The Witness - from the creator of Braid

It's good fun until it isn't.

I'm still bloody stuck. Arrrggghhhhh

Sometimes - as OSC said - it's good to take a break from a particularly challenging puzzle and go and work through a few others.

I discovered the ability to travel around the island on the boat

. I arrived at a forest area and worked through a number of puzzles containing a new symbol - stars - before one had me totally stumped. I will get my brain ready for another go later today.

Back on this.

Tum-de-dum... toot-de-loo... BLAM!

^^^ Actual sound effects when I complete a few puzzles and then come up against one that destroys my capacity to think.

I'm mostly enjoying this. I don't mind it too much when you're in an area and it get progressively harder and you get stuck for a while. That's on me, and it's satisfying to realise the rules you're learning have been twisted on their head, even if the struggle can be difficult. What I don't like it's if they throw in a puzzle type you haven't come across yet so need to go scour the island trying to find something to teach you the rules. I mostly like the idea of it being open world, but when that happens I wish it was more of an illusion rather than letting you break the flow of the game so much. I was wandering around for 15 minutes trying to find a puzzle I understood at one point yesterday. But when it clicks it's great.

Not to sound like a nintendo like "omg they can do no wrong", but the puzzles are structured that way for a reason, there's a definite point where you start getting pushed a particular way, and having multiple rules on panels are the game's way of making sure you don't progress further along thast route without knowing all you need to know. Just keep moving around and you'll naturally find the direction to take when you know enough.

I can't wait for you both to get further in to the game and see what's to come :datass:

OK, been playing this on and off. Open world nature still feels flawed to me, but I'm mostly enjoying this but I'm stuck in quite a few places. Spoilers and screenshots below.
General progress spoiler:

Specific places I'm stuck

That's not a growth wrote:OK, been playing this on and off...

Good to hear that you're still plugging away at this, Tnag! I'm in the "trees" / "bridges" area but I'm stumped by a couple of puzzles containing coloured star symbols. I haven't played in a week or so but your update has tempted me to take a look tonight :-) .

Ah, so that's where you learn those puzzles. Thanks jawa. I still can't figure out how to actually get to that part of the map, however.

Just figured out how to start the tree area. Ha!

Right, trees done! Only got stuck a couple of times there. How you doing with it jawa?

That's not a growth wrote:Right, trees done! Only got stuck a couple of times there. How you doing with it jawa?

Nice going, Tnag!

In the end, I didn't play last night... I've tackled quite a few puzzles in the "trees" area but I'm stuck on a few of 'em. In the sequences of four-to-five puzzles, I can completes the first ones but the final one often has me stumped. May take a look later!

It's a great game, though, isn't it? Ad was spot-on about it being a classic.

Now that I understand the spikey balls I've done the ship yard/ lumber mill area.
Some times when I'm stuck I realise it's because I don't fully understand the rules and need to look over previous puzzles again. I found this especially true with the type of puzzle where something disappear. I think I've got my head around it now, though, after doing dozens of the damn things.
There's a fair few puzzles in 'insanely difficult boss town' i keep giving up on. strawberry float that place.

I decided to restart this today as it’s been a while since I was last on. After having a wee nosey around the starting area (castle gardens) I found a puzzle which opened up an area I’d never seen before. Without giving away any spoilers, has anyone else seen this area? It’s an alternative exit to that area, if that’s not too vague. I really can’t remember wether or not it was there the first t8me I played, or if I’m just noticing it now with my ‘Witness’ glasses on.

It was always there. As you say, you've got your witness glasses on and you've seen some panels have multiple solutions hidden in them.

How are people getting on with this? Anyone dropped it, anyone feel like picking it up again?

Currently £7 odd in the psn sale, can't reccomend it enough :wub:

I ended up googling a couple of puzzles because I couldn't figure them out, and still couldn't see how you would work it out by yourself which really soured my taste for the game. I ended up getting all the beams working, which was enough for me. I was then slightly spoiled that area by an article so began over and found it pretty quickly. I'd certainly recommend it, just with a few caveats.

That's not a growth wrote:I ended up googling a couple of puzzles because I couldn't figure them out, and still couldn't see how you would work it out by yourself which really soured my taste for the game. I ended up getting all the beams working, which was enough for me. I was then slightly spoiled that area by an article so began over and found it pretty quickly. I'd certainly recommend it, just with a few caveats.

Look up a solution at any point in the game and you'll induce a knock on of not understating some others.

Without wanting to sound like too much of a smug twat, I managed every puzzle without any hints at all. You've just got to really understand how you got to where you are so far, because you will have the answer.

Which ones did you look up out of interest?

I really do want to try this but I just don’t see it as a game I’ll sit down in front of the tv and play. Can I port beg for a Switch version?

The Witness - from the creator of Braid

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