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The Witness
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An exploration-focused puzzle-adventure game led by the creator of the 2008 indie game Braid. While exploring a quiet but colorful island, players must solve a series of maze-like puzzles on numerous electronic puzzle consoles.
"The intricate puzzles and tantalizing secrets of this starkly gorgeous, mystical island are enough to lose yourself in for dozens of hours."
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The Witness: Another great puzzle game from the mind of Jonathan Blow

If you want to be "rewarded" from completing puzzles turn back. A routine complaint I've seen of this game is that there is no reward for completing the puzzles, and in a sense that is correct. If you… Read more

The Witness

Epiphany accompanies the most seductive of illusions. -3 Corinthians A very purified puzzle adventure game. Minimal narrative. You explore a lovely island in a free-roaming manner, and engage with dec… Read more

Fantastic puzzle game, nothing more.

For all of its gorgeous visual wrapping paper and kind of pretentious presentation, The Witness is an amazingly engaging and intelligent puzzle game, nothing more. Not that it needs to be anything mor… Read more

Clever and Inventive Puzzles, But Flawed

Let me preface this review by saying that I did enjoy the game, but I think that it has some serious flaws. I completed the game in about 4 sittings (4 sessions of ~3-4 hours each.) and I have issues… Read more

Worth the Wait

No one has ever really made a game like The Witness before. Its influences may be somewhat obvious (Myst), but the particular way The Witness is structured is nothing short of intriguing. Never before… Read more

The Witness Review

Overview The Witness is an interesting game. I never played Braid, nor do I know much about it, so I came to this without zero knowledge of Jonathan Blow’s previous work. Whether that works for or aga… Read more

This game lives up to the hype

The Witness is a rare breed; a game that makes you feel like an imbecile one moment then a genius the next, and for that reason I loved it. The thought and creativity in this game are unrivaled. I kin… Read more

A puzzle game 7 years in the making; get ready for a brain teasing masterclass

The Witness is a unique and special videogame. It starts with the basic premise of line puzzles. You are also on a beautiful island all alone, but primarily you’re tasked with beating simple line puzz… Read more

Video Review - The Witness

Thekla, Inc's The Witness represents 7 years of work from indie game visionary Jonathan Blow and the work shows. The game is incredibly beautiful, dense, and complex. While that density and complexity… Read more

A Line Worth Walking

Starting the year off with quite the bang is Jonathon Blows new title that he had been working on for nearly 10 years is "The Witness". A open world puzzle game that takes a few notes from past titles… Read more

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