10 Infuriating Video Game Puzzles Fans Hated

Weirdly themed puzzles and cryptic clues go together in Silent Hill just as much as they do in Resident Evil. The late nineties onwards brought a cracking slew of titles that shared a similar mindset, and trading knowledge was a great pastime.

That is, until conversation rolls round to the Piano Puzzle in the first Silent Hill. That's usually met with choruses of, "Did you figure that out by yourself? I didn't", or thereabouts.

From an outside perspective, it does make sense. The poem on the chalkboard lays out the groundwork and bird placement. All you have to do is hit the soundless keys in the correct order. Simple enough, right?

Well, no, unless you're an absolute savant who can memorise the noiseless key placement from your first trial run. You see, getting the flight or bird order wrong resets the puzzle, but the game doesn't tell you that.

So you could be silently plinking away for eternity, unless you know you've borked it up and willingly back out of the puzzle. Thank god for cheat codes in magazines back in the day.