What the HELL am I supposed to do here? Game doesn't tell me, neither does the manual. It just gives me X Y B columns with a bunch of bricks, and pressing the buttons makes the blocks turn from red to blue and vice versa. Way to throw me in a dead-end here Bioware!
Mass Effect: memory core minigame
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here you, just use this combination and it works fine, from the gamespot guide.
X, B, X, Y, B, Y, X, B, Y, X, Y, B, X, B, X, Y, B, Y, B, X, Y, X, B, Y, X, B, X, Y, B, Y.
X, B, X, Y, B, Y, X, B, Y, X, Y, B, X, B, X, Y, B, Y, B, X, Y, X, B, Y, X, B, X, Y, B, Y.
Oh for heaven's sake, it's probably the easiest 'mental puzzle' in existence! Fair enough if you didn't understand what you had to do, but anybody who posts and asks *how* you do it needs eliminating for the good of the gene pool 
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it was the former...
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it was the former...
Oh for heaven's sake, it's probably the easiest 'mental puzzle' in existence! Fair enough if you didn't understand what you had to do, but anybody who posts and asks *how* you do it needs eliminating for the good of the gene pool
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it was the former...
I didn't realize it was the tower of hanoi; it's actually very simple and I did it within seconds once I realized it. It's just that the game really needs to tell you what you're supposed to do, instead of throwing you a couple of columns and leaving you to your business. Not everyone has heard of or done tower of hanoi.
lol I was stuck on it for an hour, and then I found the button combo solution and used that
Noob!
I just didn't get it. I got 3 blocks into the middle stack, but I couldn't get the 4th bottom block to move from stack 1. In the end I just gave up and went hunting for the keypress combo lol. I wanted to boink someone in my crew and no lame puzzle will get in me way I tell ya! 
I failed C.D.T
Proves the point then, none of this CDT in my day, Wood work, Metal work and cooking mate, say it as it is. Bloody CDT!
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I haven't got this far yet, but does 'towers of hanoi' = cheese rings?
If so, I teach that to 5 year olds at work.
(They often do better than the adults.)
If so, I teach that to 5 year olds at work.
(They often do better than the adults.)
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The first time on this puzzle I had no real idea what was going on. I was also a tad concerned that the flashing and strobing was going to bring on an epileptic fit .
After some time and by pure chance I completed it, and carried on. Of course I forgot to save the game and got thoroughly killed a few minutes later. It was five minutes in to the second attempt of mindless button bashing that I realised what was going on and it was very easy to solve.
In my opinion however silly block shifting puzzles really have no place in a RPG, or is this some traditional console thing?
.After some time and by pure chance I completed it, and carried on. Of course I forgot to save the game and got thoroughly killed a few minutes later.
It was five minutes in to the second attempt of mindless button bashing that I realised what was going on and it was very easy to solve. In my opinion however silly block shifting puzzles really have no place in a RPG, or is this some traditional console thing?
The first time on this puzzle I had no real idea what was going on. I was also a tad concerned that the flashing and strobing was going to bring on an epileptic fit
After some time and by pure chance I completed it, and carried on. Of course I forgot to save the game and got thoroughly killed a few minutes later.
In my opinion however silly block shifting puzzles really have no place in a RPG, or is this some traditional console thing?
It was done in Knights of the Old Republic, albeit with a slight twist on it, something to do with size as well as color. It's been ages since I did it. Bioware likes to throw in traditional puzzles for hacking or unlocking situations.
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Just did a quick google and was reminded of that blasted test from KOTOR.
I always find these things a bit of a drag, and to a certain extent I think they kill the sci-fi atmosphere. One moment your running around gunning down all manner of unmentionables, and then you get stuck with some infuriating old skool logic puzzle.
This thread is also reminding me to get back to Mass Effect. I still haven't finished it.