I don´t even know what you are getting at here.
So instead of a puzzle game, you´d rather have something drastically different.
...or you just want the game to have no levels/ be open world ?
As far as the scope and mechanics are concerned, we know very few things about both.
I take an expertly crafted linear game with levels over a half hearted attempt at something the designers didn´t feel comfortable with any day.
Edit: And lol @ haggling for a cheap price. We don´t even know how big the game will end up beeing, but people are already deeming it unworthy of a normal retail price.
And people wonder why mid-tier games all but died last gen.







