The Witness

"Less is more". The Witness doesn't really care about the way you solve it, or if you want to solve it at all. Even calling The Witness "solvable" feels like a stretch. There are in total more than 600 puzzles for you to solve, some are hidden by a resolving order, others hidden on panels far away from the meat and bones of each sector. Some, even, are purposely hidden in plain sight, blending with the structures surrounding you. There are few things to "unlock", you can go pretty much everywhere as long as you open the first gate, that acts as a tutorial. Each zone has tutorials, in fact, for new or recurring mechanics scattered through the whole map. There is a lot of back and forth, and a lot of frustration for some. You are completely alone, with only your understanding (and maybe some forums) to help you accomplish what you want to achieve in this game. A lot of nooks and crannies are polished to a masterful degree, perspective and creativity shines in every detail, and the almost nonexistent lore, as far as it goes, is okay. The Witness is here to make you think. The game is not about puzzles, it's about how far you are able to create theories, explaining concepts without concrete answers, finding a road, a goal, something satisfying enough for you to keep playing. You won't get a "congratulations" screen at the end, that's the point. This doesn't make sense in a game with such levels of freedom. Except for some details, everything is already here when you start the game, you're just not aware of it. It's brilliant, every puzzle maker dreams of achieving this, but in The Witness, it's the only thing that you can see. It can quickly become overwhelming. The pillars, the lasers, the puzzles, it's all about the worth that you give them. It's all about the things that make you keep solving them. It's beautiful, yes, but it's like a mirror : it will make you question yourself if you do not find the will to continue. I wanted to keep playing to finish the game, but I didn't find any joy in "solving" the game. I quit trying at some point in both of my runs, many times. I stayed because I was hoping something would happen, but nothing I would label as "rewarding" came. It made me think about myself, mainly about my experience with this game. It's these thoughs about what ideas the game conveyed, and more importantly its execution, that made me stay. I solved every puzzle except three unknown ones. I'm fine with that, I'm done. The self-reflection was pleasant, and I appreciated the idea of not keeping the player busy to let him think about what the game has to offer. It's also damn expensive and is only worth buying on sales.

■ [b] 더 위트니스 [/b] □ [b] 아, 머리 아파 [/b] ㅤ（★★★☆☆） <Braid>를 개발한 인디 개발자 조나단 블로우가 7년에 걸쳐 개발한 퍼즐 어드벤처 게임이다. 이동과 달리기, 퍼즐 긋기 전환만 있는 조작법으로 500개가 넘는 퍼즐이 숨 쉬는 섬을 돌아다니며, 미지의 상징을 관찰하고, 규칙을 학습하여, 적용함으로 해결하는 퍼즐을 풀어야 하는 목적을 갖고 있다. 그야말로 '배움' 그 자체를 퍼즐로 전달하고, 통찰의 지적 재미를 느낄 이들을 위한 모음집이다. 한붓그리기에서 따온 선 긋기와 규칙 있는 표식의 조합으로 구성된 수많은 퍼즐을 헤쳐 나가며, 한없는 응용력 앞에서 자부심과 자괴감이 공존하는 나 자신의 모습을 관찰할 수 있었다…. 기초-기본-심화-복합 순으로 난이도가 차츰 오르지만, 명시적인 목표 없이 황량한 공간을 탐험하며, 새로운 퍼즐을 풀고 싶기에 퍼즐을 풀고 싶어하는, 퍼즐 사랑꾼과 같은 동기를 스스로 만들어내야 한다. 힌트도 없는 건 물론 표식 학습을 위한 권장 지역의 단서마저도 초반에 제공해 주지 않은 점이 불편했다. [quote] 📮 평가모음집 큐레이터 → [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43983573/] 📰 [/url] [/quote]

What an incredible way to waste time and feel completely unfulfilled.

