Pedal your way across eight treacherous landscapes, following the trail of frozen bubbles in hopes of catching up to your quarry. Use the keys to accelerate and brake with the bicycle (there's no going backwards) and to jump. This is the premise of Icycle, the hauntingly gorgeous platformer from UK animator-turned-gamemaker Reece Millidge. But how does one navigate a world frozen solid by an apocalyptic catastrophe? On a squeaky bicycle, of course! But wait! What's that over there? Why it's a bubble, frozen in midair! Someone else must have survived! He'd better try to find them. When he woke up, the whole earth was frozen, and he thought he must be the only human left alive on the whole planet. Some very bad people put this man to sleep for a long time. Freedom! No more ice puzzles! Thank god.Gather 'round, children, and let me tell you the story of a naked man and his bicycle.
#Icycle walkthrough how to#
We are going to cover how to escape, however! You'll enter the area from the south.Since we think most of you just want to get through this area and will have to backtrack to get to this, we're not going to cover it for now. Gaining access to this area requires access to the Smash ability on one of your mirages, and the chances are you won't have this ability when you first pass through this area.This is actually a pretty big deal, but getting to it also has some extra requirements that just making the right puzzle moves. It also houses a big secret - a whole hidden area that contains some extra mirage boss battles and the like. The third and final sliding ice puzzle is massive. World of Final Fantasy Icicle Ridge Ice Puzzle #3 Solution Once back into the ice puzzle on the northern-side exit, head down, then left, then down, then right and finally down again.
There'll be some forced mirage battles and then you'll be able to get back to the ice puzzle, coming in from the northern entrance. Use your sizzle ability to grab the defense+ mirajewel, then head right and up to get back to the entrance/exit.
That'll bring you to an entrance/exit.To start off head up, then right, then up, then right and finally down. You'll enter from a a southern entrance - your goal is another one on the south.The optional treasure here is quite a bit better than some potions, too - it's a defense+ mirajewel, which allows you to get a handy defense-boosting ability. This is where we're starting to get a little complicated. World of Final Fantasy Icicle Ridge Ice Puzzle #2 Solution From the treasure point head down, then right, then up, then right again.Use the Sizzle ability to get access to it if you want - it gives you 3 potions. For that you'll want to head up then right. There's an exit here, but this isn't your final destination.From the entrance that's in the north, head right, then down, then left, then down again.
We've got a graph of how to solve it below, but here's basically what you need to do: World of Final Fantasy: Icicle Ridge Ice Puzzle #1 Solution The final one - which is huge - has an optional area you can reach which contains a secret mirage battle. There are three different puzzle areas, and as well as the exit you need to take each has optional places and items you can pick up. Old FF does too - the last one I remember was in FF9's Ice Cavern.Īnyway, these puzzles are pretty frustrating. Take one step and you'll slide right the way across until you hit an obstacle. Icicle Ridge is another place where World of Final Fantasy brings back an element from classic 2D RPGs - the good old fashioned icy slippery floor routine.
#Icycle walkthrough series#
In Chapter 6 of World of Final Fantasy you'll hook up with FF3's cheery white mage Refia in an inn manned by Sherlotta from the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series (there's some deep cuts here, you guys) and then be tasked with crossing Icicle Ridge, a frozen-over area that has to be passed in order to reach Saronia, your destination.