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The Witness |OT|
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Razorback
Member
Hint 1
You can activate the mouse cursor at any point in the game, not just panels.
Hint 2
There is stuff in the world that you can trace lines, other than panels.
liliththepale
Banned
Climb to the top of the mountain to figure it out.
I stopped after like 3. It was too much. Will go back at some point.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
I HATE these tetris puzzles. Hate them. I complete them and I don't even understand why! Ugh...hate that feeling.
What is the correct order to go in, or the best order? Someone told me one thing, and then a guide told me another.
I did:
1.
What is the correct order to go in, or the best order? Someone told me one thing, and then a guide told me another.
I did:
1.
Entry
2. Boathouse
3. Symmetry
4. Apples
5. Desert
6. Bunker
7. Keep
8. Monastery
9. Half of Quarry
10. Half of Swamp
2. Boathouse
3. Symmetry
4. Apples
5. Desert
6. Bunker
7. Keep
8. Monastery
9. Half of Quarry
10. Half of Swamp
Shiera Seastar
Banned
Discovering those is probably one of the best moments in the game.
Here's a hint, though, if you really want it:
Press X.
Grinchy
Banned
That's where I'm at right now and it's hurting my head.
Remembrance
Member
They are there to teach you how the orange arrows work. It's worthwhile to try every possible solution and figure out which ones fail.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
You know I've done this but I just kinda brushed off the idea. It first popped into my head at the VERY beginning where the
first audio recording was and there was an orange pillow with lines.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
Its that room that got me there. Tell me which one specifically is stumping you guys.
I must have missed this. Don't think I've found a single audio file.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
It was
above the starting location.
And yeah those orange arrow ones...I don't understand. Am I supposed to find a tutorial??
liliththepale
Banned
It's not really trial and error. You just have to have a good understanding of geometry and how light reflection works. Treat the panels like a mirror and try to look at the light source through them.
Grinchy
Banned
I started with graph paper. I moved on to cutting the pieces out of the paper and moving them around. I draw like a 4x4 square, mark the important squares, and then physically determine what orientations work with the cut out pieces and then come up with the correct pathing.
This game has me at the point where I have fucking tetris pieces littered around on my coffee table lol...
I'm gonna fiddle with it some more. I'm really trying to avoid all outside info for now. I'm at like 280, +14 or something atm.
Shiera Seastar
Banned
Yes. Quite a few of the areas have bonus puzzles that don't "do" anything.
This type of puzzle is used later, though, so those puzzles act as an effective tutorial.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
I won't tell you how to work it, I'm just curious.
igordennis
Member
Just found my first + puzzle game at 38 puzzles solved. I had been glancing this thread and read people with 200+ puzzles solved and not one of them a + one so i'm quite surprised. Thought it would take longer.
Edit: question
It was the man reaching for the goblet one
Edit: question
why is the goblet + puzzle not doable? At least it seems not to be, the yellow wont let me continue the path.
The Omega Man
Member
Any hints how to solve this? This puzzle has given more trouble than I thought it would.
http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/...E-673E-43C2-99F9-93E1EDD828B1_zpstdiyqlwq.jpg
http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/...E-673E-43C2-99F9-93E1EDD828B1_zpstdiyqlwq.jpg
freaking shattered tile that won't activate
liliththepale
Banned
I don't remember specifically but I think it's something like this:
http://i.imgur.com/hb1oc6e.png
edit: posted the wrong solution before. Sorry
liliththepale
Banned
Yeah, just realized and edited.
Think about how else you can bound the white boxes.
The Omega Man
Member
Well that worked!,
I never thought about isolating them by groups of 2, I thought I could only do it by separating the blacks dots from the white ones.
Thanks
MikeE21286
Member
I'm early on in like a sun (?) temple with some red hexagon puzzles. Fighting through. Finished the first 3 and have like 3 more and then a couple more underneath it looks like.
The tree puzzles before it were fun
The tree puzzles before it were fun
The Omega Man
Member
I didn't know that was a valid option. I was looking at it the wrong way I guess.
MegaSackman
Member
I need an spoiler!
Can someone explain me the concept behind the triangle figures (the ones that appeared in those lost panels)? I've always solved them without having a clue of how they work and now I've some convoluted ones and had no idea what to do. I even solved one that showed me which mistakes I do but after I solved it I have no idea why it worked.
Can someone explain me the concept behind the triangle figures (the ones that appeared in those lost panels)? I've always solved them without having a clue of how they work and now I've some convoluted ones and had no idea what to do. I even solved one that showed me which mistakes I do but after I solved it I have no idea why it worked.
Remembrance
Member
Hint:
Why are there no squares with four triangles?
Answer:
The number of triangles in a square is the number of sides of that square you must pass with your line.
MegaSackman
Member
Amazing! thanks a lot, it worked (or course it worked, you did all the work XD)
SolidusDave
Member
Do they unlock anything? They are always hidden in some bonus detours or hard to reach places.
Just finished the game
so spoiler me.Remembrance
Member
Do they unlock anything? They are always hidden in some bonus detours or hard to reach places.
Just finished the game
Only after you get all 11 lasers.
SolidusDave
Member
Well I did that but haven't noticed anything special haha.
My write-up on the game:
Such a great experience. My stats:
437+38, all 11 lasers activated, 4/6 videos and a ton of audio logs (no idea how to check how many).
I was stuck so many times yet but thanks to the open nature of the game I could just do something else. Funny enough, whenever I came back to such a puzzle I would figure it out in minutes and feel like an idiot lol.
