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How long are you willing to be stuck for?
In the old days you could be stuck going around in circles, trying every item and every combination of items for days maybe weeks or just until you gave up completely. Nowadays the answer is always just a Google search away and its so tempting to give up after ten minutes.
I'm stuck in Silent Hill 2. For a about a couple of hours I have gone round this maze like building reopening all the old rooms I have been in before, but it feels wrong to look up the solution. If I do it now how long will I wait next time an hour half an hour and how long until I'm just following a walk-through and not really playing at all?
You always have to wait until the next day, for me that's the main rule. Sleep on it. Any progress made resets the clock another day.
It is pretty amazing how dedicated we were back in the day. There were Sierra game puzzles that I spent probably 10+ hours on. It may have been 20+ hours. Meaning just one puzzle, not the whole game.
The best (worst) is when you make progress, like say you finally come across a hidden item, but then it turns out that was for an entirely unrelated problem.