TimeEffect
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So you guys loving it or are you guys LOVING it?
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The Witness |OT|
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I should add, for those curious, that while going on and doing other puzzles if you don't understand the basis for any given puzzle is often a good idea, sometimes experimenting with it a bit and seeing if it gives you any feedback when you get it wrong is worthwhile.
ebullientprism
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Cool. Thanks.
Wind's Howling
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OrbitalBeard
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Man, this game is brutally difficult. I'm absolutely loving it. It's such an immersive and rewarding experience. And not having any music was actually a really good idea.
SomedayTheFire
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Have no idea what to do in the desert
Have done the environmental puzzle at the front if the building. The one on the ground outside rhetoric front. And one off to the right.
How would one go about avoiding this happening to them? Did you just wander off into the wrong direction?
Would hate for this to happen to me. Looking to avoid it.
Wind's Howling
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opticalmace
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How are the controls on PS4? Still debating between console and PC.
I just did this, you have to really pay attention with that one. I felt so smug when I got it!
Sadly there is no way to hint at the solution without spoiling it.
SomedayTheFire
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Yep
I've done three puzzles with it but I can't find the next.
Wind's Howling
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They are fine. Shame there is no option to change the sensitivity though.
Loving it. Without getting into any spoilers, I can say that the puzzles at first are very simple and for a bit it feels like you just stare at a square with some basic puzzles, but as soon as you start noticing you need to look around for clues, it makes you feel awesome when you clear them.
After 78 puzzles, I've done quite a bunch already involving something other than the puzzle panel.
Wind's Howling
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opticalmace
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Ah, sensitivity too low?
BTW, do we know what FOV it plays at? I booted up Talos yesterday and really appreciated being able to change the FOV. By default 75 is too low for me (if I can help it).
More_Badass
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Ugh, this wait for The Witness on Steam is painful. And of course, it's the day I don't have classes
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I don't consider this a spoiler, but I appreciate that some people don't want to know anything:
I don't want to be too specific, but it isn't anything like that. It seems like most puzzles give no feedback, but some do respond to errors by making symbols flash.
Bigger spoiler, but still very much in the "this won't really help you solve anything meaningful"l territory, but it is cute and might be best discovered alone:
There are other puzzles that actually change the state of the board on error.
XANDER CAGE
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I wouldn't worry about it. Seems most people missed it, and it might not even be that big a deal. Just play the game!
Deputy Dangle
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What they described was something you'll discover naturally through exploring and playing the game. It's not a bad thing.
Brewster's Wallet
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Have to say the reviews and feedback seem to push me towards buying the game, except the length of time needed to put into it. I just can't play games that are the amount of hours touted to finish this game.
Nintenyearold
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This seems like it'll be a good remote play game. Would any puzzles be lag sensitive?
SomedayTheFire
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figured it out. I feel like an idiot now lol
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re needing quick responses to solve puzzles: none so far. The line does have a bit of momentum, so in-house streaming lag might be a tad annoying, but nothing game breaking.
Wind's Howling
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I apologize if this has been discussed already, but I'm torn over which platform to get this for.
How exactly are the finger puzzles controlled with the dual shock 4 compared to a keyboard and mouse? Is one inherently easier or more fluid than the other?
While I would prefer the PS4's for trophy support, I am curious about the graphical enhancements afforded by the PC version (I have a GTX 770).
Given that most of the interaction in this game are with the finger puzzles, I think my choice should come down to control comfortability.
How exactly are the finger puzzles controlled with the dual shock 4 compared to a keyboard and mouse? Is one inherently easier or more fluid than the other?
While I would prefer the PS4's for trophy support, I am curious about the graphical enhancements afforded by the PC version (I have a GTX 770).
Given that most of the interaction in this game are with the finger puzzles, I think my choice should come down to control comfortability.
Wind's Howling
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Captain Smirk
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DAMN!!!
This game requires you to think outside of the box
The forest solution is some next level thinking.
This game requires you to think outside of the box
PlatypusDude
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After about 70 puzzles (still very very early in the game) only real issue I have is (spoilered just to be safe)
Maybe the game will play with it in some crazy solution later in the game though.
the puzzle panels in a sequence that turn off and require you to draw the line of the previous panel again, just feels unnecessary.
Woah, I never even knew you could use an Amazon server for gaming. Not that it matters for this, since I have a PS4, but I'll have to remember that for the future.
So I'm at the first semi-complex puzzle, immediately after leaving the opening tutorial area. I solved the two series of practice panels, with the
, which taught me how to solve one that I passed by that has both. I'm inputting a solution that seems to meet both criteria:
But the solution is not accepted, and I can't figure out why. I *think* I've learned what I need to to for this one, but after staring at it for 10 minutes can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
I love the game already, but I know it's going to destroy me.
Zero issues with either. Rock solid 60 fps.
dots, and the white and black squares,
pass through all dots, separate the white from black. I start from the far right starting point, and finish in the lower right.
I love the game already, but I know it's going to destroy me.
Zero issues with either. Rock solid 60 fps.
Impulsor
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very slight pop-in in a specific case, but in standard play I haven't noticed any yet (though I might not be as sensitive as some)
the game is gorgeous
Dusktildawn48
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Fuck I wanna play this, but I just spent $$$ on tomb raider and can't afford another game right now
RoadHazard
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Gonna bail on this thread for now. Even with how well everyone is spoiler-tagging their posts I constantly feel like I'm in danger of reading something I really don't want to. Just over half an hour of work left, then it's time to head home and jump in.
Have fun!
Have fun!
SomedayTheFire
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For the middle three that are up on back of the building? you need to get right down under them and play with the sun
Wind's Howling
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SomedayTheFire
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Right panel you need to go stand behind the second ground panel. Left panel you need to go stand behind the third ground panel
PlatypusDude
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If it's the door puzzle that you pass on the way to the tutorial panels then I had the same issue that you did. You're probably thinking that the white and black can't touch. They can't but that is not there only rule. Take another look at the tutorial panels and see if you notice something you are currently not doing with the white and the black squares.
So, I just got a puzzle right and I don't quite get why.
In the little side area where you find the recorder with the 1924 quote by Albert Einstein, there's a white panel that has a little orange arrow pointing left. All but one of the ways to get to the end of the panel give a red color and an incorrect noise, but one gives an orange color and a correct noise.
Vincent Alexander
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Same. I'm getting ready for work now....this is gonna suck
Aaand another no-name indie game just got released on steam.
I don't understand why it's so hard for Blow to get Valve to do an early release when smaller indie games do it all the time.
I don't understand why it's so hard for Blow to get Valve to do an early release when smaller indie games do it all the time.