Chapter 1: What is the hype surrounding the game Blue Prince?
Hello, fellow gamers, and welcome to the Video Gamers Podcast. Blueprints burst onto the gaming scene with some truly incredible hype. Game of the year, best puzzle game ever, best game someone has ever played. The reviews and hype reached a frenzied level, but are they true? Is this game equal to the likes of Portal 2, The Witness, and Outer Wilds?
Or was this an internet frenzy that didn't quite match the game itself? Well, we're about to find out because we've played it and we're here to let you know what we think. But first, some introductions are in order. I am your host, Josh, and joining me... He loves the title screen and the intro screen, but he's not sure what all the other fuss is about. It's Ryan.
You know, being called out by Santar was not the best day for me. I'm like, oh, come on, man. How are you going to call me out like that? Just to be fair, I have put, if not the same amount or more time than Josh into this game.
Chapter 2: How do the hosts feel about the game's initial impressions?
So same amount. We are both sitting at 14 hours. So Ryan, Ryan did absolutely play this game an awful lot. Yes.
Mine was just in one day is all. Yeah.
Ace is like, oh man, is it me? Am I the guy that didn't play this game? Yeah. Well, we're going to find out because joining us, you'll find him asking chat GPT how to tell which box is true and which is false. And he never knew dartboard math could be so hard. It's ace.
I'll have, you know, the only puzzle I could get right was the box puzzle. Thank you very much. It was the only one that every single time was like, ah, one of us tells nothing but truth.
Chapter 3: What are the unique gameplay mechanics in Blue Prince?
One of us tells nothing but lies.
Oh man. Yeah. Yeah, I remember this. This was in the labyrinth, man. And I never knew quite how people figured that out. You know, it's like the two doors and it's like one door always tells the truth. One door is lies. And then she's like, what would that door say? And then she figures it out. And I'm like, I don't I don't get this. Yeah.
But what I do know is I have a 33% chance of getting that stupid box puzzle right. Oh, man. Guys, we're going to be talking about Blueprints.
Chapter 4: How does RNG affect player experience in Blue Prince?
I mean, this game came out of nowhere, dude. I mean, nowhere. It burst onto the gaming scene with people saying this is one of the best games I have ever played. People saying this game ranks up there with the likes of some of the greats. There were people that said, dude, I don't know that I've ever played a game like this before.
And when you hear that kind of talk as gamers, we kind of go like, what? What? What are you talking about over there? And it just so happened that it fell into that perfect moment where at least I was very hungry for like a good puzzle game. And the fact that this game had roguelike elements and stuff like that to it made it sound very, very interesting.
As we know, sometimes internet hype doesn't quite match what the game itself is. And so we all said, you know what? Let's play Blueprints. Let's see what the hype is about. And then let's come talk about it.
Chapter 5: What are the different types of puzzles in Blue Prince?
Because I want to know if this is all true. Because if so, oh my goodness, you're talking some of my favorite puzzle games ever. And if it's not, then what the heck is wrong with all you people that are saying this is one of the best games I've ever played? So we're going to be breaking all that down, but we do have a little bit of housekeeping that we need to get to.
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Chapter 6: How does the game incorporate roguelike elements?
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And you can be a hero amongst the world like Jagged Son, You Meet in a Tavern, and many, many others. Um, and then Ryan, we made a promise. We're catching up on these reviews.
We have two more.
We're going to read and you've got one.
I believe that you're going to start us off with, right? I do. So this one is a five-star review from Ben bunk and it's, uh, titled top tier podcasts. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah.
Dude, that's what we're trying to do.
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Chapter 7: What are the frustrations players face while playing Blue Prince?
That's so nice, dude. That's the goal.
Legitimately, I mean, we just got done talking about, hey, people can support this podcast to help this keep going. But ultimately, we talk about video games because we love video games. And the hope is that somehow, some way, we can make your day just a little bit better. If you're driving to work right now, listening to our super smooth voices on your radio or on your AirPods. So true. Smooth.
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One of the best humans I have ever met in my life. And so thank you, aka Wallaby, for leaving us a review. And it is titled Best Gaming Podcast. And it says, Phenomenal pod for anyone who loves games. The hosts are passionate, fun, and bring a great mix of news, deep dives, and discussions.
Chapter 8: How do the hosts rate Blue Prince overall?
Whether you're into retro classics or new releases, there's something here for everyone. The production quality is top notch. Two thumbs way up. Yeah. That's six thumbs now, guys. Who would have thought?
Because I know you said that our video game knowledge. But according to Instagram and TikTok and stuff, we're just dumb old men. We have no clue what we're doing.
You know, that's the beauty. We've never said, hey, we're experts. We're just people that have been playing games for, you know, 40 plus years for me. Ryan, not that long. And Ace, probably like, I don't know, 60 years for Ace. Well, he's getting up there. Oh, man. All right. Well, that's it for the housekeeping, guys. Let's talk about a blue prince.
I mean, I kind of already prefaced this with the hype and what people were saying. But what I really like kind of doing this is I was the one that I think really kind of got rolled up in that hype. And I think I was the one that reached out to you guys and I said, hey, I'm going to pick this game up. I'm going to play it. Should we talk about this? Is anybody else interested in it?
And then Ace and Ryan, you guys both went like,
yeah yeah i'll absolutely play it and then both you clowns didn't play it for like four days while you guys were playing marvel rivals while i'm being a good video game podcast host and i'm cracking out on blueprints and then i kind of went hey guys like how's blueprints going and you guys were like we don't know but rivals is going really well and then i went like are we covering this game or what you know and then
To your credit, you both buckled down and you guys both played the game. Ryan, I don't know that I've seen a marathon session like you had yesterday. What a turnaround. Right? It was impressive.
But I will say from my point of view, it was pretty hilarious because you kept sharing screenshots and then you would post like your run that you had in this game and how you made it close to what you thought was the antechamber.
and then it was like i was just laughing because it's like well i know things you don't know about yeah so yeah um this is a good place to say listen we're gonna try to keep things spoiler free in the beginning of this episode so that we can kind of just talk about the game and give people you know an idea of what this game is if we get into any kind of deep spoilers we'll do that later and we'll definitely warn people as well because i think this is a game that
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