How come the quality of puzzles in video games has fallen so

because publishers are afraid normies can't think.

>>386621469
If we consider all possible positions that the 3 white pieces could have been the situation is still impossible. There's no arrangement in which the two pieces could have not been in check and then both made in check the same turn.

>>386622107
It's kind of a dick move the puzzle gives.

Don't assume that the image portrays the board right side up.

>>386621469
white promoted his pawn to a rook

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>>386621469
They're playing blitz chess. Black moved his own king into check and lost.

>>386622229
>pawn got promoted to tower
Still started the turn in check with the rook.
>pawn got promoted to rook
Still started the turn in check with the tower.
Unless there's some obscure rule I dont know, it's still impossible.

And what are these fabled great puzzle games from 10 years ago?

>>386622380
Uh, Rook *is* the Tower.

Like, basically there was a Pawn between the Black King and Bishop, the Pawn took the Black Piece that was in the corner, and promoted to Rook.

>>386622263
Doesn't make sense. If last turn white had a pawn one, where was the black king? Was it in check from the white bishop? Why didn't it move to escape check?

>>386622467
Oh, I see. Cool, nice job spotting it.

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>>386622380
The white pieces are on blacks home row.

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>>386622380

>>386622229
This is wrong. I don't know how you viewed it, but the bottom right square should always be white.

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Sup

You know morse code and obscure bible quotes right?

>>386622632
What I mean is that the way the image is printed makes you think that it's on the white side of the board, when in reality it's on the *black* side of the board.

>>386622591
cant pawns only move forward and only forward-diagonal if attacking a piece?

>>386621469
I just did the Treasure Sword puzzle in Lufia 2

Holy shit it has been over a decade since I legitimately had to solve a puzzle in a video game.

physics puzzles were a mistake that should have died with Incredible Machinery

>>386622780
The latter, yes. The former, no. Sad how the in-game Google system's first result was always the Secret World Wiki even when you tried to do it right.

>>386622821
yes, hence the blue arrow indicating that the pawn is taking a black piece

white is on black's side of the board

>>386621469
Black moved himself into check, duh.

>>386622883
hmmmm makes sense thank you

>>386622821
There was a black piece where the pawn-turned-rook was on the last turn. It moved diagonally to attack, then because it made it to the end it promoted into a rook.

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>>386622780
>doesn't know his bible back to front

>>386622780
>morse code
only 2 letters S and O for SOS
3 long = O
3 short = S

>>386623030
Who wants to read all that jewish shit in the first part? Jesus bought in the new covenant, the old contract is null and void.

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>>386623161
here we go

>>386623347
So if I said I was Catholic and didn't want to read Protestant dogma that would also make me a nazi to you? You're a special kind of stupid.

>>386621469
There was a black rook where the white bishop is now threatening the white king.

It hurts retention, which funnels less people to the DLC.
Don't forget this is the industry where everyone gave Wonderful 101 a bad score because the Easy ending was anticlimatic.

Quern was fun.

>>386622263
>>386622467
>>386622591
>>386622959
Wouldn't Black have a chance to move after White promotes its pawn to a Rook? Or is there some rule that says if you can simultaneously check the king from two positions it's automatically a checkmate?

>>386624740
Furthermore how was the previous position >>386622571 possible? Whether White's previous move was the pawn or the bishop, Black would have had to move into check from either of the two pieces

>>386625202
White is moving downward. The pawn blocks the bishop so the king can move there. The pawn can't check the king because it only takes diagonally toward the bottom of the board

>>386623030
martin luther was a mistake

Black promoted the pawn to a rook by taking a white piece in the bottom left corner, obviously lol

>>386625720
Oh ok, I get it. And I suppose the riddle never implied he was in checkmate, just that the board was abandoned

>>386626549
The trick is that you think white started on the bottom. The lack of a checkmate is unimportant since all the question asks about is if the position is legal

>Puzzle thread
>Ded
What the fuck.

>>386623483
You do realize that Old Testament is still canonical within the entirety of Christianity, right?

Protestantism and Catholicism differ in interpretation of both the Old and the New testament. And Christians consider New Testament to be more valuable in terms of informing them how to act, as the acts of Jesus changed our relationship to the god.
But Old Testament is STILL canonical. The genesis, the history of mankind, exodus... that shit happened. And it was not a different God either. It's still a sacred, holy text of Christianity.

So your example of "protestant dogma" is stupid. You might disagree with other interpretations of the text, you can't deny the holy significance of the text itself.

Also, if you can't be bothered to learn about other denominations of your own faith - if you can't even acknowledge it, you still might be a really fucking stupid shortsighted retards.

>>386629659
You can take your religious persecution and shove it up your arse mohammed.

>>386631067
What the actual fuck is that supposed to mean? Are you having a stroke there? Should we call someone?

>>386631162
It means fuck off back to plebbit and stop acting condescending to people without even having the slightest clue as to what branch of what faith they hold.

Puzzles are awful and I don't miss them.

>>386631384
So... first of all: "reddit". Sure. That makes complete sense. I'm saying something that is making you mad for some reason, so you have to scream reddit. That is how you do things around here, isn't it?
Second of all:
What the actual fuck are you angry about? I'm condescending towards people who talk about religion as if they knew something about it while they clearly, clearly don't.
I don't know or care what your beliefs are, if you don't know that both Old and New Testament are canonical within Christianity, you are a fucking retard.
And if you DEFEND refusing to learn more about other declinations of faith, then you defend ignorance. So yeah. You fucking deserve to be mocked and lauded.

>>386631608
>That is how you do things around here, isn't it?
So you admit you're just a tourist here to shit up the board worse than usual? Bravo.

>>386623347
That Regalia's pretty palacial.

>>386631608
>mocked and lauded.
>made fun of and praised
Choose one.

>>386631654
>So you admit you're just a tourist here to shit up the board worse than usual? Bravo.
No, I'm mocking the fact that you are a child who just mindlessly parrots what you think is "totally local board culture".
Ironically doing exactly what we originally despised so much about reddit. The absolutely mindless sheep behavior.

>>386631731
Fuck me, you are right. I chose the former.

>>386631797
>we
You've already outed yourself. Just give up.

>>386631907
Dude, I really am not sure what you are trying to achieve here. You are the one who got mad at me because - oh my gosh, I pointed out basic fucking common knowledge. Now you are trying to desperately to lull yourself into the comfort zone of "I totally wasn't the moron here" by screaming something about reddit.

I've been around here since 2008 or s. Which isn't actually something I'm very proud off. In fact it's kinda sad.
I'm just wondering why do you need to convince yourself of something else so desperately.

>>386632076
>he's still going
Tell me again how mad I am.

>>386632238
Enough to keep posting. Should I remind you that you are the one who started crying how I must leave because I offended you precious feelings by the condescending remark that being ignorant is not a nice thing?

>>386621469
Check out Zachtronics games, Shenzhen I/O is a masterpiece of puzzle games

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Did I solve it?

>>386635469
Yes. Four hours after the solution was posted in the thread.

>>386621469

White captured with a pawn and promoted it to a rook.

>>386622481

The pawn was in the way of the bishop so the king was not in check. The pawn captured a black piece in the corner, moving out of the way to allow the bishop to check, and was simultaneously promoted to a rook, also checking the king.