If hundreds upon hundreds of puzzles is what you're looking for, all with beautiful clean visuals, you've got it. I started this game just because of the scenery, and the puzzles were very fun at first, but by half of the game it got really monotonous really fast. At 3/4 of the game I was reading wikis online just to get the endless puzzles over with, because I wanted to see the end and what it would bring. I could not be more disappointed: after tanking through crumbs of shallow and conceited "poetry" between a shit ton of puzzles, the game just ends, no story revealed, no purpose discovered, no nothing. It's good, but the ending was so infinitely disappointing I cannot in good mind give it more than 3 stars.

The Witness is a single-player game in an sandbox world with dozens of locations to explore and over 500 puzzles (they all consist of tracing a path on a grid). Finally soft-locked myself today, I could possibly backtrack the 40 last puzzles to get out of this pickle (the game only has auto-save and it triggers every 60 puzzles done) but I'm tired, boss. This is the best intrisically and expertly designed worst game I've played to date. I believe it's a great work that aligns perfectly with what I've seen was the devs' vision. If I were to rate it as my own experience, however... if the naysayers shall brace for the pearly gates count me as one of those. I am not outright saying the game is too repetitive, too bloated and too sluggish... no, you are only reading between the lines...

I got to say that the utter lack of accessibility options is based. Anyways, using the environment for puzzles is more often than not smartly executed. It's just a matter of the game's essence filtering me once again. I solved a puzzle once and listened to a lady's documentary for 10 minutes her voice was very soothing and charismatic I give her a Backloggd 5 star rating pepega

The most gorgeous and atmospheric puzzle game I’ve ever played. I only got help maybe max 10 times, and I only got the base ending because I am tired of my brain hurting in such a specific way. Although nice; I find some of the video clips and audio files to be a bit pretentious, like your Psych/English major friend trying to show off. Really loved the subtle world building and how diverse each of the biomes were. Finally getting a puzzle you have been chipping away at for 30 minutes is very satisfying and makes up for the rest of the game where I was occasionally just banging my head against the wall. Don’t think I’ll go back and do the non mandatory sections, but who knows.

Um... well it's definitely not for everyone. It's a pretty neat little puzzle game, but I wasn't nearly as charmed as some other puzzle games like Tunic or Fez when it gets somewhat esoteric. It does carry with it a feeling of "you're not supposed to find everything, and that's okay!" with a lot of the puzzles being optional, but even without those, puzzles can very often feel less like they're encouraging discovery and more like they're trying to see if they can finally "getcha" and make you give up. It can often feel cruel, and that's maybe the point? It's a masochist's puzzle game, and well: I am a masochist, so I kinda fuck with it.

The last bit of puzzles where there's just actually seizure inducing mechanics can fuck off though.

Fuck this game. This game made me fall in love with suspense and hope for a deeper story, and then delivered nothing. The concepts and puzzles were incredible, and the world was lush and vibrant with colors. I hate giving it as high of a rating as I did because I actually wanted to choke out the developers at the end, but I can't dispute the fact that the puzzles and gameplay were perfect.

I played it in college, and we would get a group of six engineers sitting around the TV staring at a puzzle until someone got an idea, and then everyone would jump on them as to why that wouldn't work. Honestly peak gaming experience.

One of the best puzzle games I've tried. The game has no rewards for the player other than seeing the puzzles complete, learning their mechanics and exploring the island. It reminds me a lot of the game sudoku; completing a puzzle for the sake of it. Also, it doesn't have any soundtrack as far as I played, so I can put my own music in the background or straight up no music at all. It's relaxing even though the puzzles are NOT easy. It teaches you to be patient and wait for the answers to come, and they may come in the kitchen while eating dinner. It's not a game for people that play games fast, lack patience, or expect a big reward. It's a game for those that find peace, silence and isolated problems to be therapeutic. Worth game for a small demographic of players, interesting for people curious about this title, and boring for the rest.