Combat puzzle games - an IFDB Poll
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Jeremy Freese RSS FeedWhat I'm looking for are games that have fights that are ostensibly combat, but the solution to winning the fight is really a matter of solving a puzzle.
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 | Gun Mute, by C. E. J. Pacian
4 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Edward Lacey... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sam Kabo Ashwell... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Victor Gijsbers... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --smurfas666...
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 | Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies, by Øyvind Thorsby
2 votes
"Each encounter is..." [+]"Each encounter is puzzleish, and there's also an overall puzzle of trying to get through with only a certain amount of ammunition. And if you play "right", you're supposed to avoid undo, as well." --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers...
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 | Slap That Fish, by Peter Nepstad
2 votes
"Exactly what you're looking for." [+]"Exactly what you're looking for." ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers... "I never got that..." [+]"I never got that far, but it seems that the further you progress, the game gets more puzzling." --Jonathan Blask...
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 | Earth and Sky, by Paul O'Brian
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sam Kabo Ashwell... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --DJ...
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| Heroine's Mantle, by Andy Phillips
1 vote
"Many scenes..." [+]"Many scenes involve outmanouvreing people who attack you; your superpowers are not really combat-oriented, and fighting back directly almost never works." ( - Full review) --Sam Kabo Ashwell...
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 | Beyond Zork, by Brian Moriarty
1 vote
"Many of the..." [+]"Many of the fights have puzzle solutions besides pure combat." --Jonathan Blask...
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 | Zorkian Stories 1: G.U.E., by Marshal Tenner Winter
1 vote
"fits the criteria" [+]"fits the criteria: combat is simple, zork-style, but really just a common-sense puzzle." () --Marshal Tenner Winter...
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 | A Crimson Spring, by Robb Sherwin
1 vote
"Many fights are..." [+]"Many fights are to your disadvantage until you figure out the puzzle." () --Jonathan Blask...
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