r/OrderOfTheSinkingStar
How long does this game take to finish if you are NOT doing every single puzzle?
The 500-hour idea is definitely being thrown around quite a bit, but I am actually wondering how long it takes to get to credits if you are not doing every single puzzle.
I wish I could remember how long The Witness took my wife and me. We played it upon release and solved all puzzles except for doing the timed stage at the end. I would have guessed 50-ish hours for that? I could be wrong.
Anyway, has anyone made it to the end and if so, how long was this game when not being a 100% completionist?
u/Mahaloth — 4 days ago
I hit this checkpoint and can't find any possible action to take next
u/itch- — 3 days ago
Anyone else struggling with vault of the beamcasters?
I’ve got on with the other three areas perfectly well and had been doing the same with this one getting the gems until unlocking first tool thing.
I feel very out of my depth - I find that the level looping around itself being visible on the screen is a bit nauseating and makes the puzzles harder to comprehend. It also feels far easier to soft lock progress in time consuming ways, with the path ahead being much less clear given there’s more space.
After getting maybe 16 gems I moped out of there and did the rest of the available puzzles in the other areas until I unlocked one of the gold teleporter things.
Now I think I have to go back to this area and I’m absolutely dreading it… Anyone else feel the same?
u/Sckorrow — 3 days ago
[Help]...again. I have been on this level for over an hour and I am stumped.
I have been trying various things. I feel like the stone at the top could be used for something other than just blocking the guy at the top but don't know what. I have gotten the Transmogrifier into the middle to turn both the dragons but then I get stuck. I have tried to turn the Sailor into crystal to get past but then I can't unturn her after that.
I just need some help with where to even begin or if I have been doing it right where to go from there.
u/PLinky432 — 3 days ago
Order of the Sinking Star seems to be more successful than The Witness.
10 years of work seem to have paid off. But I hope I don't have to wait another ten years for the next game.
u/Smooth_Vehicle_2764 — 4 days ago
Can I get a hint for this one?
I've been on it for like an hour, and what I've come up with is that I somehow need to get the orange beam in the bottom left so I can teleport to the button. Without rotating, I've only come to discover that the purple beam's only use is to travel from left to right, and you need the blue beam box to stop yourself from yeeting out of the level. I have brought the green box all away around but I just cannot get the orange beam all the way to the left while also making it back to the left. Any hints that may tell me if I have the right idea?
u/PiccoloTop3186 — 3 days ago
So close and yet so stuck
I feel like I’m right there but I’ve been stuck repeating the same few actions for the past half hour.. I could use a hint!
u/gold_snakeskin — 4 days ago
Absolute cinema (heroes and water solution spoiler)
What a legend. Also first time I’ve seen a dupe
u/birdandy — 3 days ago
I guess I need a hint but I don't really want one
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I'll just ask a question.
As far as I can tell there is no way to get to the central island that doesn't start with bard 3 spaces to the right of the mirror and rock 4 spaces to the right of the mirror.
True or false?
u/Rahodees — 4 days ago
Stumped at this. I know the diagonal starts at the bottomest right tile and I need to drop 2 crystals into the water - 1 on the left and 1 down.
u/Loeris_loca — 4 days ago
Does the dragon have to be placed on one of the three buttons?
u/Rahodees — 3 days ago
I love seeing posts asking for help
I especially love just clicking them, looking at the screenshot and saying "Damn, that's crazy. Good luck with that though!"
u/JeffSachs — 4 days ago
[Help] Unsure how to hit the top switch in this HxS puzzle.
I have consistently been able to get to the right and move that onto the switch, and I know how to stall the lilypad to get off, where I am struggling is how to get the stone to go and hit the button when there is no second lilypad left to push the stone from and the stone starts on the back lily pad.
u/PLinky432 — 3 days ago
Any hints, please? ): I'm sure the solution is easy, considering how long it's taking me to solve it.
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u/No-Photograph3502 — 3 days ago
Beams and Mirrors - Stuck at the end
I've gotten to this point right at the end, with the push beam active. But after pushing mirrors and chasing interactable objects, I just haven't been able to figure out how to achieve anything to get to the exit. I can't get a beam over to push the mirror and stone, or get a mirror in place to skip straight to the exit. It really feels like there's nothing I can interact with at this point to cross the finish line.
u/marmanasu — 3 days ago
Softlocking and the Undo Button
I just want to make sure people are understanding the undo mechanic, because it is a massive QoL feature, and I keep seeing people talk about being softlocked or messing up their save.
You can undo forever. It gets much faster when you hold the button, so its not even a chore, if anything, be careful not to overshoot too much. You can undo through resets, through checkpoints, after shutting down the game and opening it again, after exiting a level and coming back.
You should be undoing all the time. Theres no reason to re-solve the first third of a level 20 times while you experiment with final two thirds.
Im sorry if this is obvious, and maybe some people are experiencing undo bugs (Ive seen it mentioned once), but I keep seeing mention of "softlocking", and damn near 100% of these problems are solved by holding a single button for a few seconds.
u/SchwiftySquanchC137 — 4 days ago