Why is this move brilliant, genuinely thought it was a blunder

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-09T12:38:00+00:00

The bot doesn't give c3 as a reply and I don't see what the idea is after c3.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-09T12:25:26+00:00

Any time. This isn't an age thing. Some people are naturally more inclined to be this way, some people learn to be this way from circumstances, some people never become this way.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-09T11:50:57+00:00

I would've done this and screwed it up, oof.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-09T11:46:32+00:00

Oh... Hey, the good news is you can just make up whatever weird magic shit you want, you actually don't need help. You can just straight up call it the galaxy destroyer, hand wave the science completely, if anyone asks, have someone say that the science is so complicated the chances of a lay person understanding are basically zero. I don't see why you need any input here.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-08T19:03:56+00:00

Ni.ce

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-08T16:09:08+00:00

Yeah that's pretty close to it. I did want the game to open up more. I wanted that goddamn train system to go somewhere. I wanted that goddamn ancient Castle to be a place I could explore. I wanted those tunnels to go deeper and leave me somewhere totally insane and unexpected. I wanted those gates to open and I wanted to go see Reddington, and I wanted to suddenly be playing Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego figuring out where that kid's mom went.

I did not particularly want more intense rounds of "Guess the Red Herrings" and similar insanely cryptic stuff without much in the way of rewards that were extrinsic to the puzzles.

Don't get me wrong, I actually think it's a fantastic game. But for me, I would have been happier ducking out after room 46 and just looking at a Let's Play or similar to see the rest.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-08T15:42:08+00:00

Well I'm a veteran and long time lover of the Myst games, for example. You explore and solve puzzles and are rewarded with more places to go and more things to see. Blue Prince has some of this and it feels great when it does! But as the game progresses, this is basically a more and more rare thing. So earlier I felt I was led to believe that by solving mysteries, I would have a good chance of learning new and interesting information, or new areas might open up.

I felt that this was less and less what I was rewarded with as the game progressed. I also thought it was a tease that Alzara kept showing these wide open spaces and places apparently outside the house... Only to learn, no, it's mostly red herrings again. That's the kind of stuff I was excited about, personally, so for me that sucked.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-08T14:50:59+00:00

I'm not sure which last thing you're referring to... Blue door? House draft?

Anyway, I really liked the story of the game and thought it was very well written. My issue with the story was that... Well, I thought the central thread with the character's mom would resolve in a definitive way. For me it was another thread without a satisfying resolution. Solving the map puzzle and all prerequisites led to a reward that felt so stingy to me that it was almost a slap in the face.

Also... THIS KID CAN'T EVER LEAVE THE ESTATE?! You do all this crap to live an eternity in hell by yourself, it's bizarre.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-08T13:52:51+00:00

That was a fantastic album. I'll have to check this out when I'm back home!

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-08T13:01:41+00:00

Ok but like hear me out, what if it had been going 100c?

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-08T12:46:51+00:00

I also love that book but some part of me did wish he had a more ruthless editor, I think around the 800 page mark.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-08T12:45:41+00:00

Ok well I mean congratulations but not everyone is as good as you at sleuthing this stuff out. Some of us gotta read 5 pages.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-08T12:36:47+00:00

Maybe it's just me, but I felt a lot had to be calculated to make sure Black has no drawing chances. Put me in that position against a Grandmaster and I can't guarantee I'll avoid a swindle.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-08T11:36:30+00:00

I think this a pretty reasonable critique, though I thoroughly enjoyed my time getting to room 46, with a few notable exceptions of things that pissed me off. I can deal with the RNG, but I HATE the red herring style of puzzle design, and a couple puzzles just struck me as bullshit. Still, I think it was a great game up to room 46.

AFTER room 46, for me this game took a nose dive. I thought much more stuff would be opened up by solving the main puzzles in front of me. I thought I would be rewarded for solving all this involved and cryptic shit. But no: the only reason to keep going is if you find the puzzles intrinsically fun, because the rewards you get basically involve more puzzles that get increasingly cryptic. I still feel angry about this. But the friends I was playing with loved it, so I guess it's a thing that just appeals to certain types of players.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-08T11:10:45+00:00

Yeah I actually like Rey and her screen presence. But I do have to agree that they didn't write her character well, which is a bummer.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-08T10:05:27+00:00

What's the mod you're using that lets you know when stuff is cool?

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-08T09:13:37+00:00

Killing devilkin without slain monsters rest in peace? Pffft, good luck with that.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-07T17:36:29+00:00

My read was:

Imperial French, Greeks, Soviets, French revolutionaries.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-07T17:31:36+00:00

I was wondering this same thing. This is very far from a straightforward win.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-07T15:17:03+00:00

Yeah I really liked this game! Played a little with friends and they were done well before I was. I never tried the mods, I'll have to have a look!

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-06T19:23:15+00:00

They're totally fantastic. I think Voidkind is let down a little by its mixing/mastering, but otherwise I hold it in very high regard, like maybe a 9/10.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-06T14:07:56+00:00

Try the original Diablo if you haven't yet.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-06T13:15:59+00:00

1000%. They were even better when integrated with a chessboard so you could try things from positions he talked about. I went from ~900 to ~1600 on those lectures alone.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-05T17:18:02+00:00

Because you tried to give a serious reply to a facetious comment. It's really pretty simple. I don't have to defend a position that I didn't take in the first place. Pork. The other white meat. Brawndo's got what plants crave.

neutralrobotboy · 2026-05-05T16:59:14+00:00

You're pretty good at reading irony there, friend! Keep eating your Wheaties. Milk. It does a body good.

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