>First few hours, exploring new rooms, learning new things
Wow this is fun!
>Repeatedly cucked by RNG and puzzles that lead to apparent dead ends
This sucks
>Learn about the paintings on the wall puzzle
Wow this is fun!
>Complete the paintings on the wall puzzle
This sucks
>Discover a new area by completing a puzzle or breaking down a wall
Wow nice!
>The reward is some allowance or a clue to something you discovered dozens of hours ago
This sucks
>Get the basement key and start exploring it
This is alright I guess
>Game devolves into animal well tier cryptic puzzles that take multiple successful runs and RNG
This sucks
Also the fact that ""beating"" the game for the first time is basically complete luck, and all the interesting mysteries and puzzles you're slowly solving on the way is only related to the endgame for the super secret ending is lane and disappointing. At least it was fun making notes.