Far worse, however, are the environmental puzzles, entirely hidden perspective-based puzzles that power the black obelisks; in short, it requires you to line up the scenery in specific ways so that the telltale large starting circle and curved ending point of a path appear. Not only does the game never hint that they exist (aside from a puzzle on the mountain shaped like the river below), but there are TONS of them and they require you to trace symbols that appear only from certain perspectives, including paths on the ground, collections of flowers on the side of buildings, and in one case, an electric gate you have to line up WITH THE SUN. And that's not even the worst one. At least one is WITHIN A VIDEO in the cinema room. What's more, you have to go around the back of the projection screen and solve it through the refractional distortions created by the folds in the curtain. In short, if something is circular, or long and linear, it'll most likely be part of an environmental puzzle.
In fact, by the time one figures out that these even exist, they've already missed completing the hidden puzzle that lines the electric fence, which opens the Golden Ending. It is possible to turn the fence back on, avoiding Lost Forever status.
This was removed with the following explaination:
Complaining, and it's false that there are no clues. They don't require a guide to find, and while a 100% completion requires searching around for some time, it's not an extreme amount considering the rest of the game.
I'd like to elaborate more on this. Personally, I find it's true the only hint is that puzzle on top of the mountain, and there are definitely lots of them, many of them Guide Dang It! worth.
This was removed with the following explaination:
Complaining, and it's false that there are no clues. They don't require a guide to find, and while a 100% completion requires searching around for some time, it's not an extreme amount considering the rest of the game.
I'd like to elaborate more on this. Personally, I find it's true the only hint is that puzzle on top of the mountain, and there are definitely lots of them, many of them Guide Dang It! worth.