For those who find the game to be pretentious... (Gaming)
by Beorn 
, <End of Failed Timeline>, Monday, February 01, 2016, 05:20 (3218 days ago) @ cheapLEY
I'm going to spoiler text this bit, just in case.
Anyone who finds The Witness to be "pretentious" in any way should probably go read about Zen Buddhist/Taoist philosophies and then go back to the game. Not to say that The Witness is limited to those, but many of the concepts there will help provide some context for the underlying currents in the game. Also, go watch as many Richard Feynman videos as you can.
I think The Witness may be the best game I've played in the past decade, bar none. I was looking forward to a Myst-like game from Thekla, but I didn't realize how profoundly deep this game would go. In fact, I'm still figuring some of this out and I've "finished" the game. I don't want to ruin it by calling things out directly, but The Witness has layers upon layers, and everything from the art direction to puzzle design to overarching thematic structure and even the game's title are elegantly tied together and immaculately intertwined. It is nothing short of a masterwork.
Complete thread:
- The Witness -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-28, 02:56
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- 105 puzzles solved, so far. -
CyberKN,
2016-01-28, 03:05
- 105 puzzles solved, so far. -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-28, 03:51
- How do you get your puzzle count? (And an endorsement) -
Beorn,
2016-01-28, 04:26
- on ps4, check your save file name
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CyberKN,
2016-01-28, 06:43
- How do you get your puzzle count? (And an endorsement) -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-28, 13:05
- 173 Solved, +19 -
Beorn,
2016-01-28, 13:58
- 173 Solved, +19 - cheapLEY, 2016-01-28, 18:07
- 93 Solved, +11. I feel dumb. - cheapLEY, 2016-01-29, 02:08
- 173 Solved, +19 -
Beorn,
2016-01-28, 13:58
- How do you get your puzzle count? (And an endorsement) - Kermit, 2016-01-28, 13:55
- on ps4, check your save file name
- How do you get your puzzle count? (And an endorsement) -
Beorn,
2016-01-28, 04:26
- 105 puzzles solved, so far. -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-28, 03:51
- Alex, What Is The Found Verdict? -
Morpheus,
2016-01-28, 05:46
- The Witness -
Cody Miller,
2016-01-28, 13:42
- I find it particularly pretty -
ZackDark,
2016-01-28, 13:45
- I find it particularly pretty -
Cody Miller,
2016-01-28, 13:46
- I find it particularly pretty - Speedracer513, 2016-01-28, 13:52
- I find it particularly pretty - Speedracer513, 2016-01-28, 14:04
- I find it particularly pretty -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-28, 18:10
- I find it particularly pretty - Cody Miller, 2016-01-28, 18:29
- People dislike Jonathan Blow -
someotherguy,
2016-01-31, 14:17
- They ignore it for Neil DeGrasse Tyson. -
Funkmon,
2016-01-31, 15:31
- They ignore it for Neil DeGrasse Tyson. - Kermit, 2016-02-01, 11:20
- pretentious: -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-31, 21:51
- pretentious: -
Cody Miller,
2016-01-31, 21:57
- pretentious: - marmot 1333, 2016-02-01, 15:42
- pretentious: - someotherguy, 2016-02-02, 18:42
- pretentious: -
Cody Miller,
2016-01-31, 21:57
- They ignore it for Neil DeGrasse Tyson. -
Funkmon,
2016-01-31, 15:31
- I find it particularly pretty -
Cody Miller,
2016-01-28, 13:46
- The Witness -
Speedracer513,
2016-01-28, 13:47
- The Witness - Cody Miller, 2016-01-28, 13:48
- You're nuts, Cody -
Beorn,
2016-01-28, 13:59
- +1 - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-01-31, 22:04
- Photorealism does not a pretty game make. - CyberKN, 2016-01-28, 15:18
- It looks better when you play it. -
Funkmon,
2016-01-29, 01:23
- It looks better when you play it. -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-29, 02:10
- I don't like the puzzles. World is boring. -
Funkmon,
2016-01-29, 02:13
- Fair enough. -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-29, 02:43
- Fair enough.
