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The Witness |OT|
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If you look at the thing in the middle - are all the sides completely covered in glass?
Haha! Now I understand!
Remembrance
Member
Solid SOAP
Member
This looks awesome. Another checkmark towards the PS4 for me.
ashecitism
Member
How do you guys know how many puzzles you solved?
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Hit load game.
Only from the load game screen
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Bring up the menu and click 'load'. The game saves are labeled with your puzzle completion numbers.
Phew....
The elevator did go up as I finished the puzzles.
Thank god for good bug testing.
Yeah, for normal people (and for only doing the bare minimum of areas). That puzzle count is absurd for having played 9 hours. If you didn't just use a guide the whole time, then mega props to you! You should go for 100%.
Thanks gentlemen, I'll head for the endgame area for the moment, I need a break from the sound puzzle
Pretty soon. Each area starts pretty easy and some get real difficult, a few get incredibly mind-fucky
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Completed the Monastery. Anything to do on the gate that opens on the right side?
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Aaaand stuck again. The endgame is a massive practice in frustrastion...
ashecitism
Member
Just to clarify, I have the first point wrong -
it has an invisible line which is the symmetry you are talking about, but the rest of it needs what you learn from the jungle which informs the hexagon sizes and order
Also remember that you can do stuff you miss again later, since the game gets saved pretty frequently
I have solved so many puzzles involving
and I still don't understand it. I feel like the rules change and I apply different techniques from puzzle to puzzle. Now I need to figure out the rules on the ship, because it seems like with only one
it shouldn't affect the separation of the dots...
light colours
red light
I made a whole lot of progress today. I finally finished the marsh (hardest area yet), then went back to monastery to stare at the final puzzle some more when I finally noticed
. Then I also discovered the
Now doing the treehouse puzzles. I went from 130+ puzzles to about 220 in one day, so I'm pretty happy.
Also, this may be one of the best games I've ever played. I was thinking this already early on, but now that I'm far enough in it feels okay to say it. This is a work of genius. I can't even think of other games right now. The first game to consume me this much since Demon's/Dark Souls and The Swapper.
the broken branch on the floor. I was so glad when I found that, since that puzzle stumped me for ages. Returning to some areas after doing other stuff really helps sometimes
area below the windmill, where I could finally input the beehive patterns I've been finding. Found 3 so far. That candle short film was weird as fuck.
Now doing the treehouse puzzles. I went from 130+ puzzles to about 220 in one day, so I'm pretty happy.
Also, this may be one of the best games I've ever played. I was thinking this already early on, but now that I'm far enough in it feels okay to say it. This is a work of genius. I can't even think of other games right now. The first game to consume me this much since Demon's/Dark Souls and The Swapper.
D
Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
Question for the garden area
What did I "get" from finishing the apple stuuff 
I still don't know what's up with that small area with the bonsai trees. Is there anything of interest I missed?
I still don't know what's up with that small area with the bonsai trees. Is there anything of interest I missed?GroundCombo
Member
I think I got a slipped disk in my brain from the endgame strain.
Someone recommended the You Doodle app earlier and that was indeed a huge help in a lot of areas, including the end. My iPad camera has never seen so much use.
Sorry, that count is now after 14 hours, unfortunately the autosave that I got on that clear has been overwritten by now. The save before that was 330 or so but I think the difference from that to the clear was significant. No guide so far except reading in the forums that you can reload an autosave to avoid losing all your progress after the ending
.Is the second achievement on the PC reaching 100%? It's a bit sparse on feedback for how far you are...
Remembrance
Member
You can work out all the rules just by
examining the elevator puzzle under pure red, blue, and green light.
However,
the ship is not this type of puzzle.
It is something else.
After every 110 puzzle or so, just for convenience.
Question for the garden areaWhat did I "get" from finishing the apple stuuff
You're done there.
It opens from the other side.
Heavy mechanics spoiler:
The upside down Y's expect you to make one error within the same sectioned-off area.
D
Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
I can relate
Usually when this happens and I'm sure I know all the symbols, I just go back to the start and play around with all puzzles to see if I overlooked a rule. Funnily enough the triangle thing seemed somewhat obvious to me. I think the only thing that I missed first is that
the line position in relation to the triangles matters.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I'm not even ashamed I cheated in the
for the last 3 puzzles. I knew what I had to do, but this isn't something I'm good at. It's hard to talk around it but...not ashamed.
I think I'm about to finish the game soon-ish.
sound forrest thing section
I think I'm about to finish the game soon-ish.
What the heck? I thought the
red light
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I think I just might. It's not clicking for me, and not in a way where I feel like I can figure it out if I keep trying.
