Puzzle games provide a level of brain exercise that can be hard to beat. The House of Da Vinci series provides a wide range of puzzles to analyze and solve. The game centers its puzzles around the inventions of the famous artist, Leonardo da Vinci, making it a well-loved game among history buffs.
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In the third installment of the series, The House of Da Vinci 3, you can nowtravel through spacein your adventures. The added element of space and time travel add to the complexity of the puzzles throughout the game. As the final entry of The House of Da Vinci series, the game has upped its ante with each puzzle.
10Chapter One: Skull Door
You start the game as Giacomo, Leonardo da Vinci’s protégé, who is being chased by guards. As you run through the abbey you start the game in, the Sacra Di San Michele, you are transported to an unknown area.
There are several puzzles throughout chapter one. However, the most notable exercise of the brain occurs when you encounter a door embellished with a skull. Solving this puzzle requires unbolting the locks. The Oculus Perpetua can help a lot.
9Chapter Two: Panel Of Dials
Chapter two is also riddled with mind exercises. And of course, the puzzles increase in difficulty as the game goes on. This particular challenge involves a panel of dials that must be adjusted to the correct positions to open a hidden compartment.
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Dial-style challenges are among the most difficult, as most dials are similar in shape and size. Once you successfully figure out the panel of dials, a sandbag will be triggered to break open a door for you.
8Chapter Two: Picture Board
Picture puzzles can be deceivingly difficult. While it may seem very straightforward, there is more to this challenge than meets the eye. In the second chapter, you will encounter a plank of wood divided into twelve separate blocks.
On these blocks is a pattern that you must solve by rearranging the blocks. However, to rearrange them to show the correct pattern, you must move each row simultaneously. Luckily, learning the mechanics of the puzzle is the most difficult part of it.
7Chapter Four: Map Puzzle
In the fourth chapter, you encounter a room where the wall is adorned with a map. The map on the wall is the same map in your diary. Beside the map is a box that, when activated, allows you to interact with the puzzle. Once you can get your handson the map, deciphering the symbols is your next challenge.
This particular puzzle is difficult due to how confusing it can be. It takes a bit of digging around the room to interact with the challenge in the first place.
6Chapter Four: Scale Puzzle
Sometimes, the puzzles in The House of Da Vinci are more tedious and precise than anything else. While moving through chapter four, you will discover a system that allows you to mix different elements together.
to complete the puzzle, you will need to measure out the right amount of each element in the right order. While the concept seems simple, it’s the formula itself that makes this challenge so notorious. The best approach for the scale puzzle is trial and error.
5Chapter Five: Chess
Everyone enjoys a good game of chess. Even outside of The House of Da Vinci, chess can be a head-scratching game on its own. But in chapter five, this chess board takes the game up a few notches.
The chessboard is labeled with two different rows. On the side, going vertically, are numbers one through nine. On the bottom, horizontally, are letters A through H. There are already chess pieces on the board when you stumble upon it, and you must move the pieces in the right order.
4Chapter Five: Statue Puzzle
Towards the end of chapter five, a statue is revealed through the light of a stained-glass window. After observing and interacting with the statue, a podium is eventually revealed. It is on this podium that you find your next puzzle.
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The board on the podium resembles a circuit board with large circles on it. Along with the circles are numbers, and you must move these circles around until you input the correct code. Unfortunately, remembering the code is just as tricky as inputting it.
3Chapter Seven: Lock Picking
While this puzzle is one of the most difficult, it is also one of the most fun. The concept is as straightforward as can be. You must pick a lock to trigger a mechanism that will lower a catwalk. This catwalk must be lowered for you to cross over a flooded area.
Not only is the puzzle challenging, but it is also aesthetically pleasing. And it helps curb most people’s urge to try their hand at lock-picking.
2Chapter Eight: Solar Model
Perhaps one of the most interesting puzzles, the solar model does not shy away from complexity. Every time that you feel like you have figured it out, the solar model transforms into an even more elaborate machine.
Paying attention to detail is crucial with this particular challenge. There are a lot of steps, which can make remembering everything very tricky.
1Chapter Eight: Mechanical Cube Puzzle
The mechanical cube puzzle is among the last few you will encounter in the game. Of course, this does not make the challengeany less difficult.
Part of a series of puzzles, the mechanical cube is one of the hardest to process visually. It’s almost impossible to tell what the gadget is or what it’s supposed to represent. But regardless, you must maneuver it to create an image out of the right side of the gadget. What the correct image is, and which order to put it in, is the biggest challenge.
