Posted on: March 3, 2017

bsulli4

Игр: 11 Отзывов: 1

Not for everyone, but I loved it so much

Remember the TV show LOST? The Witness is for gaming what LOST was for TV. Some people loved LOST. The mystery, the additional complexity every single episode, the unanswered questions that continued to pile up, the beauty of the island, the recognition that we were only privy to a small subplot within something much grander in scale, and of course the finale - it honored the viewer's ability to imagine and create their own answers and resolutions and gave us an honorable goodbye to the people we fell in love with. Some people hated LOST. Wait was that a flash forward or backward? What about GPS? Polar bears, seriously? Could you answer a question without creating 17 more? WTF IS THAT SMOKE MONSTER??? And the finale - what kind of DooDooFest doesn't answer any questions at the end? You're supposed to tell me the truth! I am in the camp that loved LOST, but more importantly to this review, I loved The Witness. I love not having all my questions answered, I love the bread crumbs left behind by a plot that's gone missing, I love the puzzles that make my brain feel more challenged than it has in a long time, I love finding myself saying, "This puzzle's impossible. It breaks the rules." and then 5 minutes later forcing myself to say, "Ok, it may seem impossible, but I know it's not. How can I change my thinking to find the solution that doesn't break the rules?" I am totally engaged and filled with energy when I play - I receive from this game, it takes nothing. If ever I find myself frustrated I remind myself that I am too limited in how I'm thinking - the puzzles aren't the issue, my brain is. That shift allows me to see the solution because I stop pigeonholing the puzzles into what I think they should be. It's a masterpiece.

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Posted on: September 4, 2023

misiNV

Владелец игры

Игр: Отзывов: 38

Storyless Puzzlefest for hardcore fans

CPC categorizes *) puzzle in games as follows: -clever (QUERN) - hard for human, even harder for AI -whimsy (RIVEN) - hard for human, impossible for AI -tedious (THE WITNESS) - hard for human, dead easy for AI. Witnessing took me 100+HRS for period over two months. The Witness is a very well made... well let's call it a game, although it rather looks like some offshoot of Alzheimer Prevention, Anger Management Program. There is a vast island world to explore with lots of hidden passages and secret rooms. Presented in rather nice graphic, apart from eye-burning colors now and then. With few exception, the only interaction is solving maze puzzles on flat screens - standing, laying ang hanging all over the island. Puzzles are of two kinds; pure math's topology problems and environmentally clued. The latter have always clues around, mostly ridiculous but unambiguous, once spotted. Puzzles are mostly tediously difficult and soon feel boring before they turn into obsession. I reach the end of the game by accident at around 70% of puzzles and didn't know it was the ending until … it ended.- so disappointing the ending is. The game conveniently autosaves just before entering the ending, so I came back to check unfinished businesses. It looks to me that the game can be finished just at above 50% of puzzles/explorations. I didn't enjoy this game, nevertheless I completed it - Oslo syndrome, I guess. There is no story, just random quotes and symbols regarded as wise and - what most important - I didn't find out who the witness is and witnessing what? That being said I feel The Witness deserves no less than five stars but without recommendation. ------------------------ Clandestine Puzzle Council bulletin XXVLMC, vol.23, line 12, column 5, 2027

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Posted on: January 22, 2019

capone70

Владелец игры

Игр: 410 Отзывов: 1

Very Myst, in looks, brians, and pain.

It was exactly the game I was looking for in pushing my boundries. I probably did 85% of these on my own, occationally needing a nudge to get the logic they were going for. It loses a star because of some of the unnessary punishments they add. A good example is a puzzle involving an elevator. It's made hard enough going up, but make an error, and it sends you back to the bottom...soooo slowly. There's enough trial and thought to almost all the puzzles that adding a 2min reset to getting it wrong is just punative.

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Posted on: March 8, 2018

shandante

Владелец игры

Игр: 249 Отзывов: 3

Beautiful, Engaging, and Intellectual

The Witness takes you on a unique journey in which provides beautiful visuals and an engaging gameplay element. One in which is entirely taught by the use of your controller, no rules or tutorials; just you and the environment. There is no story, only dialogue told by visuals and famous quotes by Philosphers, Scientists and Artists from past. I loved every part of this game but I do admit, it gets very hard very quickly; and while accomplishing a puzzle after so much effort is an amazing feeling, some puzzles are so hard. Like very hard. If you don't use a guide at all on this game, I commend you. By the end of the game, I was following a guide through the challenges this game presents, it that hard. But from what I was able to accomplish on my own was extremely rewarding, one in which many little games offer.

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Posted on: June 8, 2018

thehigenia

Игр: 103 Отзывов: 1

Outstanding puzzle game

This game makes the player to think and think. There are hundreds of puzzles that might puzzle you! You have to observe the patterns and even the sight around you to crack the difficult thinigs. If you like to solve the puzzles, then it is for you! However, if you don't like the puzzle, it is mere a puzzle hell.

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