Belgian Dude
Member
Yup, it is. Easier to avoid when you complete the area though.
This is tricky but
one of the puzzles there affects the vases.
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The Witness |OT|
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Yup, it is. Easier to avoid when you complete the area though.
This is tricky but
If you're counting across from the left, you removed second line - block 2, and then stuck the other piece in that gap. The other removal block removed the bottom right corner
A piece gets subtracted from the middle of the checkerboard so a T can fit there. The second piece is subtracted from the bottom right so the puzzle can be done in one line.
Ahh thanks guys! Just noticed where the T shape went in which is what was confusing me, needed to understand before moving on.
I feel like there's not enough reward in this game. I understand the satisfaction in solving something is rewarding in itself, but 99% of the time you're just "rewarded" with satisfaction and another, more complex puzzle which almost immediately negates the previously gained satisfaction.
It is, but you can also unlock a route around by the dock so you don't need the boat every time.
The perfect Dark
Banned
What's your favorite puzzle area so far? I really love the puzzles in the
Pretty clever and very fun.
greenhouse (?)
Pretty clever and very fun.
Icyflamez96
Member
This is what I think about most puzzle games I play.
I did mean the one immediately after that
I'm dying fam
G-Bus
Banned
Feel bad for looking because that's exactly where I got stumped.
Doing the last panelin the desert with the
water level thing. I can barely make out half of it with the glare. Damn scaffolds in the way and just can't seem to find a great place to stand.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I spent 20 minutes on a puzzle and the solution was to go in a straight line. FUCK THIS GAME.
Well, one good turn deserves another.
Hint:
The trick is that the white tiles should be in the same block
Answer: http://i.imgur.com/5nUkWDX.jpg
Icyflamez96
Member
I feel like this attitude is symptomatic of a modern gaming populace who don't actually like games, but are addicted to rewards. Or maybe they do like them, but they have been conditioned to covet as a part of the experience.
Shrike Alvaron
Member
I haven't had one like that, but there's a certain one in the
swamp
isolate two corners
If you figure it out, can you PM me? I think I broke my brain.
I won't argue with that because I've been a proven trophy/achievement "whore" in the past (I still love them but am not as serious about them as I once was), but holy shit is it discouraging when you see panel after panel of further complicating puzzles when you're already struggling with the ones you're on.
It's not even completely about hard puzzle after hard puzzle, but the added layer that there's rules you must figure out and when you don't think you have a 100% clear grasp of it, which is almost all the time, clawing at a puzzle that complicates that rule even further is just added insanity.
The perfect Dark
Banned
Agreed. I grew up with old school point & click adventures (best games ever) and I don't need a reward. I'm just happy when I solve the next puzzle.
If you want a reward, go back and look at some of the puzzles you were struggling with a few hours ago and see how insanely easy they seem now.
TheExhaustedWalrus
Member
I really need a hint for
the 8th tutorial puzzle in the colored greenhouse. I'm going insane.
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Deleted member 30609
Unconfirmed Member
If the eighth one is the one I think it is, there's a chance
the puzzle is "impossible" from the perspective you're currently viewing it.
Still stuck on the following one?
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I'm still only about an hour in and am completely stuck, I solved a few puzzles to help me cross a stream. Once I got over to the other side I solved a few more and got stuck. Now I'm trapped on this side of the stream with 2 puzzles I can't solve. Grrrr
I think that activates the nazi version of the game
Belgian Dude
Member
Is it the tetris area? If so
you can solve the bridge puzzle in a different way to get back
It's a puzzle game with around 700 puzzles. You want a "Good job!", little fireworks or a trophy after every single one of them?
Solving a difficult puzzle isn't satisfactory enough for you?
Was afraid of that.
Shrike Alvaron
Member
Yes, the line has to follow a legit path lines can actually take, no cheating.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Ahh, that's good to know. There's 2 sets of puzzles up there that seem fucking impossible and they are driving me crazy!
