It really needs a NG+ option in my opinion. Like during the game it shows you what puppets you missed because of your decisions, but it is kind of meaningless if you can not transfer anything to the new game. And after playing it once starting a new run just to experience the options you missed...I see no point, cause the game does no provide you with an ability to reach those faster. Starting the completely different character is more interesting, but still less so, cause there is nothing transferred from the previous run, and goin through exactly the same bosses and dungeons second time is less interesting. Some puzzles are overused, and some mechanics are underused. I mean the puzzle where you need to roll a bolder is slightly annoying, cause the controls on it are not so precise, and those are used more than it make sense in my opinion. But the mechanic of "switching to shadow stops time" does not really work in cases where it makes sense, like the rolling boulders puzzle, where switching only actually stopped time in one location, but none of the others. It really should've been used more, cause it is kind of the main mechanic of the game. For a single run it was fun enough, for more - it is too tedious, even if the story of the other characters is interesting...
So, it shows you how clockwork wolf dies on spikes. Visually it looks like you can't go this way. So I went back, where the previous clockwork wolf was. I made him follow me all the way to the left and eventually he just stopped for some reason. It was kind of funny to just stand there in couple steps from the threat and...he does nothing. Thanks for it. But I see no point playing game after it, don't see how it can get better
I've played quite a few of similar games recently, but it is the first one that was actually interesting Only thing I don't really like in those games - is being on timer (having King's impatience mechanic), but I know why it is there and you have enough time to deal with it. Tho having a separate game mode without it may be an option too