Connecting the dots was pretty fun most of the time. The tile trial was sometimes hard, but not impossible. As for the Hands of Time, they were alright at first since they were pretty simple. Fortunately, I don't think there were any really hard clock puzzles during the main storyline, only during side-quests. However, the ones that appeared during side-quests were really annoying, especially when you didn't know where to start, and failing would give you another random puzzle. I mostly just used an online solver to complete those puzzles. However, during the last few puzzles, I actually wanted to solve the puzzles myself, using paper and pencil. It actually felt quite rewarding, and the time limit didn't bother me since you can always pause the game while you're thinking about the solution.