hey_it's_that_dog
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No doubt it's natural. It's just irrational. And we're talking about a guy who's kind of cranky, not an actual moral violator.
The Witness - Release Date Trailer, coming 26th January 2016
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No doubt it's natural. It's just irrational. And we're talking about a guy who's kind of cranky, not an actual moral violator.
You could watch a interview with him or listen to a podcast features him. Maybe he act as a douche on Twitter, but when he speaks, I find him to be an honest and humble guy who appears to be quite likable.
The Illiterati
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Yeah, I figured he wouldn't be able to get around the policies. Too bad really.
Maybe it's natural for some people to feel that way, but it's completely stupid. Not everything natural is justifiable.
RedAssedApe
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not sure how i feel about the lack of music. hope the sound design is great.
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OMG CANT WAIT
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Holy crap, Ashley Johnson is in another game! I know she was in the Minecraft Story mode, but I'm not as excited for that as I'm excited for this!
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being pretentious does not make one an asshole.
he's opinionated about the right things imo.
strikes me an atheist.
he's opinionated about the right things imo.
strikes me an atheist.
Don't think of them as mazes. Think of them as ways to input various keycodes. Each panel teaches you more about the "language" of the other, more advanced, panels. The game seems to be just as much about exploration as solving the panels, and solving a panel often unlocks access to a new area, or makes some kind of change in the world. And yes, there is almost definitely some kind of "meta" puzzle to do with the island as a whole.
It's not just mazes.
It's one of the puzzle mechanics, especially early in the game when each one is teaching a new element that needs to be understood before you can solve it. But panel mazes are not the only not the only one, and we've only seen things from early in the game. The trailer in the OP shows
the player moving through environments as if they are in the maze itself, and starting to modify the island as areas get completed, hinting at further developments.
SmiteOfHand
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This is going to be like when Braid came out and people dismissed it as being 'just that rewind mechanic from Sands of Time', isn't it?
JayWood2010
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Oh wow, this game is finally coming out xD I have no idea what to think of it to be honest. It doesnt strike me as being a game to watch out for, but its something i want to know more about. Not a big Braid fan, but still want to see if Jonathon Blow can make a game that is considered great in an era that indies are much more mainstream and common.
As for Jonathon Blow, I cant speak much about him since I dont know him in real life. From watching him in Indie Game the Movie it didnt make me care for him though. Whereas the Super Meat Boy devs I found to be cool, (the bearded one in specific) i found Jonathon Blow and Phil Fish off-putting. Not because their personalities in specific, im not really sure how to explain it.
As for Jonathon Blow, I cant speak much about him since I dont know him in real life. From watching him in Indie Game the Movie it didnt make me care for him though. Whereas the Super Meat Boy devs I found to be cool, (the bearded one in specific) i found Jonathon Blow and Phil Fish off-putting. Not because their personalities in specific, im not really sure how to explain it.
I feel bad about dismissing this video as old, when it's actually a really good explanation of how the puzzles build on each other.
TheCarrotKiller
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Oh damn, I need this game now. Watched the video above and every little detail is just brilliant! Also does anybody know if there is a larger version of the poster or "boxart" posted earlier? This one:
Would like to print it out as a poster.
they announced the release date last year
wild wild rice
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Beginning to have my doubts. Unless this is just the most low key release of a game ever.
YianGaruga
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I follow Blow on twitter and that just made me more interested in the game. He's an interesting person.
I doubt I would get along with him but I enjoy reading his rants.
I doubt I would get along with him but I enjoy reading his rants.
More_Badass
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The trailer I guess.
cpp_is_king
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Expect Myst
Filthy Casual
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I'll have to get this purely because of how nice it looks.
I know, but it was quite a while ago and Sony does usually start trumping up a game closer to its release date. Sure, they did one blog post about the VAs, but other than that, the silence is worrying. My guess would be it's dropped in February.
Watch the video two posts above yours. It gives the solutions to some early puzzles but nothing you wouldn't be able to solve in your first 15 minutes (out of 80-100 hours).
Why is the silence worrying? It's not exclusive to the Sony platform.
Because Sony has always made a big deal of having this as a timed console exclusive or however the hell the arrangement looks like. I doubt they'd just silently reinforce the January release date like a week before it hits after all this trumping. Would of course love to be proven wrong though.
SmiteOfHand
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On the flip side I'd say it is odd if Blow made a PS Blog post about voice actors little more than a week out if the intent was to delay. Would be terrible communication at the very least.
Yeah, just went back and read it again. Literally the very first line is confirming the release date.
Yeah, just went back and read it again. Literally the very first line is confirming the release date.
wild wild rice
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Enjoying this read, thanks. Also making me pretty hyped for The Witness.
