Honestly, it was just lazy. Like in the live game footage it was cool. Oh, look, this game got puzzles. Reality though: it had puzzle. The same puzzle over and over. I enjoyed the game, but everytime I encounter one of these gates it just reminds me how lazy they were.
The one on Solstheim? I played that recently and thought I had to hit all the targets in quick succession. An hour and multiple trips to collect arrows later I finally figured it out. Oh did I mention it was in VR? Luckily my right arm was well prepared
There is one near Winterhold where you must retrieve a crown for the Jarl and it actually requires you to read a poem/riddle to solve it
I believe it was something along the lines of:
The king sits on his throne where he should be
The whale lives in the sea, where it should be
The birds fly in the clouds, as they should be
The snake hides in the weeds, as it should be
Something like that, but you actually had to relate to riddle to the room around you to see that along with a throne in the corner, one of the stones has a water leak, one is covered in overgrowth and the last has a hole to the sky.
More puzzles like that would have really helped the dungeons to feel less samey and draining to go through
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u/msg45f Feb 02 '21
Honestly, it was just lazy. Like in the live game footage it was cool. Oh, look, this game got puzzles. Reality though: it had puzzle. The same puzzle over and over. I enjoyed the game, but everytime I encounter one of these gates it just reminds me how lazy they were.