They need an editor who will go through and identify the puzzles that must be solved through brute force, and require alteration.

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aleph_minus_one an hour ago | parent [-]

> They need an editor who will go through and identify the puzzles that must be solved through brute force

Barely any adventure game has a puzzle that requires brute-forcing. The problem is rather that sometimes players don't have the same kind of thinking as the developers.

This issue can be aggravated if the player comes from a different culture or is playing a translated version of the game; for a famous example: the "monkey wrench" puzzle only works if the player is used the the US-American English name of the respective tool.

	▲	Arainach a minute ago \| parent [-]
		"read the author's mind" is a puzzle type closely related to, and in practice often overlapping with brute force. If the author has a solution in mind but it is not properly hinted, for most players brute force is the only option. In the case of point and click adventure games, if you don't think "I could stick the bubble gum to the mouse to run through the wall and grab the key" you are left trying every combination of item and action, which isn't fun.