My biggest problem with 3 and the game in general is the timing and you have to restart if you screw up once. It should be broken up into smaller goals with an indication your on the right path. Or you get 3 hints that can be used at any part of the game. If the game allowed for different solutions would also be more interesting. Fun concept just too nit picky.

i feel tempted to try this but i know that i wont be able to quit until i figure it out on my own so i probably shouldn't waste my time...

YES!!!! I have been looking everywhere for this. I think were 3 of them a little over 5 years ago and I wanted to see if some friends could solve them. It took me forever to solve this the first time, thanks for putting it up!

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Originally posted by Spam Hapland 2 was at least twice as difficult as the first one, but I was able to figure it out on my own over the course of a few tries (and days). Hapland 3 I gave up really fast and went the walkthrough route, I can't believe that there are people out there that can figure those types of puzzles out on their own. Granted, I could do it, but it would probably take me weeks to figure out Hapland 3 on my own. There's just so many possible starting points, and misdirection (things happening one way so you think they're working, but really should be dealt with in another way at another point in the puzzle).

it took me 2 weeks to solve the last one if I remember correctly. I think I skipped several classes for it as well. oops

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Originally posted by Spam Flip Cover As rock lands, use spear-lever to launch rock down to mine

NO MORE MINE!!!

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Originally posted by igottaknow My biggest problem with 3 and the game in general is the timing and you have to restart if you screw up once. It should be broken up into smaller goals with an indication your on the right path. Or you get 3 hints that can be used at any part of the game. If the game allowed for different solutions would also be more interesting. Fun concept just too nit picky.

I completely agree.

A hint, or some idea of what you're trying to accomplish at the very least, would go a long way to making the game easier to deal with sans walkthrough.

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Originally posted by gmilf it took me 2 weeks to solve the last one if I remember correctly. I think I skipped several classes for it as well. oops

It's just amazing how you can work your way deep into a series of actions, only to hit a dead end and discover you were going about solving the puzzle COMPLETELY wrong. There's gotta be hundreds of different sequences that one could carry out, and only ONE sequence of events will solve the puzzle.

It's insane.

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Captain Planet is gey.
Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Heart???
These forces are supposed to combine to create Captain Planet?
Bullshit.
Those forces combine to create a soaking, boiling mudstorm on Valentine's Day.

Yeah, there were 3 of us working on it and in all honesty number 2 is much better. The 3rd one is just ridiculous and annoying but it is the most like a Rube Goldberg machine, and that is what I feel is the original intention of the Hapland series. In 1 and 2 you can pause pretty much anywhere and think of what to do next but in number 3 the sequences get to the point were they are almost continuous throughout. If you pause too long, or miss-click you have to start the entire sequence over again and I think there well over 100 clicks. I am on 2 now, it took me almost an hour to remember how to do 1 correctly. Once the other 2 guys who originally helped me figure it out are online I think we will be spending our Saturday night drinking and working on 3 again. Son of a bitch, why did this game have to come back into my life.