That_Floats]

@@jakeshaw1661 It was an obvious exaggeration. I haven’t played this game, but I believe small puzzles like these are simply immersion breaking. Unless it’s some kind of fantasy lock-picking game, which sounds like a truly immersive experience lmao

[@yh3336]

Weird? no, just taste. Don't play it, otherwise it will become playing a puzzles game and complain about it has puzzles. It's not COD, not just pick up a gun and shot.

[@UptownBluefire]

Sounds like a skill issue

[@FUBARGunpla]

rofl this is just dumb.. how does any of that take away from the story?

[@dakotalane7983]

Not me looking for the 'skip mini game' button before he even solves the lock.

[@thenoobygamer9000]

The one with the pins is super easy if you know the trick to them. It doesn't move around randomly, it goes from spinning clockwise and counterclockwise, and switches when you snap. So you can simply unlock it without much struggle by spacing your snaps out correctly. You get one that's in a spot you like, let it cycle through, and get the one close but on the opposite side of the cycle, so when it reverses the one just before the one you just pressed in. It will reverse and start going back through to the first one, you hit the one before that and repeat, at the last two, you'll pretty much have to press the button twice. Learning this and figuring out the correct pattern made it so I haven't even failed a pin since.

[@FaeraOthronus]

I've figured out the timing of the beeps and it's so satisfying

[@matteoar]

The main issue with lockpicking minigames is that they need to hold up 20,30, even 70 or more hours in the game if you're to meet a lot of locked doors. Usually they're also a total stop from the action, which might be a turnoff for many.

[@1Pidds]

A game that understood this was the original Deus Ex In OG Deus Ex hacking was something that you sortve just waited for, meaning you had to hope that you werent spotted or attacked while doing it since you couldnt exit out until it was done If you invest in the skill it goes by much quicker and if you dont invest in it at all you cant hack, simple as. You need to find another way into computers The sequels just did a minigame

[@wynoglia]

Yup I hate this in atomic heart I think hogwarts legacy has the balance right

[@zrspangle]

​@@wynoglia Hogwarts Legacy had the absolute worst lockpicking minigame I've encountered. There are no stakes and it's just a time sink. Even worse, it doesn't make thematic sense!

[@noahd7470]

@@wynoglia how much are you into atomic heart?.. I didn’t find the locks bad at all. The first site you spawn in yes they have quite a few locks but other than that it dies down only to test sites and optional doorways

[@meatdestroyer7395]

Chaos theory didn't really have this issue

[@perplxxd]

i really liked Dying Light's lockpicking feature and Half Life: Alyx's puzzles, those were a ton of fun

[@arslanemre4100]

Dying light and skyrim got the same right?

[@nationeer]

*flashbacks to spamming spacebar on a Grineer lock and satisfyingly unlocked it in one go

[@TheFrazzle]

Mate this guy ain’t ready for Skylander door puzzles

[@The-KGC]

The locks that test your reactions are very new 😊

[@demolition3612]

@@DavidVenters no, the reactions required are not that hard. Even for someone with a disability.

[@ziondesertranger]

Oblivion

[@DryWallMockery]

Warframe

[@itsjustmeerkat1485]

but they’re not very new this has been ina game before

[@SoDoesTobi]

Warframe

[@adenmarsteiner2933]

Oblivion lock-picking system holds such a special place in my heart

[@armalite5.56]

I don't understand it at all

[@Onyxolotl]

On God, I loved getting to know the right clicks that meant it was good

[@4f52]

It's very fun I like both Elder Scrolls lockpicking mini-games, Oblivion and Skyrim

[@adenmarsteiner2933]

@@armalite5.56 it's just about pattern recognition

[@armalite5.56]

@@adenmarsteiner2933 that would explain why I don't get it

[@mr.kittysavestheworld695]

Oblivion's lockpicking was very unique and interesting. Definitely my favorite video game lockpick system. It stands out particularly in that it really makes you feel like you're performing an extremely delicate, precise task, instead of the typical rotating bobby pin system that's basically just brute-force experimentation.

[@Jaime0007]

This looks like it will be fun the first time and tedious every single time after

[@GeeksquadPlays]

Oh man, lockpicking in the game The Hobbit from 2003 was so underrated. I loved it, and nobody else has ever used the exact same concept. It was mostly timing, but it was entertaining

[@f1r3hydr4nt]

This comment is craaaaaaaazy

[@Awecyan32]

Bro, we must not have been playing the same game if you thought any of the locks in that game were much more than a chore to do

[@123sleepygamer]

I disagree, I liked the puzzles in the game but you do realize, it's sort of a survival FPS game, it shares A TON of DNA with Resident Evil so IDK why people are so shocked there's puzzles in this game.

