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I don’t like hard video games. And I’m not afraid to admit that I would never voluntarily choose “god mode” or pick up a title that is known to be unforgiving. Difficulty, of course, is subjective and a game being technically challenging is quite different to one that contains a lot of puzzles. This could be the dungeons in Zelda, which aren’t optional if you want to make progress, or Professor Layton, where everything is a test of logic. One of the best things about playing hard puzzlers is when things click into place, when you finally have that Eureka moment after wracking your brain for hours. If that’s what you’re after in a video game, Blue Prince is, without a doubt, this and more.

The first time you play it, the day in the game will end because you don’t know what you’re doing. The second time, you think you get it and will again fail miserably because you went the wrong way. It’s frustrating. There’s a steep learning curve, but you keep going because you have an A-type personality and want to prove to yourself that you are smart enough to play a video game.