Blue Prince

Okay, prepare for some fresh hot takes! I can't give this game a thumbs down. Game plays and looks great. The puzzles are so well-crafted, multi-layered and expand in such a beautiful way... I'm a big "The Witness" fan, and it has been a while since I found a game that came this close. ...However, I don't think a puzzle game like this glues well with the roguelike elements. Well to be fair, it CAN work well, but like with a lot of things in this game it depends on pure RNG and chance; if you have some luck you'll have a blast. Without luck this could be the most frustrating puzzle adventure you've played. (Even after min-maxing strategies and upgrades etc.) I'm at a point where I have 130 screenshots with hints, and with just those I've compiled a list of things to do... but RNG Jesus won't let me. I have spend dozens of runs not being able to try ANYTHING on my list, basically wasting hours. There are some permanent upgrades and strategies, but at this rate it might as well take me 100+ of wasted hours to get enough upgrades to get through. To make it worse, each run's puzzles get progressively harder. Obviously, if you somehow do have some luck you'll have a blast, and the roguelike elements will be a big puzzle on its own; the game wouldn't be the same without them. But I'm not sure if this is a FUN game. Really unique and creative, but fundamentally flawed for sure. It's a gamble, or requires extreme patience.

gave me at least double digit headaches, and was keeping me up at night, but it was really fun and you should give it a try

[h1] SPOILERS ARE HIDDEN [/h1] [h2] DO NOT UNCOVER UNLESS YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE END [/h2] This game is not for people who give up easily. This game is challenging, puzzling and emotional. The story and lore of the game is deep and is still not fully explored. What I like about Blue Prince is that you say when you have finished the game. There are multiple points at which the game lets you know you have reached an end. It's your decision on if you keep going delving more into the story and puzzles of this game. Many clues are scattered around and have so many meanings. Blue Prince will make you question everything and everyone. [spoiler] Will you stop at Room 46? Will you solve the 8 puzzle? Personally, I ended my game at the sigil doors and station. Remember, if you get stuck, you can always search for guides. Though I DO NOT recommend doing so as it ruins the game.[/spoiler] [b]Buy the game, it deserves so much support. [/b]You won't regret playing, drafting and solving rooms is incredibly satisfying and you will have a sense of accomplishment at every solution.

Be prepared to fill a journal with notes. The longest, most intricate puzzle game I've ever played! I got the credits about a week ago and feel like I'm nowhere near done.

Puzzle game unico nel suo genere, l'unico che è riuscito a ridarmi il senso di scoperta di outher wilds però facendo qualcosa di completamente diverso. Non attendete oltre, prendetelo!

I really want to like this, saw gameplay of it, I held off for a while. I know the amount of time I played is far from enough to know how the game but what literally broke the entire experience for me was the lack of an IN GAME journal. I get they want us to do detective work but why pull me out of the game everytime I need to make a note??? No I'm not using steam notes, no I will not use a journal or paper and no I will not tab out to make a not. How hard can it be to put an empty journal in the game so we won't get pulled out of it?!

At first, I liked it. And then it rapidly rose to become my favorite game of all time. The most fun I've had gaming in years-- full stop. I'll always treasure the note books I filled with ravings and realizations from my time at Mount Holly. As is tradition,