[@SavveGaming]

@@123sleepygamer it’s not really a puzzle though… it’s just a tedious extra thing you’re more or less forced to do. Especially if you have a ton of locked doors. It’s repetitive and boring imo. I’d rather actually fight stuff and play the game than fiddle with locked doors. I see why some enjoy it, but this puzzles are honestly why I completely stopped playing RPGs. They just feel tedious and stupid more often than not.

[@tek4]

Speaking of, the lockbox residential that my boss decided to use for a 4 digit combo is really a 3 digit keypad that doesn't mater what order you can use for the combo. Lets say its 712, 217 or 127 or 721 all work

[@teddycornerproductions3095]

The locks that you have to have a super quick reaction time with to hit the colors correctly were a bit hard for me as I failed them about 40 times throughout the game but I can only feel sorry for people with arthritis or any other condition that significantly reduces their reaction time which makes it impossible to progress through the game.

[@connorosborne3545]

There are three different types of puzzle locks in warframe. One teats reaction speed, one is lining up geometric patterns, and one inverts your controls. They all have really short timers. Then theres just about every ratchet and clank game. This is definitely neat, but i feel like you need to diversify your library

[@Nic-ps8vw]

The worst part about the locks was the MC complaining about all the locks and how anyone with basic puzzle solving skills could hack them. 10/10

[@scottatlas7359]

what's MC?

[@derspieletester7667]

​@@scottatlas7359 Main character

[@JustSomeoneRandom1324]

That sounds annoying as hell

[@raijingaming9608]

@@JustSomeoneRandom1324 no it was pretty funny

[@JustSomeoneRandom1324]

@@raijingaming9608 tastes vary and quips made every time when interacting with a game mechanic sound like they'd get old real quick

[@tangent.arc38618]

I remember in the old lego star wars games locked doors could only be opened by droids and they had a little minigame like that

[@hackermanack3393]

Todd Howard: " We need new lockpicking for Skyrim 2, write that down write that down! "

[@wild_lee_coyote]

Same with computer hacking. They always seem to be geometric puzzles instead of programming ones. I always thought it would be cool to have to identify what system you were facing and then have a program to break it.

[@TIannone]

I always liked fallouts hacking style, where it is reminescent of the game Mastermind in which you attempt to guess a combination of colors or words depending on which version of the game you have

[@freddy04123]

I think it was one of the Splinter Cell games that I grew up playing that had the best mini games for hacks and unlocks. Not many other games have replicated them since.

[@rhycemg]

I can second that! 👌🏻

[@Marco.Favaro]

Fuck yeah, that mini-game was a simulation of a real lockpicking method. That serie had so many interesting approach to games mechanics.

[@RobRamss]

I swear there's some sort of psyop to try and get me to give this damn game a second chance

[@bransonwalter5588]

Don't. It is made by a Russian team who is apparently in support of Putin.

[@aesra1185]

Me too man I wasn’t going to but damn is it tempting

[@bradfin12]

The pin lock actually is really easy every time you click the light changes direction so you click, wait one light click, wait two lights click, wait 3 lights click etc.

[@sphealingit222]

I want to go back to Deus Ex where you equip a lockpick, use the lockpick on a lock, wait a second or two for it to unlock, and then it's open, and that's it.

[@nexeye1]

I think it'll just become tedious and you'll just start skipping the locks that you can. I had a mod in Skyrim that made the locks hard enough that you had to invest in the skill, and for those characters I had that did not, I just started skipping them. I see that happening here.

[@yolo-senpal4520]

Oh the first lock he showed is already tedious for me and I’m only a couple hours into the game.

[@MrJord1994]

Wow that’s lazy

[@aymr0]

Isle 9 fans be having PTSD from their locked doors 😂

[@Osmann45]

I just want the door to open and close, that's all I want.

[@smellycandle2690]

Some ratchet and clank level locks right there...

[@AYoutubeAccountName]

I was looking for this comment. Lots of people saying Warframe but rac did this in 2002. I wasn't a fan but at least they used it to force the player to hop around between a set of planets which felt cool and non-linear.

[@iminumst7827]

The funniest thing to me about lock-picking, is that almost every game that has it as a mechanic makes it quite easy, which kinda makes you wonder why people in that universe spend so much time making locks in the first place. The lock smith industry is rough in a game universe

[@goflux]

it's actually pretty realistic. the vast majority of locks in real life are extremely easy to pick or break if you have any idea what you're doing, but many people still trust them despite that

[@beastminer147]

A lock is supposed to keep an honest man out. Your weapon is for the the dishonest man that doesnt abide by the lock.

