Been playing the demo; I can heartily recommend everyone take a good look at this when it releases in a couple of days.
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I heard it was good. Apparently its also going to be on game pass (pc/xbox) and the playstation version of whatever their subscription service is
Second wind made a video thatās said a lot of what I wanted to say about Blue Prince. The games exceptional (in my opinion).
I thought it was a puzzle game, and it kind of is, but a lot of the puzzles are about finding clues and putting the answer together yourself rather than just using a Mensa brain to crunch the puzzle. Itās kinda roguelite, kinda deck builder, but at its core itās you looking at things, anything, everything, and trying to find the answers.
The core of the game has puzzles that are very accessible and rewarding. After the credits roll thereās even more content where the puzzles get gradually more esoteric. The world building is super deep too.
Itās not for everyone. It can feel slow as each run might only let you pick at a couple of threads. The RNG thatās part of the roguelike DNA can feel unfair if thereās a puzzle youāre dying to solve, and it doesnāt turn up.
Itās got a one more turn/one more run thatās had me in a chokehold for days. I āfinishedā the game after 16 hours, Iām currently at about 60, and Iām still finding new things every run
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How much notetaking did you do while playing Blue Prince? I want to play the game, but I keep reading articles about how great it is to need to take notes outside the game, and that idea doesnāt appeal to me.
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I am also very intrigued, and taking notes reminds me of my childhood and the old C64, Amiga and PC adventures. I would do it again if the game is worth it and it seems to be the case here.
Unfortunately I do not own any of the required systems. Hope it comes out on iOS one day
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I have an Excel Spreadsheet that I originally re-created for Office 2007 in the .xlxs format that is titled āAll Things Min Maxā and while the tabs are more things like āresume sent toā and āhouse costsā it started as sheets full of data for games like X-Com weapon comparisons and RPG notes and item lists and maps.
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To play the core game and finish it then you donāt need notes, but if you want to explore all the secrets and find and solve all the puzzles then you will absolutely need notes. Ive got about 4 pages of notes, and only 1 note on one page matters for the main goal of the game.
A lot of the fun in the game is working out the secrets though, and theres so much info it was impossible for me to remember it all without notes
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This talk is giving me Myst flashbacks, and I donāt think Iāve played that since it launchedā¦
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