Re: I have no shame.
#2 by Jake - Oct 23 2007
cruelhazel:
Can anyone help me out with the dual movement policeman puzzle? Feel free to PM the puzzle solution, too. I am failing hard here.
Working out the behaviour of the policeperson (for some reason, I got the impression it was a police
woman, I don't know why) helped me a lot here. I was expecting the traditional "aggressor moves two squares directly towards player for every square player moves; get them stuck on something" puzzle, but rather, as best as I can tell:
* If they see something (like, say, random suspicious girls skulking around in the bushes) they'll go directly to the last spot they
saw you move to.
* If they don't find anything there, they'll return to the body
* It seemed to me that you have to hide horizontally behind two squares of bush to be considered 'out of sight'.
So the basic tactic is to hide behind something convenient, then appear on one side (the way you don't want to go) to lure them there while using the opportunity of them leaving their post to go back in the opposite direction (towards the exit, making sure you're out of sight 'til their back is turned) to get past gaps they'd normally see you while crossing. Just like with real policemen! ;-)
It's quite a tight escape, at least the route I took, so if you find yourself close to safety but still caught you're probably thinking along the right lines. It still took me three or four goes when playing it through a second time after buying the game...
(To be honest, while it took me more goes than I ought to feel comfortable admitting, it was this puzzle - right at the end of the demo - that sold me on the puzzle side of the game, really. Having [finally] finished it, it's quite nicely put together. ;-)
