The Witness

When it comes to puzzles, this is more like sudoku or something, no clever thinking. It's mostly maze puzzles with gimmicks. So if you like mass produced puzzles, this is for you. If you are looking for something like myst of guarn, where there is a story and puzzles where you have to think. Then this is not for you

buy this game only when its on sale this ♥♥♥♥ is not worth 55 buckaroonies

あまりパズルをやらないが、かなり感動したゲーム 総プレイ11.3時間でエンディングに到達できたので、程々にパズルに対する理解力があれば 下手に詰まらずにクリアを目指せる このゲームの良いところ ・全問解かなくてもエンディングには到達可能なので、本当に分からない場合はスキップ可能 ・スタート地点からの距離とパズルの難易度には関係があまり無いので、簡単な問題を探すためにマップを散策する楽しみがある ・ギミック自体はあまり種類が無く覚えるのが簡単な上に、それらの綺麗な組み合わせで多様なパズルが楽しめる ・計算機どころかメモさえ不要（に近い） ・非言語系なのでほとんど知識が要らない ・キャラコンの要求が無い このゲームの悪いところ ・色や音が重要なパズルがあり、視覚や聴覚に難がある方にはオススメできない ・ジャンプが無い上にマップも滑らかな訳ではないので、小石程度の段差を乗り越えられない（遠回り） ・マップを開くことは出来ず、ファストトラベルも船でゆっくりなので、上と重なり移動性が悪い 分かり切ったギミックのパズルでも、毎度面白い組み合わせとか要素が追加されるので、驚きと感動の連続 エンディングは独特かつ抽象的で、「やっとクリアしたぁ～」とリラックスモードで見ていたら余韻はモヤモヤ 人生で一回は遊ぶべきです 世界ってパズルだったんだ・・・

Ich mag Rätsel. und Escape Rooms. Hier ist es eine Landschaft voll von rätseln, die alle gleichartig und doch verschieden sind. Denn bleibt das Prinzip doch gleich: "finde einen Weg vom Anfang zum Ende", werden die Regeln, die es zu beachten gilt, immer weiter verfeinert. Dabei ist es auch nicht linear, sondern man wird schon in ein Universum geschubst, dass dazu einlädt, es zu probieren, auch wenn man weiß, dass man die Regel dazu noch gar nicht erlernt hat. Es ist eine Entdeckungsreise, die auch Geduld erfordert, aber auch ein kurzzeitiges Scheitern als Aufbruch zu einer neuen Weggabelung und damit einem Voranschreiten, sieht. Manche Lösungen haben sich mir letztendlich nicht ganz erschlossen; trotzdem hat es mir viel schöne Stunden in Ruhe und bewegter Träumerei beschert. :)

i like this for [spoiler] the thing [/spoiler]. it runs well. it plays somewhat okay. it's alright gameplay. played on epic where it was free once and at other friends' houses. dev seems like an eh person and the random voice notes are just nonsense rambling no matter who you are, wether you're andrew tate or hasan piker or whoever you want to be it's just nonsense rambling. [spoiler] the thing [/spoiler] is interesting and fun [spoiler] once you know about it. ●---. [/spoiler] just [spoiler] the existence of the thing [/spoiler] is why i like this game. other than that being a cool party trick to make weird noises at when other friends play whilst you're watching, it's not really the best as a puzzle game outside of it. sure the puzzles are cool and have a lot of cool mechanics, don't get me wrong, but it's a bit dreary having to walk around constantly trying to get the right perspective for everything. saw someone else say it doesn't respect the time of the player, and i don't agree with the wording but yeah. yeah that sums it up pretty well

게임학과 습작 수준만도 못한 유사게임임. 유명개발자라고요? 압니다. 그래서 저도 낚인건데 명성인 허명인걸 이 게임이 증명하는거죠. 게임개발 기본도 안돼서 터무니없는 광각시점에 부자연스러운 화면전환으로 멀미 유발이 게임 불가능한 수준입니다. 참으면서 한다고 대단한 게임성이 있지도 않아요. 스토리는 없고요. 혹시나 뭐 대단한거 있는데 놓치는걸까 궁금해서 게임 접고 유튜브로 끝까지 확인함. 아무것도 없습니다. 이 게임 본질은 광고도배된 캐쥬얼 무료 폰겜 중에서도 못만든것 수준의 시시하고 허접한 퍼즐겜입니다. 그런데 그런 겜에서 한판 깨면 바로 다음판으로 넘어가는것 대신에, 한판 깨고나면 멀미나고 무의미한 이동을 1분씩 넣어놓은 겁니다. 가끔 동선이 멀거나 다음 목적지 잘 모를떄는 3~5분이 될수도 있어요. 재미도 감동도 없고 멀미만 나고 시간만 낭비입니다. 퍼즐 수준은 진짜 낮아요. 쉽다는게 아니라 쉬운것도 있고 어려운 것도 있지만 재미가 없습니다. 중간중간 과학자 명언 녹음기로 넣어놓은 것도, 수준도 낮고 게임 맥락에 전혀 녹아있지도 않고 성의없게 통짜로 복붙돼 있고 글자로 빠르게 읽을수도 없고 5분씩 더빙으로 다 듣고 있어야 해서 무의미한 시간낭비 화납니다. 모든 면에서 게임제작 수준이 낮고 성의가 없는걸 보여줍니다. 굳이 이 게임을 하고싶으시면 대신 linelith 하시면 됩니다. 게임성의 본질은 똑같은데 훨씬 재미있고 밀도있게 잘 구성돼 있어요. 가격도 3천원밖에 안하죠. 그거 하시고 이런 게임이 있다는건 잊어버리세요. 이건 발표되어서는 안되는 게임이었어요. 너무 많은 사람들의 시간을 무의미하게 낭비시켰네요.

