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In Act 1, you follow Vella on an epic journey across multiple lands as she learns more about the Mogs and the maiden's feast you question the mystery of Shay's life in a child's dreamworld, and his missions to rescue helpless creatures. It's not problem puzzles or missing maps which had me so disappointed in Act 2. When Double Fine decided to give out a walkthrough with their review copies, they probably should have thought about why it was they had to do such a thing. However, to solve this puzzle you must not move Shay for 2 minutes (real-time) in order to collect a puzzle solving item, despite only having clues to the contrary. At one point Shay is trapped and starts complaining that he is going to die if he doesn't get out soon, while clearly pointing out a way to escape. When you reach the section where you need to switch to Shay, instead of her saying something like 'I guess only Shay would know the answer to this' the game literally transports you to a new room and she exclaims 'I know the answer is in here somewhere.' Here's a spoiler: it isn't in there, but luckily there are only a few possible answers to this problem, making it is easy enough to brute force your way through. This is fine, except if you begin with Vella.

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