If there was a middle option, that is what I would honestly give it. This is one of these games that I have to be in the mood to play, and I can't really enjoy playing it for more than a few runs at a time.
I thought this would be a match made in heaven for me, as I love Roguelikes/Lites and I love Puzzle games, but what sounds good on paper doesn't mesh well here, since the puzzles actively work against the roguelike nature.
You may find a solution to one puzzle but not be able to complete it for multiple runs at a time. So then you think "Oh well, I'll just complete the puzzles I can access." and then the game proceeds to give you three dead end rooms in a row and that ends your run early.
So then you think "Maybe I don't have the things to unlock easier progression.", but the things to unlock easier progression, are also within the RNG that determines whether on not you can progress in the first place. And most of the time, they also work against the other solutions too. (I.E unlock world progression, but doing so ends your run full stop.)
You need a specific room, a specific item, **and** hope you have enough resources to get all of those things to happen at once, otherwise the entire run is a waste of time. Sure, you may gain knowledge to complete a puzzle or two along the way, but who's to say that room will come next run, or the following run.
For what its worth, the puzzles themselves are interesting, I enjoy puzzle games that are more in depth and require note taking to really understand what's going on. I also love how it's incremental in how it reveals information and how it pertains to the storyline of the game. However, my fascination fades out when I have the solution, but I have to wait 5...6...7...8 runs to finally get the right things necessary to complete it. It becomes less about "Yay! I figured it out!" and more of "Let me just get this over with already..." which is sadly where I am going to leave it.
I know there are a lot more puzzles, a lot more depth, a lot more lore to uncover and I would love to do it, but honestly. I might just get room 46 and shelve this game, hoping that I hear of a 'Blue Prince 2' that sees the frustration of the community, and adjusts itself accordingly.
Its a game with good bones, but needed a bit more tuning in my opinion.
