Multiple solutions to puzzles and/or situations. - an IFDB Poll

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Games that offer more than one solution to most of the puzzles and/or situations encountered. Bonus points if this means that items have multiple applications (unless they do something even more clever).

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Metamorphoses, by Emily Short
4 votes
"Multiple..." [+]"Multiple solutions to almost all the puzzles. Many of the objects also have multiple uses." () --baywoof... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --IFforL2... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Lance Campbell...

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Wishbringer, by Brian Moriarty
4 votes
"Multiple solutions helped it be an introductory title" [+]"Multiple solutions helped it be an introductory title" () --Hulk Handsome... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Fredrik... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk...

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Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short
3 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Edward Lacey... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Lance Cirone...

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The Hobbit, by Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler
2 votes
"Due to the highly..." [+]"Due to the highly flexible design of the game engine, most problems could be solved in several different ways; quite often ways the designers themselves had not thought of." () --Fredrik... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk...

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The Erudition Chamber, by Daniel Freas
2 votes
"The player is..." [+]"The player is being tested -- to discover which of several solutions he'll go for, as a sign of personality." ( - Full review) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Pleșoianu...

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Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
2 votes
"Some multiple..." [+]"Some multiple solutions to puzzles - useful in an otherwise tough game with irreversible errors" () --Cheryl L... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk...

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I-0, by Anonymous
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --rec53...

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Gothmog's Lair, by Sean A. Moore
1 vote
"Muscle or mind" [+]"Muscle or mind: In this old rpg-style game, many problems can be overcome either by brute force (risking loss of health or life as a consequence) or traditional guess-the-verb solutions." () --Fredrik...

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The Dragon Diamond [modern versions], by Kenneth Pedersen
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Denk...

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My Girlfriend's An Evil Bitch, by Divarin
1 vote
"There is a..." [+]"There is a "survival" element to the game where you need to live long enough to be rescued, which can be done in several different ways based on what items you have before you get to this point. " ( - Full review) --tggdan3...

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Berrost's Challenge, by Mark Hatfield
1 vote
"Puzzle structure similar to Wishbringer." [+]"Puzzle structure similar to Wishbringer.: You can solve puzzles using magic but get more points for using logic." ( - Full review) --OtisTDog...

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Scavenger, by Quintin Stone
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --C.E.J. Pacian...

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Scroll Thief, by Daniel M. Stelzer
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Floating Info...

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My Angel, by Jon Ingold
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Meredith...

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Poll created on August 29, 2011