The variation extends to how in-depth these puzzles will be, too, but a key goal for the team has been not to tie the idea of size directly to difficulty. The core storyline includes some of the game's most wide-ranging puzzle sequences but, when a puzzle is mandatory, being too difficult could cause some players to get frustrated. Equally, you don't want puzzle fanatics to feel like it's too easy. This is where the game's specific Adventure Difficulty setting comes in, allowing players to tailor how they want to play:
"Naturally, many of the bigger puzzles are intricately tied to the story," says Andersson. "We've taken special care with those since they need to be accessible to all types of players and made sure they support our 'light' Adventure Difficulty level. If you play on that one, you'll still get to experience the fun of solving the puzzle, but it won't require as many steps or be as challenging as the normal Adventure Difficulty level is."
"Using Indy's Camera as an Opt-In hint system proved to be a perfect solution. As you inspect the puzzle, you'll see that there are hints available, but you can take all the time you need to explore and experiment. If you decide that you need a little bit of help, you can just pull up the camera and take a photo of the puzzle to request a hint for it. And if that's not enough, you can just keep snapping for more and more detailed hints."
And for the real puzzle fanatics out there, Andersson teases that the game will include some truly testing optional puzzles – the hardest in the game – which won't allow the hint system at all. If you're not interested, there's no obligation to try them – but if you are, prepare for a test worthy of a true adventurer.
Wow!
