Pretty good!

With how much I love Obra Dinn, I must admit that one of the first games directly inspired by it being just "pretty good" is a little bit of a letdown, but the fact that we've got a second game out there like that (outer wilds doesn't count) sets a really really good precedent and I hope we get more like these two.

Puzzle games are supposed to make you feel smart, and with the breaking-up of this one into chunks, it's missing a lot of the intimidation Obra Dinn has. Walking onto the boat with 60 blanks and actually being able to figure them out feels super rewarding and makes you feel like the smartest person in the world. Here, it's really only the last chapter or two where it starts feeling like more of a total Thing rather than a bunch of bits stitched together, so it's missing a lot of the intimidation that makes you feel smart for figuring it out.

It's 11 normal Sudokus instead of one super insane one. Which, I mean, in the end? Sudoku is sudoku.