The best way I can describe this game is that it unfolds. Prepare to sit back, relax, and spend a lot of time just staring at puzzles, scratching your noodle. Prepare to spend a good chunk of time on one puzzle, only to decide to come back to it later when you have grown your understanding a bit more. Prepare to be astounded when you discover the true puzzles the island holds, and the realization that you can't contain the puzzles into the little boxes Jonathan Blow has placed for you to find. Understand that this game asks a lot of you, and it doesn't seem to thank you much for it. That's because it understands - and encourages you to learn likewise - that sometimes, the very process of learning how the creator thinks is reason enough to persevere; the very act of solving is itself its own reward. So pick this game up, and enjoy it in its fullness. Take in the joy of mastering something new on a small, yet tangible scale. If you give it its due, you will not be disappointed.
