What is the logic of the System Shock 2 puzzles?

I'm solving them, but not sure what the actual logic is of them. Searching for guides just comes up with SS1 Remake guides.

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knF@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Are you referring to the device hacking? If that's the case it's purely random for what I recall. High hacking skills means higher chances to get a good node. The only part I was paying attention to were which node to unlock first. I chose them so that if they came out as bad I didn't block two or more lines from potential success

Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y (3 replies)
knF@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Correct, that's when you try to hack a device. It's purely random and chances are based on your skills, augments etc.

drcouzelis@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 3y

Wait, so the player in that video is literally clicking random squares until the game says the device is hacked??

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drcouzelis@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Do you have an example of what you mean by your question? I've never played the game before.

Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Here's one of the puzzles from the game.. Other puzzles had one or two nodes already lit up.

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RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 3y (1 reply)

The logic is use your noggin.

I love when a game doesn't have puzzle solutions online. Makes it so much more satisfying to solve them.

Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y

I'm not asking for solutions. I'm asking for what the logic of the puzzle is.

I did all the System Shock remake puzzles without guides or logic probes after looking up one guide for the wire puzzle because how the variables worked wasn't intuitive, so I get what you're saying. But like the wire puzzle, the node puzzles in SS2 aren't obvious how they work.