Pandora's Box - New York [1/2]

Pandora's Box doesn't really have an intro as it were, so this will have to serve as my introductory descriptive video. Pandora's Box is a puzzle game created circa 1992 by the creator of Tetris. While it certainly didn't receive the acclaim of Tetris, it is a great game with quite a lot of innovation (dare I say much more =X). I enjoy Pandora's Box. I'm actually not a very good puzzle game player since I have a very one-track mind and get frustrated easily, but Pandora's Box is still fun.

The story is that basically you have to solve puzzles to find the Tricksters, then defeat them by..solving a puzzle.

Puzzle Types:

The game features 8 or 10 (probably should look it up) different puzzle types. In this video (and New York as a whole) there are three. Each puzzle type can range from difficulty that is either ridiculously easy to hours-long hard. Of course the difficulty depends on the size of the puzzle, its potential complexity, and obfuscation. As such, some puzzles can fall into the realm of what I would call artificial difficulty, though others may argue.

Focus Point: This is probably the easiest puzzle type as it can be solved with some trial and error and the pieces don't even require flipping. It's fairly easy to tell when a piece is in focus, so you can usually derive where it's supposed to go from that. This puzzle type also gets easier as it is solved faster than any other type. Not really my favorite, but it's at least the most straightforward.

Overlap: Sort of like a jigsaw puzzle. This, along with focus point, are what I would call the most straightforward puzzle. Overlap has great difficulty potential, especially since this sort of puzzle can fall into the "piece that looks like nothing" or "piece that looks like it could be anything" difficulty hole. The whole background match-up thing helps, though it can be frustrating to find at times.

Rotascope: Probably not supposed to be extraordinarily hard, but God has said that I am not to have an easy time with Rotascopes. This video shows that to a T. As such, Rotascope is my least favorite puzzle type. However, I do feal a great sense of accomplishment beating it, so I like to try it.

Finally, sorry for the weird way Camtasia decided to record this. It won't happen in future vids (for no discernable reason).

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Pandora
• Pandora's
• Box
• Tetris

[R4ND0Mman]

Why do you have trouble with Rotascopes? As with Focus Points, you can usually tell whether pieces are blurry or not. From there, you find one piece that fits the background on the outer layer, and match all but one of the pieces, once you know which one it is. Then put one of the slices adjacent to the missing part in the slot where the piece should go. Put the missing piece in the bank, move the other piece, and finish the layer, then repeat. Not really as tricky as it first appears.

[explosionpills]

thanks poindexter

[Extremefighters]

Yeah. I love this game so much. I got it back when it came out. Lost it 2 years later. Got it back a few years back.. Lost it again LOL.. and right now, at this very moment Im getting it again.

[explosionpills]

Heh, yeah I haven't played it in a very long time either

[JOELDSDLR]

do you have a digtal downloa so i can play it on my PC?

[JoLVolley]

Best game evverr, music is fantastic too

[R4ND0Mman]

I just have played this way too much....