Hey Falcon, you're far and away my favorite sentient bird on KZfaq.

No idea how you people manage to come up with something new every time, appreciate it.

MGS's Psycho Mantis where you had to change the controller port was also a great in-game/in-RL puzzle.

So are we just not going to mention the fight with Physco Mantis in MGS1, where you have to swap the controller ports so he cant "read your mind" and predict your moves? Such a great moment in video game history that makes you feel like such a big brain when you finally figure it out.

Batman punching the keypad is such a batman thing to do

Thank You Falcon, Jake and Team Gameranx. Your videos have been a great source of entertainment and relief from stress. This summer is hectic, stressful and depressing for me and I've been looking forward to watch your videos everyday cause it's so relieving seeing these videos and hearing you guys. Thank You so much.

I'm so glad you included The Outer Wilds in this list. There are so many moments in that game that are 1000 IQ, there isn't another game like it.

I think you’ve brought this up before, but my favorite 1000 IQ moment from my childhood was Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass when you had to close your Nintendo DS to stamp the map in-game. Back then KZfaq didn’t have as many walkthrough videos and I felt like a champ figuring it out. Love the content btw!

Speaking of Metal Gear Solid, the Pyscho Mantis fight when he reads your memory cards history and the dialogue references earlier saves......plus the ability to predict your movements.....and psychically moving your contraller by vibrating it ..... around the carpet, blew my mind. The added genius of tricking the boss by plugging the controller in port 2, then he screams at you "Why....why can't i read your mind!?" I don't know of any other 4th wall breaks as well done as this.

The puzzles in Outerwilds were incredible. The time constraint was a fun feature too that made it feel like a virtual escape room in space. One of my all time favorites.

Talos principle is pure genius, seeing this specific puzzle in the list made me aww in nostalgia, once figured out it is awesome but the game is so filled with such moments. The dlc was full of those moments too. And 2 just been announced can't wait.

I remember the first time I played The Witness thinking, “this is kinda like Myst and Riven… I can probably handle this.” Then found that rock wall that looked… unnatural right angles and went, “wait a minute… is this…???” And then then after solving the puzzle had an immediate “They’re in the walls!” Realization

The Witness is one of the most brain boggling games ever. I loved the satisfaction I got from figuring out the puzzles myself but also some are so damn difficult I had to look up walkthroughs 😅

Arkham knights has got to be my favorite. Such a clever puzzle that feels like a natural part of the story and isn’t tied to any previous gameplay elements that make the solution obvious. I wish there were more like it out there.

Always had a “I’m smart” moment when I solve a game puzzle on the first try without a guide. Which was rare.

Witness is one of the best puzzle games ever made. It constantly reinvents the simple premise.

I don't do puzzle games that often, but this was a great list. I was hooked on Linelight for a while (maybe not the same level as some of these games, but I found it fun).

I'm a big fan of The Legend of Zelda: the Phantom Hourglass, where you have to make a copy of the map by pressing your parchment against a stamp, and to do it, you close your DS to "press" the top screen against the bottom to copy it. Very clever.

Very nice list as per usual. The one that comes to mind for me is in Phantom Hourglass where you solve a puzzle by closing your Nintendo DS. I'm not sure if that game is too old or not though -- these lists are made for only recent games, right? I feel like I rarely see older games mentioned.

The Witness is a fantastic game. I didn't 100% finished it but I got the platinum trophy, and I'm very proud of that. The feeling of completing the final challenge after hours of trying is the best. I even recorded the moment and uploaded it to my channel. I was so obsessed with the game that I started seeing patterns in real life everywhere. 😅

I’m very surprised superliminal didn’t make this list, that whole game is a 1000 iq moment. Also just want to express my thanks to you, jake and the rest of the team for given me something to look forward to each evening❤

I remember playing the original Tomb Raider back in 96 with my sister and we'd routinely get stumped on various puzzles until one of us figured it out (I was 8 and she was 12 at the time). My biggest iq moment came twice in the same level, the Temple of Midas, when I figured out the binary door code puzzle room, and that the giant statue hand could be used to turn lead bars into gold. That game was very sparse on hints and I felt like a goddamn genius.

Fun addition to the MGS1 moment. When they re-released MGS1, 2, and 3 in a collection box set for the Ps2 they included one screenshot from each game on the box sleeve. The MGS1 screenshot was that Codec call just so you could still have the fun of finding it out the intended way.

