Well, there’s part of my life I’ll never get back.
I’ve been playing Runaway 2 pretty much all day (my reward for getting another column done), and after a few hours I was stuck. Of course, that’s nothing to complain about. You want to be stuck sometimes. It means whoever wrote the game has created a really tricky puzzle, and while it’s frustrating at the time, it feels great when you finally solve it (and stop cursing the author’s name under your breath).
So, having gone through all the ‘logical’ options (logical in terms of the game at least), I tried solving it the hard way — using every object with every other object (and every character) in the game. Still no luck, and so I searched for a walkthrough so I could move on.
And what was the solution I couldn’t figure out? Well, I won’t reveal the exact answer (I wouldn’t deprive anyone else of the chance to beat their head against the desk), but I ended up having to use a particular object not with a character or another object, but with an exit. Not only that, it was an exit I (or rather the character) couldn’t get to during the game.
I’ve been stumped by obscure puzzles before (if you’ve played The Longest Journey, remember the key in the subway?), but at least they made sense after the event. This one was completely out of left field.
(My only consolation is the guy who wrote the walkthrough didn’t think it made sense, either.)