[@redhoodplays768]

@@beastminer147 lmaooo

[@ARockRaider]

if you look around for youtube lock pickers you will quickly learn that most locks you find are just as easy to pick as soon as you start learning how to do it. look up "LockPickingLawyer" and see how most locks are laughably easy to open, even the harder ones do very little.

[@warmaster1112]

First one was just the Grineer lock in Warframe

[@aestheticasschris4280]

Bioshock: “Am I a joke to you “.

[@Landscape_]

This puzzles feel so great to do, i thought it would be like skyrim or fallout but its more fun

[@Shark_cool]

I love the Robo-rabbit on the lock. A great callback to Soviet cartoons.

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

NU POGODI

[@FroggySodaa]

anyone else notice the rabbit robot from 'well just you wait'

[@lawlygaming8622]

The "pattern lock" is pretty similar to something from Myst III: Exile, in the Amateria stage. It's for getting over a bridge.

[@milfncookiess3436]

Try doing that lock with enemies still spawning and being regenerated behind you. You learn real quick to hurry tf up. Screw the timer that ain't the issue 🤣

[@Brekwon97]

Idk I wouldnt necessarily call these a fun replacement. Feels like it interrupts a very environmental game with a child's game.

[@allansolano5587]

It really depends of the taste like the game itself me personally i prefer this type of things because i love puzzles hahaha

[@ESOdanny]

To me it's lockpick vs fun mini game as a replacement for the locked door

[@rabubble7436]

Aonther example of this could be wolfenstein new order, where a decision you make at the beginning of the game effects some smaller parts of the rest of the game, which also effects locks. Its usually either lock picking or wiring, but its the first thing that came to my mind.

[@RedEarth20XDX]

I love games that have different minigames for the same thing.

[@dannyshroyer5770]

I have been enjoying them as well. I really like Atomic Heart, it's just such a breath of fresh air. I've been waiting since 2017 for it and its everything I expected and wanted and more. I'm gonna get it physically because I want it in my gaming collection

[@viktorbihar5384]

Finally, an Atomic Heart player actually plays the game! And is not getting fisted, amazing!!

[@table3310]

Assassin's Creed Unity's level 3 locks with no lock picking skills were the real challenges

[@mizzjanice23]

Lock minigame? *doors unhinged starts playing*

[@ProA-kv2jv]

It may be fun eventually but I swear the first five or so times you do this it is the most infuriating experience you’ll ever have

[@comfyghost]

you know what's also fun? not having the mini game. pretty much no games have the same lock picking unless they're at least from the same developers, and they all get old real quick if you aren't interested in them, which considering you didn't buy a lock picking game, is very possible.

[@sweetinvictus654]

theyre mostly used for shortcuts or extra spots so it's completely understandable to use them. unfortunately the game has a few locks and puzzles though so it def won't be for you

[@comfyghost]

@@sweetinvictus654 mate, i like puzzles, lockpicking/hacking puzzles included, i just think most triple a inclusions of them over saturate the game to the point they're often mandatory, can kill the pace of the game, and even break emersion, plus often have to be super easy, since halting your progression in an action game because you can't solve a puzzle is frustrating. again i like puzzles, all puzzles, but because of these reasons i can't see them as good game design.

[@cererra682]

@@comfyghost the game is literally all puzzles. The locks fit well with that

[@spah_tf2]

this reminds me of level 3 in escape the backrooms, there are power brakers you need to turn on to open a big gate. all of the brakes has different puzzles that ranged from flip the switches to make a circle with every part matching a color

[@Teason7489]

That is true, but there is so many doors that they are starting to bore you, so you will just hate opening doors in atomic hearts after some time

[@blumpfreyfranks8863]

I love that the first lock you showed has a character from a Soviet cartoon, I think it was “Ну Погоди”, or “Just you wait”

[@NiceDuckBroswq3]

My first short which is not about twins 💀

[@sandsundertail6936]

The second one is imo one of the most common ones. It has been in lego games for ages

[@june9914]

Warframe’s got this, reaction based locks, rotation locks, inverted locks, friendship locks, spinning locks, etc

[@emoducky]

You truly don’t understand the stress of the grineer tile set lock until you’ve done a sortie with rescue being the 3rd level on the kuva fortress….

[@martinkase5842]

Like doors in real life then... all the locks in my home are different, and you have to solve crazy physics problems to unlock them...

[@matthewfox9775]

I love Warframe the codes actually feel very stressful while doing it not the one where you lift up the orange stuff with the matching lines

[@RabbitsInBlack]

So like The Witness. Colors, lights and moving things. But that game is kind of hard if you really play through all the puzzles after the story.