"The CD case for Kuzco" I nearly painted my computer monitor with coffee when you said that. Well played😂

I would probably not consider the MGS1 codec thing that spectacular, because it was a very common way of doing anti-piracy protection back in the day for the game to ask you something from the manual (yes, kids, games had actual printed manuals back then, sometimes quite elaborate, books basically) or from the cover (be it the actual box or disk case), something that is required to proceed further. So I always assumed the MGS1 to be just another case of exactly this. The Psycho Mantis thing from MGS1 is a lot more of a genius in-game moment, IMO, if we were to stay with MGS1.

I always get stumped by those sliding square puzzles like the one in the castle section of RE4...

Falcon hitting us with, "It really makes you feel like Batman."

While it's not as well known of a game, The Case of the Golden Idol has some truly 1000 IQ puzzle solving moments that are immensely satisfying.

The Arkham one is the only one I’m personally familiar with. I don’t typically go for straight up puzzle games. I just deal with them as they come along in game.

Nothing much compares to the #4 on the list. That's my favorite one. MGS1 doing escape room stuff before it was cool.

i remember that metal gear solid codec thing so well, it was one of those highlight moments of gaming for me when i was a kid, since i read the cd discs over and over before bed, while i cant wait to play the next day after school, i had this real AHA! moment when that happened in the game and remembering the disc having the codec number on it, such nostalgia

My 1000IQ moment in Tears of the Kingdom was realising that the shrines were connected to the lightroots underground, and that peaks and throughs between surface and underground were actually inverted :D It made me happy

Love this list! Uncharted 4 for me has some very satisfying puzzles 🧩 Make you feel like a true Indiana Jones.

I love that you guys constantly pump out fresh content, good job Pelican!

Sometimes I click the videos just to hear Falcon’s voice. I’ve been watching these for so long it feels like I’m hearing a close friend. I enjoy the content too though haha, I’m not that weird.

“…brain grows five sizes, putting the Grinch’s heart to shame.” Absolute gold from a predatory chicken.

Love you Falcon, you're my favorite here on this whole channel and yes, flattery does work.

Falcon's jokes get me every time lol. I've been looking forward to your videos most days now. Thank you for your hard work.

MGS was so ahead of its time. Not only the codec, but beating psycho mantis and various other cool things.

Finishing the last boss in Portal 2. Most people will reflexively solve it pretty quickly, and then be astounded that it actually worked.

Great video! I would like to add my all time favorite one to the list that wasn't mentioned though. For me it's gotta be X-men "reset the computer" on the genesis. That one had tearing my hair out until I reset it to try again instead of shutting it off like I had been doing.

I had no idea that if you pick different characters for certain missions in Mass Effect 2, that could influence the outcome those characters dying or living. I just always picked the characters I wasn't too attached to or wasn't trying to get in the space sack with. In theory, could you save most of them?

The secret room puzzle riddle in Dishonored 2, was a extremely tough riddle, you had to create a chart just to solve it, and the puzzle is randomized so no one has the same puzzle, this one was insane

Falcon and Modest Pelican are tied for my favorite English-speaking birds. On one hand, Falcon and the GameRanx team provide interesting things about games, while Pelican provides jokes about and gameplay of games.

Asking falcon to like this is a 1000iq strat

*Let's just appreciate how much of work and time he put into these videos 💘💘*

Going through the arches to build and unbuild bridges in Hellblade could easily be on this list 😂

I figured out the metal gear one back in my youth and felt like a genius. What really solidified my superiority was when I brought it up to all my gamer friends who first didn’t believe me then when proven i was the greatest man to walk the earth lol, it was amazing.

This video reminds me of the old school infuriating puzzle video you did a while ago. Would love to see more of these types of videos. Thank you for the great content.

Outer Wilds is one of the greatest games ever made, so glad it made it onto this list :)

Flattery's not needed, friend bird. We keep coming back because you're fun.

After all these years. Gameranx still keeps strong. I love it!

My favorite kind of high IQ moment in games is the kind where you don't need to discover it to progress through the game, but it is still a fully intended possibility for you to make use of and can make things easier for you. For example: In the Mega Man Battle Network games, the battle system involves the use of "Chips", which are basically just skill cards that are shuffled from your "folder" or what is basically just your deck randomly into your hand. You can only use certain chips together, and the order you use them in is also important. I'm not going to get too into the mechanics in too much specificity here, but it's possible to pull off chip combinations that are just absolutely busted, and this can make certain tricky encounters turn into an absolute breeze, and you simultaneously feel like a powerful badass and a galaxy IQ genius for both figuring it out and pulling it off.

Number 1 should go to all the people who solve cod zombies Easter eggs

Falcon always makes my day. You're awesome man

Return of the Obra Dinn had me stuck in the beginning but by the end I wanted to play 5 more games like it

Fallout 3’s Rev21:6. I’ll never forget how smart I felt typing your dad’s pin into his machine.

