Blue Prince

A fantastic game that asks for one's time and curiosity, rewarding not for the conclusion to its mystery but for the blood of its unraveling. Bring a notepad.

great and unique concept, great game, difficult (not finished yet) but rewarding and I'm making a good progress

Un muy buen juego de puzzles peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeero... El hecho de que no tenga ninguna opción de traducción me parece un punto bastante negativo. Entiendo que algunos puzzles están diseñados alrededor del vocabulario inglés y que traducirlos no siempre es sencillo, pero creo que al menos todo aquello que no dependa directamente de los acertijos podría haberse adaptado a otros idiomas. Por otro lado, está el RNG, que llega a hacerse bastante cansino. Hay momentos en los que, en lugar de depender de tu habilidad para resolver los puzzles, simplemente estás perdiendo el tiempo por pura mala suerte. Esto se vuelve especialmente frustrante cuando tienes que repetir los mismos días varias veces porque el juego no te acompaña. Y, sobre todo, creo que este problema de RNG lastra bastante el resto de la experiencia. Siendo un juego de puzzles, algunos de ellos bastante complejos, me parece innecesario que en determinadas situaciones dependas tanto de la suerte. Tener que repetir una y otra vez una jornada simplemente porque has tenido mala suerte termina haciéndose pesado. Aun así, es un juego muy bueno y totalmente recomendable. Si consigues pasar por alto estos problemas, ofrece una experiencia de puzzles muy disfrutable.

It's deceptive how deep this game's rabbit hole goes. The hook feels simple: solve some puzzles, find the hidden room, and earn the deed to the estate. Then, as you progress, the delightful puzzles begin fleshing out the curious little world you're playing in, adding specificity and nuance. From bits and pieces of lore, there emerges an unexpectedly moving story. And as Blue Prince progressively constructs its own internal codes and systems of meaning, especially in its true final hours, the game uses those systems of meaning to say some really impactful things about you, the player. Blue Prince's systems are sometimes a little bit in tension with each other; roguelikes encourage momentum ("one more run! one more run!") whereas great puzzles like the ones in Blue Prince sometimes require days of rumination to really blossom. So I would encourage you to resist the temptation to seek nudges and hints outside of the game just to keep the momentum in full swing. Even the game's trickiest riddles are solvable with hints you can find scattered about the estate. It just might take a little time.

The mixture of mystery, puzzles, and roguelite style progression makes this game entirely irresistible and impossible to put down as someone who is a bigger fan of roguelites than narrative-driven games. If you prefer story-driven mysteries then you may find the puzzles in Blue Prince too convoluted. To me, this game is perfect and I need 10 more like it.

This game is The Ultimate Escape Room! A lot of the other reviews already cover the details - although i would highly discourage you from reading them. What i will say is this - if you enjoy solo puzzle games but don't want a game that just makes you solve puzzles in a linear fashion - this game is for you! You will find every sort of puzzle here, simple, advanced, one off, multi-layered, puzzles you've been solving without even knowing about it! Highly reccomend for puzzle fans - would not reccomend if you aren't really intersted in solving puzzles - but if you are checking out the comments for this game hopefully you are at least a bit interested.

It's one of the games that I am very glad I was recommended to play and to don't mind the negative reviews. It turned out to be amazing in almost every aspect and the game deserves the praise for that. I liked the art style, loved the music. I really enjoyed the roguelike mechanics while solving the mysteries and the idea is actually genius to me - to give permanent boost as rewards for solving the mysteries. I was really hooked into the game and got the first credit rolls in one week. Now I'm venturing forward to see what else i can find before reading the explanations and solutions on the web. I am really glad I've played this game and it was a great adventure. Solving the main story was one of the best experiences I've had in this type of games. The only 2 things that I can think of that didn't click for me was 1) the missing letter riddle - as non-native English speaker some of the words war far too uncommon for me, so I needed to check some of the solutions, 2) some of the mysteries are too ridiculous, especially codes to the safes. But I guess some people like this level of absurdity in the puzzles, so I'd say it's just not my type, but some others will like it.