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Blue Prince is a roguelike puzzle masterpiece

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188 points adrianhon | 1 comments | 09 Apr 25 01:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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galleywest200 ◴[11 Apr 25 19:15 UTC] No.43657406[source]▶
I have been playing this game and it is really a blast. The tutorial note cards strongly recommend using a pen+paper while playing and I can second that as pretty much required for some of the more "meta" puzzles.

Worth noting that I believe it is also on Gamepass and whatever Sony's version of Gamepass is called if you already had those services and wished to save a few bucks.

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gs17 ◴[11 Apr 25 20:23 UTC] No.43658125[source]▶
> The tutorial note cards strongly recommend using a pen+paper while playing

This is my largest complaint. The game should really have a notepad built in. It doesn't need to write down clues for me, but it would be nice to not have to find where my notes were if I put the game down for a long time. Is it that it's a console release?

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SamBam ◴[12 Apr 25 02:49 UTC] No.43660905[source]▶
I haven't played this, but I played Obra Dinn, which the review mentions, and I really don't think digital notes would have been nearly as good as pencil and paper. I really needed to draw arrows between things, sketch out a timeline, put question marks around ideas, etc. Pencil and paper is just so much more expressive.
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1. Secretmapper ◴[12 Apr 25 07:47 UTC] No.43662287[source]▶
I think the option would be great regardless. What you say is true - pen and paper is more expressive than digital notes, but digital notes is better than nothing.

I played Obra Dinn without pen and paper and I was fine.

There was a game called The Roottrees are dead which is based on Obra dinn with a built in journal system and it is really useful.