If you actually pay attention, Mass Effect 2 actually tells you throughout the game: recruitment missions, loyalty missions, ship dialogue, who all is suited for each role in the Suicide Mission.

the best 1000 IQ moment for me, is the mission to find the Asian spy in vampire the masquerade bloodlines. it was a really cool side mission.

For TOTK, the game actually completely tells you what's going on. You just need to finish all the memories.

Hey the egg came before the chicken. Millions of years before it. Ask a dinosaur.

Yeah the Batman puzzle really made feel like an actual genius 😂

My proudest gaming moment was saving everyone in the suicide mission on my first playthrough.

Resident evil, dino crisis and silent hill had also a fair share of brain breakers

I listened to an interview of Jonathan Blow describing the challenge of puzzle game Braid. He said that in puzzle games your try and try until you finally get "an Eureka" moment. That's why we play puzzle games.

Nothing like being flattered by a bird on my sunday evening...

Ratchet and Clank "A Crack in Time" had great puzzles with Clank recording himself multiple times. When I solved the hard bonus puzzles, I really had a big brain moment ^^

I'm curious to see what they do in MGS remaster for Psycho Mantis.

How can you have Meryl's codec #4 while leaving out the Psycho Mantis fight🤦‍♂

Obra Din was a beautiful game. I never thought to look at the shoes to decifer the differences between the Chinese crew members. Now the recent urge to replay it is going to have to be realized. I've played twice in order to get the Platinum, but now... just for the pleasure of replaying it.

Nah, PSYCHO MANTIS plugging the controller into the 2nd controller port to defeat the boss was WAY crazier than back of the box Meryl in Metal Gear

Dang, wasn't quick enough to dodge that Zelda spoiler.

The case that the CD's in, for Kuzco. 😂

I was late to the glory of video games but all of these are so fun to learn about.

I love how every entry is a specific moment and the last one is just "the whole game". And I wholeheartedly agree.

The real 1000 IQ moment is subscribing to gameranx

So nice to hear Falcon talk about Outer Wilds. I've played so many hundreds of games, but Outer Wilds holds a very special place!

Not the Metal Gear Solid moment EVERYONE was thinking of

10:42 That was one of the most difficult puzzles I ever struggled with as a kid. Especially since I had a used version that did not come with the original case. Thankfully there's a small set of frequencies so I just had to go one by one until I found it. But it all made sense when I got my hands on an original copy as well as Twin Snakes

Thank you jake for making the best game videos

I played MGS for the first time on PSN. Needless to say, without a physical case, I was stumped and literally stopped playing for 10 years. I beat it for the first time last year, great game.

Phantom Hourglass where you're required to close the DS

“You’re not supposed to just attack npcs” well I feel attacked

I'm so glad Baba Is You was #1. It is both incredibly fun and one of the most frustrating games I've ever played when I get stuck on a puzzle. It's brilliant.

Back in the day a friend and I rented Metal Gear Solid from Blockbuster. Blockbuster printed the Meryl codec frequency on the back of the rental case. So we solved the puzzle the intended way. It was mind blowing.

Gameranx with 6969 iq Nice

I saw Metal Gear and was certain that Psyco Mantis fight was going to be here. Me and my brother's minds we're blown figuring that one out.

For Metal Gear Solid the best part is when you fight one of the boss and if you switch your control from player 1 to player 2, the boss could not read your thoughts and he was easy to bear.

Arkham Knight has aged so beautifully

My favorite was the Jindosh Riddle from Dishonored 2. Super satisfying to solve without any help, spent about 30 minutes working the riddle out on a piece of paper

Myst and Obduction.. Those are games that left me speechless at how clever they are. Obduction is especially difficult

The whole half life franchise makes me feel like megamind😂

10:38 10/10 reference. Died laughing

I thought for sure the Psycho Mantis fight in MGS would've made the list. That was mind-blowing for its time.

This video goes out to every time my mom says video games rot your brain

Baba is you and the Witness: two of the games that not only made me feel so clever, but that moved and touched me the most. I think Braid is on that level too.

Having someone else solve the tough puzzles for you is also very smart 🙂

I liked the end of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons where you figure out how to swim after the tragedy. Still gets me emotional thinking about it.

Flattery has definitely earned you one more like on the video. That and the fact that it's super interesting, as usual. Love your videos Dude!

Another good one is from The legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass where you need to copy a map. The map appears on the top screen of the Nintendon DS and you need to move it from the top screen to the lower screen. You do this by closing the DS and opening it again, the map has now move from the top screen to the bottom screen😊