I got it but I ended my play session afterwards. That, however, is the one that the first couple of people who advised me thought I was on, so follow their advise to get it.
I find that exhilarating on the contrary. That's the point of puzzle games. In this game it is especially well done since you're always given the keys to understand what you're supposed to do. It's just a matter of seeing it, and doubting your previous assessment.
Which is a great thing to do even in your life.
I'm at 436 +70. I bet I could find more environment lines... but I'm done searching for now. There were a few I found but can't seem to figure out how to activate.
I have only found one panel which I have been unable to solve: the one in the rusted ship which presumably blocks a safe. That would be my fifth safe. Not sure where the 6th door is. If anyone knows how to solve this one, I'd love a hint.
There was some talk about going into the mountain, coming back out, and something having changed? I completed all the puzzles before the regular ending (circular puzzles being the last ones) and came back up and I haven't noticed anything different.
I have only found one panel which I have been unable to solve: the one in the rusted ship which presumably blocks a safe. That would be my fifth safe. Not sure where the 6th door is. If anyone knows how to solve this one, I'd love a hint.
There was some talk about going into the mountain, coming back out, and something having changed? I completed all the puzzles before the regular ending (circular puzzles being the last ones) and came back up and I haven't noticed anything different.
I just had a hilariously difficult time (easily 10 minutes or more) with two panels where I even explained all the rules about them to my wife and said that I must be missing out on part of the rule set and nearly posted here asking about it....
AND THEN I LOOKED AT IT AGAIN AND THE SOLUTION WAS SO OBVIOUS THAT I INSTANTLY SOLVED THEM BOTH!
I swear this game is exactly like Dark Souls... If I bitterly complain to someone how about how impossible something is, I'm probably just about to make it look easy.
AND THEN I LOOKED AT IT AGAIN AND THE SOLUTION WAS SO OBVIOUS THAT I INSTANTLY SOLVED THEM BOTH!
I swear this game is exactly like Dark Souls... If I bitterly complain to someone how about how impossible something is, I'm probably just about to make it look easy.
Yes.
Yes.
Is it the
"W"?
I bet it's the W :]
I bet it's the W :]
Had time to do a few puzzles. A few turned into a dozen.
Then I feel like
It feels like I've trapped myself. My brain tells me they would have tested what I did and I should be able to find a solution. Still...
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
So about the castle's 4th puzzle in the rear courtyard, what gives? The shape is correct but it keeps failing.
If I said "no", would that be asking for too much? I think if someone finds if they aren't being satisfied with what's given to them when completing multiple challenges, it's perfectly fine to think that they aren't being properly rewarded for the work they put in.
I think The Witness is a special game for it's fundamental approach to challenge and reward, but you can't say I'm wrong when I say it's discouraging to face complicated puzzle followed by an ever more complicated puzzle. It keeps me going for sure, but it absolutely makes me want to take a breath and say, "here we go again" after the brief satisfaction of the previous puzzle fades.
And that's the exact counterpoint to the way I described feeling after a puzzle. It's totally valid and I understand it, and it certainly applies to me at times, it just doesn't feel that way a lot of the time; but does that make what I feel after doing a set of puzzles wrong and therefore I should go play a different game that rewards me quicker? I say no but other people tend to take my experience and judge it as "You're just playing the wrong game if that's what you're feeling" or "Video games have taught me the wrong way to feel rewarded"
That one took me a bunch of drawings, deductions and wandering around to get. Good luck!
Did I just completely fuck myself? I'm freaking out!!
If anyone can help, please!!
I'm doing the greenhouse area and riding up the elevator. I see the yellow box with the laser and walk out, thinking this was the end... Nope, went up another level with what I assume is the gate puzzle to open then box. HOW DO I GET THE ELEVATOR BACK DOWN?!?!
If anyone can help, please!!
solve a puzzle incorrectly.
When in doubt....fail.