GenericJoe
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11 days away from release and not even a whisper of the price? Is this a common thing for less publicized, digital only games? I'm used to retail disc games having the price set and available to pre-order 1-2 years in advance so this just seems really bizarre to me.
0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
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seems the website is down, at least for me
http://the-witness.net/news/
fingers crossed for an update, and not simply a DDos attack
http://the-witness.net/news/
fingers crossed for an update, and not simply a DDos attack
TheCarrotKiller
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The site is constantly unstable, wouldn't read too much into it. Jon has tweeted about how he would like to get rid of WordPress. But you can always hope!
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for those who missed Blow's segment at the PS4 reveal event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiNGZMx2vhY#t=68m37s
Also, just read that Blow's company name Thekla is a reference to 'Invisible Cities'... hype increasing
"Those who arrive at Thekla can see little of the city, beyond the plank fences, the sackcloth screens, the scaffoldings, the metal armatures, the wooden catwalks hanging from ropes or supported by sawhorses, the ladders, the trestles. If you ask 'Why is Thekla's construction taking such a long time?' the inhabitants continue hoisting sacks, lowering leaded strings, moving long brushes up and down, as they answer 'So that it's destruction cannot begin.' And if asked whether they fear that, once the scaffoldings are removed, the city may begin to crumble and fall to pieces, they add hastily, in a whisper, 'Not only the city.'
If, dissatisfied with the answers, someone puts his eye to a crack in a fence, he sees cranes pulling up other cranes, scaffoldings that embrace other scaffoldings, beams that prop up other beams. 'What meaning does your construction have?' he asks. 'What is the aim of a city under construction unless it is a city? Where is the plan you are following, the blueprint?'
'We will show it to you as soon as the working day is over; we cannot interrupt our work now,' they answer.
Work stops at sunset. Darkness falls over the building site. The sky is filled with stars. 'There is the blueprint,' they say."
-Italo Calvino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiNGZMx2vhY#t=68m37s
Also, just read that Blow's company name Thekla is a reference to 'Invisible Cities'... hype increasing
"Those who arrive at Thekla can see little of the city, beyond the plank fences, the sackcloth screens, the scaffoldings, the metal armatures, the wooden catwalks hanging from ropes or supported by sawhorses, the ladders, the trestles. If you ask 'Why is Thekla's construction taking such a long time?' the inhabitants continue hoisting sacks, lowering leaded strings, moving long brushes up and down, as they answer 'So that it's destruction cannot begin.' And if asked whether they fear that, once the scaffoldings are removed, the city may begin to crumble and fall to pieces, they add hastily, in a whisper, 'Not only the city.'
If, dissatisfied with the answers, someone puts his eye to a crack in a fence, he sees cranes pulling up other cranes, scaffoldings that embrace other scaffoldings, beams that prop up other beams. 'What meaning does your construction have?' he asks. 'What is the aim of a city under construction unless it is a city? Where is the plan you are following, the blueprint?'
'We will show it to you as soon as the working day is over; we cannot interrupt our work now,' they answer.
Work stops at sunset. Darkness falls over the building site. The sky is filled with stars. 'There is the blueprint,' they say."
-Italo Calvino
cpp_is_king
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I'm curious if the aerial view of the island is basically the entirety of it. For example, might there be areas to explore underground, or underwater?
Icyflamez96
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How unusual is it that we don't know the price at this point? The game releases in like 10 days. I must know.
Same here. I think 20-30 is realistic.
The Illiterati
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There's definitely indoor buildings, to what extent we don't know. So I'd think you're probably right at least about underground.
This is really nothing bizarre for a digital only title. There is no reason to doubt the current release date.
cpp_is_king
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I'm guessing $39.99, but I'd still buy it at $59.99. DO YOU HEAR THAT JONATHAN?!
LegendofDragoonLives
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PSX last month definitely felt like someone totally incompetent ran the show compared to the other shows. Why was this not given a proper trailer, along with something like Alienation etc? Instead we got several indies that looked really terrible and not worth anyone's time.
I need to make some time to play this early Feb until SFV begins.
I need to make some time to play this early Feb until SFV begins.
wild wild rice
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Maybe all the ambiguity and underexposure is intentional.
OrbitalBeard
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I'd say that very much is the case.
More_Badass
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Nah, Adult Swim's line up was fantastic. Especially Rain World, that game is doing ground-breaking things with AI
Icyflamez96
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I'm sure but why that gotta extend to the price
SmiteOfHand
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If what he has said is true about the game then I would also be fine with $60, but I know that will bring out the Angry Internet Men in full force.