Ah ok, I thought you could control it. I'm at the part when you unlock the 7 lasers and I thought about making a copy just to be safe. Should I need to worry about the game saving past a point of no return?
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Oh god, I hope nobody with epilepsy tries to beat this game.
Visualante2
Member
Had a very nice moment where the game acknowledged me.
Even with this I can't figure it out. I need a break.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Just curious, has anyone completed every puzzle on this yet? Do we even know how many there are considering Blow said around rather than exactly how many?
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Yep. This really isn't any fun, it feels like it was designed purely to be annoying.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Yeah, there are a few areas that kind of feel like oversights when it comes to being color blind, epileptic, tone deaf etc.
I think Blow said he will try and fix the color blind stuff.
I think Blow said he will try and fix the color blind stuff.
That's one of around a dozen puzzles/bits in the game that I think are just crap. like, 98% of the game is fantastic, but there are definitely some weak parts.
Epilepsy
Color blindness
Motion sickness
A special prize against anyone that has difficulty moving quickly
This is NOT a puzzle game for anyone with any physical disability or condition.
D
Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
I wish that area was bigger, I flied through it and loved it a lot
Since it apparently was an overlook question, early game, what would I get out of the end of the
tree puzzle
bunker, laser, collectible,
RoadHazard
Gold Member
I wish that area was bigger, I flied through it and loved it a lot
How? I'm absolutely hating it. Not even sure if I can take it for long enough to get through this shit. First time I've genuinely disliked this game.
Post-endgame spoilers:
Well, I beat The Challenge! That was quite difficult. I didn't like the "running around a maze like an idiot looking for two triangle puzzles", which tends to take up anywhere from 30 seconds or 3 minutes, depending on the run, and necessitated numerous restarts. But man, it's not easy. You have to basically nail every puzzle, and even then, I only finished the final column puzzle with seconds to spare.
I'll finish out the last remaining puzzles in the underground area, but that's it. I rather enjoyed the GDC video...the only element of the entire game's narrative that I didn't roll my eyes at. It's clear it influenced Mr. Blow quite a bit.
Finally, uh...people kept talking about this "major spoiler" when reviews came out. I don't believe I ever ran into anything that could possibly qualify. What the hell were they all talking about?
I'll finish out the last remaining puzzles in the underground area, but that's it. I rather enjoyed the GDC video...the only element of the entire game's narrative that I didn't roll my eyes at. It's clear it influenced Mr. Blow quite a bit.
Finally, uh...people kept talking about this "major spoiler" when reviews came out. I don't believe I ever ran into anything that could possibly qualify. What the hell were they all talking about?
MegaSackman
Member
Hey, I've just finished the game, should I start again to get new puzzles? or should I go to my last save to find more?
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Haven't got the final video puzzle yet.
Well, I beat The Challenge! That was quite difficult. I didn't like the "running around a maze like an idiot looking for two triangle puzzles", which tends to take up anywhere from 30 seconds or 3 minutes, depending on the run, and necessitated numerous restarts. But man, it's not easy. You have to basically nail every puzzle, and even then, I only finished the final column puzzle with seconds to spare.
I'll finish out the last remaining puzzles in the underground area, but that's it. I rather enjoyed the GDC video...the only element of the entire game's narrative that I didn't roll my eyes at. It's clear it influenced Mr. Blow quite a bit.
Finally, uh...people kept talking about this "major spoiler" when reviews came out. I don't believe I ever ran into anything that could possibly qualify. What the hell were they all talking about?
I'll finish out the last remaining puzzles in the underground area, but that's it. I rather enjoyed the GDC video...the only element of the entire game's narrative that I didn't roll my eyes at. It's clear it influenced Mr. Blow quite a bit.
Finally, uh...people kept talking about this "major spoiler" when reviews came out. I don't believe I ever ran into anything that could possibly qualify. What the hell were they all talking about?
How do you get to "The Callenge" I don't know any of that and I haven't anything else to do in my main game other than enviromental puzzles and some discarded panel and audiologs.
baddvision
Member
gorgeous game but too frustrating for me to continue
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Kinda feeling the same way. And I'm SO CLOSE (I think). But this is just terrible. It's like whomever designed these puzzles I'm at (I don't know if Blow did them all himself) thought "ooooh, we're gonna fuck you over good now!". Sadists.
Use a guide.
I did for around half of the game, some of the puzzles are ridiculous and a few mechanics are very poorly described.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
I have considered it, but I don't want to read one that might spoil anything big. It's hard to just google the solution for a particular puzzle.