“relies solely on the player being forced to randomly try every conceivable combination in those insanely cryptic puzzles”
Did you consider that maybe you just missed all the clues that were spread around the island?
I remember having to backtrack many times because I realised the key to a puzzle was in the text in the library or on the painting or in some other place that I recognized but didn’t remember well enough to repeat it without getting back to that place.
“relies solely on the player being forced to randomly try every conceivable combination in those insanely cryptic puzzles”
Did you consider that maybe you just missed all the clues that were spread around the island?
I remember having to backtrack many times because I realised the key to a puzzle was in the text in the library or on the painting or in some other place that I recognized but didn’t remember well enough to repeat it without getting back to that place.