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| Blue Prince by It's not good 04/11/2025, 9:10pm PDT | ||||
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| I feel like either I'm insane or the world is, because the internet says this Blue Prince is a generational work of staggering genius, there's so much to see and so much to do, but it's just mediocre repackaged familiar puzzles we've all played before.
The array of puzzles includes: one guard tells the truth the other one lies, simple algebra, placing and rotating pipes to allow water to flow from point A to B, Lights Out, shit like that. They aren't very challenging (6 plus 4 divided by 5 equals ___). I was expecting galaxy brain innovations and gripping gameplay but seven hours in I'm still telling myself "Well, maybe I just haven't gotten to the good part yet..." It's fine enough. The puzzles aren't infuriating point-and-click bullshit making moustaches from cat hair and maple syrup, so that's something. Whatever. The music is nice. I would have uninstalled after the second hour of play except people keep raving about it and I don't want to miss out. People rave about the 'compelling gameplay loop'. Of what, exactly? Trudging slowly through the same room for the umpteenth time? It's only $30, but should be $10. It should be sold on a CD compilation of 32 Puzzle Hits at a gas station. To me, it's far far worse than The Witness. It's considerably worse than 7th Guest. Worse than Myst. The innovations it brings to the table are all pointless pains in the ass. The RNG feels carefully curated to make sure you can only proceed a small, pre-approved amount each 'run', so your success or failure is out of your control. Apparently the world thinks it's a shoe-in for GotY. I would love to play what they're playing. |
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Blue Prince by 04/11/2025, 9:10pm PDT  Worse than 7th guest? by 04/12/2025, 6:02pm PDT The Inheritance of Crimson Manor by 04/13/2025, 1:44am PDT Re: The Inheritance of Crimson Manor by 04/14/2025, 7:35am PDT "Dont want to piss off the rich kid who throws parties at his family's condos" by 04/14/2025, 9:57am PDT "spending time to *device* a puzzle game" by 04/14/2025, 10:54am PDT It's all the ambiance and production by 04/14/2025, 7:22am PDT |
