Let's talk about identity first, the strategy team A Xing. Today I will give you a review of the chapter of Painting Fairy Tales. You may think that this game is purely puzzle-solving, so just take your time. No, as long as you find the right path, the whole journey can be completed in less than 40 minutes. I have passed it three times in a row and gone through all the detours I can take. Today I have sorted out the way to pass the level efficiently. Note that there are no spoilers in the following content and it will not affect the enjoyment of your first experience. However, if you want to speed pass or get all the achievements, just do so.
The first thing is, don't rush to click everywhere before entering the picture. The game gives you a lot of freedom at the beginning, but the optimal solution is to scan the lower right corner and the upper left corner of the entire scene first, and collect all small movable objects first, without touching the mechanism to decrypt the puzzle. Because this game has a generous item bar limit, but many puzzles are unlocked in nests. If you take one less item from the first stage, it will be normal for you to be stuck for five minutes later. The thing I got can deduce the password from the fragmentary information, which is much less troublesome than messing around.
The core skill is just one, use "click feedback" to determine priority - any props that appear in the dialog box with characters thinking text will be dealt with immediately. Such items are 100% key to the main plot. On the other hand, if you have been clicking for a long time and there is only scene description but no highlighted text is triggered, then you can put it to the end first and then worry about it. I have tried this rule and it can save about one-third of the number of operations in the early stage.
Another one, regarding the mapping of the world in the painting, the feature of this chapter is that the protagonist switches between reality and the painting. Note that the props you can take away in the real scene will have different shapes and uses in the painting, and vice versa. The hidden setting of this game is: if the "key item" you use in reality is not in the corresponding position in the painting, it will result in one less trigger condition for subsequent puzzle solving. So please remember one thing, don't be obsessed with “the current items are used in the current scene”. All the props in this chapter of Hua Xian interact across spaces.
It is recommended to complete the level in order. The smoothest route I have measured is: first solve the lighting puzzle in the room, unlock the hidden drawer, then go to the picture scroll space first, complete the composition logic of the waterside, and then return to reality to open the entrance to the underground palace. Following this order, the acquisition and use of each prop is seamless. On the other hand, if you open the door of the underground palace first, many items will be stuck in the wrong state. At that time, you will only have two options: load the file, or spend more than ten minutes to find a remedy, neither of which is worthwhile.
One thing that is easy to overlook is that the sound effect prompts are the hidden navigation of this level. When your operation is close to the correct answer, the background music will have a slight upward turn. In fact, this is a message intentionally left by the production team, but 95% of people will not notice it. When you encounter a stuck level, you might as well click on the suspicious position twice to listen for subtle changes in the background sound. This is much more reliable than blind guessing.
Finally, for reference, my fastest record in the three events was 37 minutes and 52 seconds, which included a mistake and I didn't read the guide at all. If you want to speed pass, it is recommended to open the normal mode and play casually for the first time, collect them all, and then do the speed pass the second time. Because the randomness of many puzzles is actually not high, but the difference in time between knowing the answer and figuring out the answer is visible to the naked eye.
That's it. Generally speaking, this chapter of Hua Xian is a relatively closed-loop logic in the series. The puzzles are not difficult. The key lies in the flow of props and the placement of information. According to the above set of ideas, the battle will definitely be over within an hour. If you have any unclear points, please call me in the post at any time, and I will reply as soon as I see it. 👋