- I don't like the puzzles. World is boring.
- It looks better when you play it. -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-29, 02:10
- I find it particularly pretty -
ZackDark,
2016-01-28, 13:45
- Without spoilers. -
Vortech,
2016-01-28, 22:42
- Plot seems tertiary to puzzle solving and exploration. -
CyberKN,
2016-01-28, 22:48
- Definitely Buy - Beorn, 2016-01-28, 23:34
- Plot seems tertiary to puzzle solving and exploration. -
Cody Miller,
2016-01-29, 02:19
- I just cannot wait for your review... -
Ragashingo,
2016-01-29, 02:56
- Plot seems tertiary to puzzle solving and exploration. -
CyberKN,
2016-01-29, 02:59
- One of the VOs is Ellie from TLOU -
kidtsunami,
2016-01-29, 12:30
- Yeah she voices quite a few of them actually -
Xenos,
2016-01-29, 14:27
- Ashley Johnson is the awesome -
Beorn,
2016-02-01, 04:40
- I was on a chat room once. -
Funkmon,
2016-02-01, 05:40
- Well, that's something I didn't know I was into. -
ProbablyLast,
2016-02-01, 18:37
- +1 - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-02-01, 18:43
- Well, that's something I didn't know I was into.
- I was on a chat room once. -
Funkmon,
2016-02-01, 05:40
- Ashley Johnson is the awesome
- I'm in! -
Kermit,
2016-01-29, 14:43
- Yeah she voices quite a few of them actually -
Xenos,
2016-01-29, 14:27
- One of the VOs is Ellie from TLOU -
kidtsunami,
2016-01-29, 12:30
- It's a game by Blow. -
someotherguy,
2016-01-31, 14:20
- It's a game by Blow. -
Kermit,
2016-02-01, 15:59
- It's a game by Blow. -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-01, 16:58
- It's a game by Blow. - Kermit, 2016-02-01, 18:28
- It's a game by Blow. - someotherguy, 2016-02-02, 18:46
- It's a game by Blow. -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-01, 16:58
- It's a game by Blow. -
Kermit,
2016-02-01, 15:59
- I just cannot wait for your review...
- Plot seems tertiary to puzzle solving and exploration. -
CyberKN,
2016-01-28, 22:48
- I don't want to oversell it, but . . . - cheapLEY, 2016-01-30, 22:37
- For those who find the game to be pretentious... -
Beorn,
2016-02-01, 05:20
- For those who find the game to be pretentious... -
Funkmon,
2016-02-01, 05:42
- No idea, but I guess it can't hurt, right? -
ZackDark,
2016-02-01, 10:04
- Start with The Character of Physical Law -
Funkmon,
2016-02-01, 12:08
- Way ahead of you - ZackDark, 2016-02-01, 13:59
- Start with The Character of Physical Law -
Funkmon,
2016-02-01, 12:08
- No idea, but I guess it can't hurt, right?
- For those who find the game to be pretentious... -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-01, 06:14
- For those who find Cody to be pretentious... -
Beorn,
2016-02-01, 15:02
- For those who find Cody to be pretentious... - Cody Miller, 2016-02-01, 15:43
- Vanquish sucked. -
CyberKN,
2016-02-01, 15:17
- Vanquish sucked. - Cody Miller, 2016-02-01, 15:47
- +1 -
someotherguy,
2016-02-02, 18:53
- For those who find Cody to be pretentious... -
Beorn,
2016-02-01, 15:02
- For those who find the game to be pretentious... -
Funkmon,
2016-02-01, 05:42
- The Witness -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-10, 23:07
- The Witness - CyberKN, 2016-02-11, 00:51
- 105 puzzles solved, so far. -
CyberKN,
2016-01-28, 03:05