Even if you consider this stuff spoilers, you're talking about how puzzles are solved rather than the outcomes. All I was curious about was examples of the "so much to do in this game" based on puzzle solving that wasn't directly opening a path or solving the next puzzle.
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Even if you consider this stuff spoilers, you're talking about how puzzles are solved rather than the outcomes. All I was curious about was examples of the "so much to do in this game" based on puzzle solving that wasn't directly opening a path or solving the next puzzle.
Absolutely. I just finished The Talos Principle yesterday, and was thinking I'd wait a couple of months before diving into this (too much puzzle too quick), but I don't think I can wait even one day. I don't want to miss out on the shared discovery.
The Illiterati
Member
Look, the guy watched the QL, and he's being purposely obtuse if he can't gather all of that from what he saw. I'll post waht another review said again:
"It trusts that you are a perceptive human being, capable of patience and critical thinking, and it rewards you for using both."
Many people aren't this.
Realizing that you can do these things puts a different spin on previous things you've seen in the game. I don't know what more you're expecting. Do you need enemies to shoot or something? It's a static world that doesn't change but as you learn more your perception of it makes it different. It's like a metroidvania but instead of getting new abilities you're getting new knowledge.
Welcome to the club! I was going to start Talos a couple weeks ago but held off realizing this game was coming up fast.
chrominance
Member
Feels kind of weird playing this when I haven't even touched The Talos Principle yet, but weirdly I've gone from "eh don't care that much" to "maybe I'll just buy it now so I don't get spoiled on stuff."
CarbonFire
Member
In that way it seems a lot like Fez, though how closely it adheres to that formula will remain to be seen once we've all experienced it.
I speel my dreenk
Member
The final build of the game may not even be uploaded yet, so no pre-load probably.
You should be able to use the Steam mobile app to download it once it's available.
MarineMountie
Member
Any idea when we will be able to play on PS4?
orthodoxy1095
Banned
I'm dying over here.
I need it.
I need it.
I would also like to know this. Do we have a second confirmation it's going up at 12am PST? Blow said this but seemed uncertain and I haven't heard anything else. Has anyone tweeted at Sony on this?
cpp_is_king
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serenewarfare
Banned
Blow has continued to say he's pretty sure it'll be 12:01 AM PST for PSN, but he's stopped short of saying anything definitive.
Brainfreeze
Member
I totally understand now wanting to discuss specifics, I wouldn't want to be aware of that ahead of time anyway.
I was looking more at whether you feel it succeeds or not. Whether the island is enough to draw you in to the puzzles for more than just solving them, sort of like how braid had the books and the use of its mechanics to tell a story that kept me going even when I was frustrated by a puzzle. But, on second thought, I guess there's no way to answer that with a simple yes or no, so I'll just wait for myself to find out then.
Thanks for your insight on the game! I bet you're dying for more people to catch up to you so you can discuss the game more, so hopefully you stick around post release to offer more specific reactions in a few days or so.
More_Badass
Member
I'm curious if the island feels "big". I'm assuming a lot of exploration stems from interiors and hidden passages and going underground and such
OrbitalBeard
Member
Man, this is going to be up at like 6 PM tomorrow night on PSN isn't it...
I'd love a midnight release, c'mon Sony.
I'd love a midnight release, c'mon Sony.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
As I'm nearing the end of TTP, which I think is a very cool game and very well written to boot, I think I can safely say (even based on extremely little information) that The Witness is a pretty different kind of puzzle game. I wouldn't worry about the order in which you play them.
Midnight PST is the PSN release, unless something changed in the last few hours.
More_Badass
Member
SOMA unlocked on Steam at 3 am EST. Is The Witness also going to be available at that time?
OrbitalBeard
Member
Oh, awesome. Thanks for the info!
May have to stay up late tonight. I'm so excited for this.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Still says 15 hours until unlock for me. Which is fucking bullshit gimme the game now!
I kinda doubt this is actually the case. Blow sounded a little misinformed with some of his release times.
Or maybe I'm wrong! Man I hope I'm wrong.
gotstrangepowers
Banned
Where'd you see this? I can't find this info anywhere.
This is exactly the type of game I don't want to zeitgeist with. I want to challenge myself, not share in the group think that ended up solving it together. This includes putting together any fiction Blow is trying to convey.
To me Fez was absolutely ruined by the zeitgeist. Made me miss the days when the Internet wasn't a thing and when I got stuck I had to suck it up and figure it out.
To me Fez was absolutely ruined by the zeitgeist. Made me miss the days when the Internet wasn't a thing and when I got stuck I had to suck it up and figure it out.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Why didn't you, like, just not read stuff about Fez on the internet?
read the last quote in the OT.
Captain_Wreckus
Member
Will be a nice change of pace getting a game that involves no guns or violence. Usually don't buy games like these but I'm definitely picking up this one.
zeitgeist
I've been busy at work, so it's possible something changed. This post from the reviews thread linked to this tweet from Jonathan Blow (via The Witness account) from six hours ago:
The Witness will be released soon!
If all goes well, at 12:01am PST on the PlayStation Network (US + Europe),
9am PST on Steam + Humble.
If all goes well, at 12:01am PST on the PlayStation Network (US + Europe),
9am PST on Steam + Humble.
That same account has not posted a correction or follow up; the replies seem to reiterate these times.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
This still makes genuinely no sense to me
paperspace
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CitizenCope
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PSN money loaded up. I will fail at this game terribly yet can't wait.
Frequenting anywhere gaming related becomes dangerous. I didn't want to spoil it, I was just saying I liked the game and what not and boom big spoiler.
Considering my game time is limited games last a while and so I don't get to dump dozens of virtually uninterrupted hours in to new releases, nor would I want to.
This place tends be safe but once this unlocks I won't even bother talkin about it, not here, not with a game about puzzles. Spoiling a puzzle ranks higher than most other spoilers for me, higher than story as you can at least see execution of a story still even if you know the outcome.
From his replies to that tweet, he scheduled the PSN one first, then went to Steam and found he couldn't match the time.
On the Steam timing:
It is not that dumb, it means if there is a problem someone at Valve will actually be at work to deal with it.
Well... there is a button on the Steam release page and literally the only option it gives me is release from 9am-5pm.
Steam doesn't work that way unfortunately. If I had realized, I would have scheduled PSN for the same time. But I scheduled PSN for midnight and *then* realized I was not able to schedule Steam for midnight.
Well... there is a button on the Steam release page and literally the only option it gives me is release from 9am-5pm.
Steam doesn't work that way unfortunately. If I had realized, I would have scheduled PSN for the same time. But I scheduled PSN for midnight and *then* realized I was not able to schedule Steam for midnight.
He's picking the earliest possible release on each platform.
The Technomancer
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Icyflamez96
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I wonder if my mom will like this game. She's always playing Candy Crush and this other puzzle game in perpetuity. I asked her if she would "do some puzzles with me tomorrow" and she was intrigued and said yes so we'll see how this goes lol.
petethepanda
Member
The idea of this having a first week similar to Fez is incredibly exciting. Got my notebook ready.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
No midnight release for EU PS4 by the looks of it then? Watched a little bit of it and was ready to make the impulse buy but there's no search results coming back at all :/
TheExhaustedWalrus
Member
Now that I know it releases at midnight on PSN makes it even harder to wait. I literally cannot wait.