I'll fully admit I was predisposed to not enjoy this, I'm not particularly great at spatial reasoning puzzles. The real problem, though, is the tedium.
You're at the mercy of too many things outside your control when you want to make any kind of progress. That would be fine if it led to interesting choices. But here it's a case of "I need x herb to make y potion, and the lady who sells it hasn't shown up for three days. Guess I'll continue autofilling the same orders again and again until she shows up".
For the kind of person who sort of just needs a thing to do with their hands while listening to a podcast or whatever this seems ideal, less so if you want to engage with the game in front of you.
You're at the mercy of too many things outside your control when you want to make any kind of progress. That would be fine if it led to interesting choices. But here it's a case of "I need x herb to make y potion, and the lady who sells it hasn't shown up for three days. Guess I'll continue autofilling the same orders again and again until she shows up".
For the kind of person who sort of just needs a thing to do with their hands while listening to a podcast or whatever this seems ideal, less so if you want to engage with the game in front of you.