Puzzle Games, Do you enjoy them? Options

[Genten]

There is already a topic about puzzles that I've read over here but it was mostly about puzzle elements in RPGs. I'd like to see how many people are interested in games that are more puzzle-based instead of a standard RPG with puzzle elements.

Some of my favorite RPGMaker games are Ib and Ao Oni. Both are horror games wherein players progress by solving puzzles. Any battle system is simply enemy avoidance; the characters have no way of fighting back and must avoid any foes. The game makes the player solve puzzles to progress. These games still have a plot, but it's not based on defeating bosses or such. I'm curious if anyone is interested in these sorts of games because I've never seen anything similar posted in the project forum. Is it because the difficulty of programming such a thing is too high, or is there simply no interest?

My basic question is, what do you think of games (perhaps RPG games if you've played them) that are puzzle focused and do not include standard monster fights compared to games that add puzzles as a small element,as in a straight RPG game? Straight RPG game being one where the main element is fighting monsters, clearing dungeons, defeating boses, etc.

[Lato]

Eh I actually don't like to see a lot of puzzles in my RPG games for the simple fact that when I think of the good puzzle games I have played they are all non RPG like Resident Evil and Dino Crisis. Now im not saying its a bad thing to have them in the game but for me it just kinda rubs me the wrong way.

[Ndoelicious]

Eh I actually don't like to see a lot of puzzles in my RPG games for the simple fact that when I think of the good puzzle games I have played they are all non RPG like Resident Evil and Dino Crisis. Now im not saying its a bad thing to have them in the game but for me it just kinda rubs me the wrong way.

Yes, if you meant the Dino Crisis 1. THe Dino Crisis 2 has less puzzle but more actions, not that it's not 'puzzilingly-fun' but it still good.
Resident Evil! Now we're talking about why this game rocks! Well, we can't do anything like RE in RPG, since that means limiting our supply of save, bullets and options, which in common sense of RPG, the more options we have, the better the gameplay will be.
As for RPG-ish puzzle such as this, as long as it still has a good amount of seriousness and not to overwhelming the player, I guess it's fine.
We're gamers, not Sherlock..