孤岛封存万千迷局，一笔划尽世间虚妄。 明线循轨，暗境藏机，目之所见皆是谜面。踏遍滩涂密林，遍历岩洞荒台，追寻山顶的微光。 线条困住思绪，困不住求索本心。答案不在网格之中，而在山野万物之间。

Not a game for everyone, but a game that I will always recommend to anyone. First played this game as a teen, maybe 14 or 15. I was, honestly, pretty bad at it, and, in my naivety, spoiled some solutions off youtube playthroughs. I obviously felt ashamed at myself and deleted the game, promising to never touch it again until the time was right. Now, over 6 years later, I have forgotten almost everything, bought the game when I saw it on sale and played through the whole thing, no hints, no guides, no help. Just me against maze puzzles. What surprised me most weren't the puzzles (although the epiphany moments always had me giddy), but the narrative style the game presented. Took me almost 10 hours of gameplay to stumble upon my first voice recording and I think that was intentional too. That's one of the few *awesome* qualities of this game: everything feels intentional despite how natural everything looks. The environment is carefully designed to guide you as a player such that you are still able to make the choices you want. And oh how pretty the environment is. I would genuinely recommend to sit through and pay attention not only to the puzzles and mind games, but the rest of what the game offers. Every little hidden thing that makes you lament has something of value to offer, even if not to the progress of the game. That's what makes this game *awesome*. :)

Запустив игру первый раз я быстро забросил её, жанр головоломок в то время меня не привлекал. Спустя время я решил дай ей второй шанс и не прогадал. The Witness меня затянула. Каждый тип загадок затягивал и привлекал внимание. Мне хотелось вернуться в игру каждый раз, как я её закрывал и шел спать. Красочный и довольно обширный открытый мир позволяет тебе не сидеть долго над трудной загадкой и идти искать на острове, и в его глубинах, всё новые и новые загадки, а уже затем вернутся и уже с новыми мыслями взглянуть на загадку под другим углом. Не забуду те ощущения, которые мне принесли решения загадок. Игра не наскучит и вместо основных загадок можно пойти изучать секреты острова и находить очень интересные места, о которых ты и подумать не мог. The Witness не для каждого игрока, многие зайдут порешают несколько разных загадок и забросят игру, но нужно обязательно вернутся и решить все загадки этого острова. Для The Witness это 10/10. Очень хотелось бы увидеть продолжение игры и еще больше сложных, интересных и красочных загадок в открытом мире. И даже сейчас, после прохождения игры, меня цепляют похожие образы таких же загадок, но уже в реальном мире.

The game that got me hooked on puzzle games. Practically endless variations on the same basic puzzle which gives a really meaningful sense of progression and mastery over the game. The visuals are really nice too.

This game goes for quantity over quality, the puzzles are all pretty similar, but hey there's 523 of them so there you go. I called it quits out of sheer boredom after completing 250 of them. The vast majority of the puzzles have nothing to do with the environment, so the 3D first person setting serves as little more than a fancy background for an otherwise boring maze puzzle game. Some of my favorite games are puzzle games (Talos Principle, Antichamber, Manifold Garden, Portal) all of which have extremely creative puzzles and didn't feel repetitive to me. I got bored pretty quickly with the puzzles in this game.

特别纯粹的一笔画解谜游戏，有探索、有知识锁，游戏过程中的尤里卡时刻也很多。游戏对于一笔画这个谜题设定加上不同环境的配合让人眼前一亮，常常让我惊叹这一笔画竟然还能这么用、这么设计。只不过这游戏确实是给纯粹解谜爱好者设计的，除了解谜、探索和发现新知识本身的愉悦之外，没有其它正反馈，也有一些较为冗长无聊的部分。尤其是我很晕这个游戏的 3D 第一人称视角，导致我对探索跑图几乎没有什么耐心（所以后期我找了个 Youtuber 游戏实况跟着他的游戏轨迹走，找到谜题再打开游戏，避免我自己探索了）。 这个游戏感觉是偏科特别明显的游戏，在解谜发现和游戏艺术里面达到了极致，但是其它方面相对平凡。 推荐给骨灰级解谜游戏爱好者。 8/10

解密类又菜又爱玩选手觉得非常好玩！！！ 现在还是打折拿下的，结尾还有一点点的meta（指结尾关游戏） 好玩！！！