yeah, frankly I'm not a big fan of those kind of puzzles in the game. I haven't come across most of the main game puzzles because I've been exploring the top part of the map and still haven't returned to the first hub area.
I think the puzzles and exploration are both really strong so far, but they are each held back also.
I think the puzzles are great, but especially with the kind of stuff you have to do for the anti-cubes, it's a little ridiculous, and I hate being stuck in a mostly empty room and not even knowing if I have the necessary knowledge to solve the puzzle inside or not. That is an annoying feeling.
The exploration is cool, I enjoy rotating the world a lot, with the cool music and visuals working together really well. Theres lots of little stuff thats fun to find...
but backtracking and navigating is pretty awful. The map is odd, but it works well enough, the problem is being in an area with 5 doors, going to each one to figure out which will take you back, that kinda sucks. If warps let you choose any level and go to it, that would be A+.
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