An absolute masterpiece of a puzzle game! 9/10. I have such respect for this game's designers! They took a simple concept (drawing a line from a circle to the end of a grid) and teased a staggering amount of complexity and different concepts out of it. The puzzles in this game are truly mind-bending. Sometimes they seem impossible, but the game encourages you to wander off and find different things to try when you get stuck. Oftentimes that allowed my mind to rest and come back better. The environment is breathtaking to look at, and the sounds provide a relaxing immersive backdrop to your time at the island. I will probably spend more time in this game just wandering the island to find more of its mysteries. This game evokes a sense of wonder like no other game, as you discover that this island is packed full of easter eggs, and they're hidden around you everywhere you go. You just have to look! Changing your perspective to find the solution is a main theme of the game, and it's done so well! The Witness rewards careful observation at a slow pace. This game respects your intelligence! Whenever it seems like something is off, there is usually something hidden for you to find. Look deeper! The file size is tiny, the game runs without a hitch. When you leave and come back, it boots up almost instantly and puts you right where you left off. My only gripe with this game is the narrative. I think it's weak. I came into this game trying to determine what cataclysm happened to the inhabitants of this island to turn them to stone, who the characters were, and why I was the only person left alive. From the tapes scattered about and the statues, I thought maybe it was an island full of geniuses who had tried to reach some ultimate understanding of truth, but got cursed for their hubris. But no. There's no cataclysm behind the narrative, the stone people aren't real people from what I can tell. The answer to why you are the only person here is not an interesting one. And hubris doesn't factor in to the story. When I finished the game with the first ending, I felt pissed off and gut-punched, like the game was telling me, "this is all an art project. Enjoy the journey, not the destination." That first ending took all the wind out of my sails. it destroyed most of the driving force for exploring the island in the first place: to piece together what happened. I thought the true ending would wrap things up better, but it didn't. It was vague and underwhelming, and what it was actually implying was not conveyed well. I felt confused and annoyed. I had to do research to learn what the actual narrative behind the game was, and it was... fine. It was better than my initial interpretation, but still nowhere near as exciting as what I thought was happening. My advice for new players is, enjoy the atmosphere of the game, the wonder of finding secrets, and the masterful puzzle design. Relax, take in the sights, and enjoy your time wandering the island. Just don't put too much stock in the narrative and don't expect for a tidy and fulfilling ending.

The art style is great, it's the kind that will be timeless. The world is thoughtfully created and laid out. I do like how the game doesn't really tell you anything. Each new area introduces you slowly into a new concept, and it's up to you to figure out the rules. Now I love puzzle games, but this game is tough. Sometimes creeping into the frustrating rather then fun. Often times I got stuck, had to take a picture of a puzzle on my phone, and try solve it in my own time and come back to it later. The achievements don't lie. With something like only 20% of players finishing the game, and how many of those looked up answers to puzzles? It's a game statistically the majority are going to give up in. However, each area does a pretty good job of being different. I felt some areas did a great job of slowly increasing difficulty as you progress, whilst others simply increased the annoyance per puzzle. Especially areas like the sound area, and the final mountain area. When puzzles start spinning around and moving, they're not harder to do, they're just an absolute headache to look at. A quick note, if you are colourblind or have hearing difficulties, this game is not for you. You literally will not be able to complete some areas; the game offers no work arounds. I found the ending rather anti-climactic and disappointing. Considering the whole game doesn't really give you any sort of reward for solving puzzles other than more and harder ones, I thought there would be a pig pay off at the end that would offer something into this world we've been dropped into. I loved the additional challenge room. By the time I finished the main game, I still felt slow at the puzzles, often times taking huge amounts of time to solve them methodically and slowly. But this is a series of random puzzles against a time limit. It may have taken me probably 50 attempts over the course of a few days. But each day I could see I was getting faster, getting better at intuitively solving the puzzles with speed. Completing that area and seeing the achievement pop felt fantastic. It made me feel like I really grasped the games puzzles, and considering around only 5% of players have done it, I'm super happy I completed it. Overall, it's a good puzzle game, and a big test of patience and perseverance. I didn't enjoy everything, but for the majority of the time it was good. This definitely isn't a game for everyone, buy I'd recommend to the more hardcore puzzle enjoyers.

9/10 Es relajante y te ayuda mucho como resolver los puzzles, aunque no hay un lore como tal

The reveal at the ending was awe inspiring.