Should You Play

A blue print featuring the Blue Prince logo and Should You Play logo written in chalk.
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Should You Play Blue Prince?

Heading into the maze

Picture of Johnny Yu

Johnny Yu

A book titled "My Blue Prince Review" with the subheading "Heading into the Maze" scribbled out on top of a blue print.
An open book with a drawing of a mechanical clock on the left page and text on the right.

Tick, tock, goes the clock
It is best to stop here
Tick, tock, goes the clock
I fear the sunrise is near

An open book with a person sleeping on the right page and text on the left page.

Long has it been
Since I’ve dreamt of a game
For it to now
Take up every day’s time frame

An open book with a drawing of the puzzle book "Maze" on the right page along with text on the left.

Every day I stand at the entrance
Ready to enter the changing maze
Full of puzzles and secrets
That never cease to amaze

An open book with a drawing of a blue print on the left page and text on the right.

The bane of my existence
Drafting seems to be
It does not hold back
All of my glee

An open book with a drawing of a rabbit meeting a kangaroo on the right page along with text on the left.

Deeper and deeper the rabbit hole goes
One must ponder
Will the Blue Prince hole
Reach the land down under?

An open book with a drawing of a pen and paper on the left page along with text on the right.

Do not be afraid
Of the journey at hand
Of pen and paper at your side
Or of screenshots on command

An open book with a red post-it note stating a misprinted page on the right along with text on the left.

There was too much information
For my silly little brain
But the feeling once secrets align
No other but a God slain

An open book with an image of a joystick in the shape of a question mark on the left page along with text on the right.

But to future puzzlers
I have just one wish
Not to read my review
Looking for a new clue
Nor see the signs
Hidden inside these lines

An open book with an image of a calendar on the left page along with text on the right.

You don’t need to play for a year
Nor decade…

An open book that contains a full spread image of the manor from Blue Prince along with text underneath.

But to experience
Something that is one of a kind

An open book containing text written inside.

To Blue Prince,
I give my highest grade
As it is
___ __ ___ ____
________ __ ___ ______

An open book featuring a golden stamp of the Should You Play logo along with some miniature text on the right page.

Please come again
Once you’ve
Mastered the house
And made a few friends

Should you play Blue Prince?

You should play Blue Prince!

It’s a puzzle game that you can only experience once, and after it’s over, you’ll wish that you could forget it all just to experience it again. It’s enticing, gratifying, and euphoric as each puzzle solution makes you feel like you’re literally going to win a house. However, it can also be slightly divisive as its roguelike elements can push some players away.

Before entering the maze-like manor, you should know that the RNG won’t always go in your favor, but as days go on, there are ways to ease the randomness.

Golden stamp of the Should You Play logo, which is a question mark-shaped joystick.

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