For assists, I only used the PS4 screenshot functionally as well as photoshop for
several of the "tetris" puzzles and a few color puzzles (town, mountain). Tetris ones were the only ones I didn't enjoy as much as the others because I actually needed to paint out the various possible rotations and shapes and that kinda destroys the flow.
I see a lot of comments here casually spoilering the mechanics. Please make sure to hide even the smallest detail, figuring the logic out is what this game is about and players will suffer greatly from getting spoiled on it. (because honestly most of the puzzles are really just applying these rules and that's not actually that exciting. You get those satisfying aha! moments from the rules, not from the actual puzzles.
Ending stuff:
Ending in the mountain felt like you would dig deep inside a person's (Blow?) mind. Which I guess is what the island might represent.
When the game restarted I thought it was just a trick, but I didn't find the secret room by myself. I was perplexed that it actually reset the puzzle counter as it's actually a new game but then I noticed that the statue in the lake was different. Decided to google at that point and started another new game to get into the secret room.
Btw, can you actually get in there from the start? Would be awesome if a new player randomly would trigger it.
The spa like stuff in and around the island, the company(?) logo and coupled with the ending video (oh look, a giant piss bottle ) make me thing the island=inside mind/dreams stuff as supposed to be some kind of virtual reality tech.
I want to get the last two videos I'm missing (the science ones strongly resonated with me as I have the same thoughts/opinions, similar feelings for the audio logs), I'm pretty sure one is inside the ship, but the door is guarded by the only puzzle I've not been able to solve so far. No idea about the other video.
When the game restarted I thought it was just a trick, but I didn't find the secret room by myself. I was perplexed that it actually reset the puzzle counter as it's actually a new game but then I noticed that the statue in the lake was different. Decided to google at that point and started another new game to get into the secret room.
Btw, can you actually get in there from the start? Would be awesome if a new player randomly would trigger it.
The spa like stuff in and around the island, the company(?) logo and coupled with the ending video (oh look, a giant piss bottle
) make me thing the island=inside mind/dreams stuff as supposed to be some kind of virtual reality tech.I want to get the last two videos I'm missing (the science ones strongly resonated with me as I have the same thoughts/opinions, similar feelings for the audio logs), I'm pretty sure one is inside the ship, but the door is guarded by the only puzzle I've not been able to solve so far. No idea about the other video.
I also don't know what the last trophy is but I want it for the platinum.
FYI, the current clear percentages for the different areas on PS4:
Symmetry: 67.5%
Keep: 29.0%
Desert Ruin: 28.7%
Shady Trees: 27.1%
Bunker: 20.8%
Monastery: 20.1%
Marsh: 17.1%
Quarry: 13.9%
Treehouses: 13.2%
Jungle: 12.6%
Town: 8.9%
Mountain: 4.5%
I'm actually surprised by the relatively high percentages, seems the game is currently selling to enthusiasts only?
Also, I didn't expect Treehouses to be so low on that list, I blew right through that area. Jungle I can understand that its "gimmick" might be tricky to get and implement. Quarry and Town are obvious because you need a lot of knowledge from the other areas.
Keep: 29.0%
Desert Ruin: 28.7%
Shady Trees: 27.1%
Bunker: 20.8%
Monastery: 20.1%
Marsh: 17.1%
Quarry: 13.9%
Treehouses: 13.2%
Jungle: 12.6%
Town: 8.9%
Mountain: 4.5%
I'm actually surprised by the relatively high percentages, seems the game is currently selling to enthusiasts only?
Also, I didn't expect Treehouses to be so low on that list, I blew right through that area. Jungle I can understand that its "gimmick" might be tricky to get and implement. Quarry and Town are obvious because you need a lot of knowledge from the other areas.
Postgame question:
How do I get into the underground area (between the windmill and the desert ruins? There's also a gate in the swamp that possibly can be opened.
Is it possible to get the first + puzzle without restarting? Or is that unnecessary anyway?
More specifically:
More specifically:
The gate that turns into the credits area, once it's powered down you cannot activate the shape anymore. Can you reactivate it somehow? I've seen it on an obelisk. Or is there no point in completing the obelisks?
Remembrance
Member
The answers to all your questions:
Go back to the mountain. There is one thing that you haven't turned on yet.
paperspace
Member
Sorry, old posts but I saw this was mentioned several times without any conclusion.
If you'd like to count the pixels by yourself, you can learn how to do so by checking out the article DF made about pixel counting here.
If not, you can compare the following shots from the PC/PS4-version and see the result of my own test. It's not a perfect method but it's generally a very good indication. The VG Tech-guy provided an album with the screens he used to count the pixels. A few lossless screenshots with a clear, horizontal line are needed for a reliable result.
Here's an example:
PS4 1080p, lossless, FXAA, 0xMSAA (?)
PC 1080p, lossless, FXAA, 0xMSAA
PS4 pixel-counting
PC pixel-counting
tl;dr: 900p on PS4
Reverend Funk
Comfy Penetration
So this should be the solution for the
right?
http://m.imgur.com/GZ2lQjW
But it doesn't work and now I have no idea what I'm missing.
tetris tile floor puzzle at the bottom of the mountain
http://m.imgur.com/GZ2lQjW
But it doesn't work and now I have no idea what I'm missing.
It's possible to get later.
krameriffic
Member
You can reactivate it. There is a solution key for how to do it hidden in the game. You can also activate it from a new game before you even open the gate the first time.
InaudibleWhispa
Member
You might want to re-examine the box on top of the mountain now that you've opened it
SolidusDave
Member
oohhh, thx
Reverend Funk
Comfy Penetration
What the fuck?
I did it upside down then it worked