Unsure about the mixed response to this one, it's just Picross with a cute coat of paint on it! It's pretty standard, although with a very slight RPG element to it. Enemies charge up attacks that you can stop by completing a line on the puzzle, and you can also switch targets as you'll end up having to balance up to three enemies. I never got close to dying, but I can see newer Picross players struggling, but maybe this would push them to figure puzzles out faster. There's also optional puzzles where you'll redo already-completed puzzles but you need to do it without making a mistake, or in a time limit, or some other challenge.

It's not the most amazing spin on Picross, but I welcome it as a long-time fan. The boss music really reminded me of old flash games for some reason?

O...okay. That's a game. About picross seems like. Did you guys know Greenland sharks have high levels of urea stored in their tissue, which increases their buoyancy. They have pee armor on LMAOOOO. That's a fact. Wanna hear another fact? Picross fuck yeah! Picross RPG? Holy moly! (Note: very light. Barely RPG. In fact it's just a shop and side quests). The shop is ran by a cool dude selling you overpriced basic items. That's rad. The quests are handled by one moron per world who approaches you with dumb requests and the power of picross saves the day. The vibes are there, this is an RPG for sure.

So, seems like "new type of picross just dropped" is selling it generously. You can choose between a male and female form, but they are both companions with their own agency so pick whichever one would look coolest on the map. Game gets pretty unforgiving with errors, mostly apparent with bosses who kill you in 5 mistakes. It's annoying because you start from scratch and I forgor what I did 💀 if you could start everytime with a few tiles progressively unveiled I'd maybe feel like I didn't do big brain moves and thinking for nada.