The Witness Review
In both structure and detail, The Witness is an original, difficult, and ultimately rewarding puzzle game.
i don’t think the witness is very good
Since its release, I always seemed to have a sort of irrational dislike of The Witness. This week, I decided to finally put that into words.
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Chime of the Obra Dinn: https://www.videogamesarebad.co.uk/videos/chime-of-the-obra-dinn
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This video is not monetised.
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Games in order:
-The Witness
-Portal 2
-Baba Is You
-A Monster’s Expedition through Puzzling Exhibitions
-Opus Magnum
-Solas 128
-Stephen’s Sausage Roll
Music
-The ambient sounds of The Witness
-Menu Theme from Baba Is You
Views are my own.
REVIEW: The Witness ( A Masterpiece of Game Design )
This is my completely non-bias review for The Witness.
Let me know if you disagree with my thoughts in the comments.
The Unbearable Now: An Interpretation of The Witness
*SPOILERS FOR THE WITNESS*
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FEATURED GAMES
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The Witness, Thelka – http://the-witness.net
Braid, Number None – http://braid-game.com
Sokobond, Hazelden & Lee – http://www.sokobond.com
* The Talos Principle, Croteam – http://www.croteam.com/talosprinciple
* Full Bore, Whole Hog Games – http://www.wholehog-games.com
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FOOTAGE
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The Last Mimzy
The Karate Kid
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Matrix
The Witness Consciousness – Vashishta Cave Talk With Anand [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO–Vg_EeYs]
MBSR Widening the Circle Video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc4262qSM1Q]
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MUSIC
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Worakls “Toi” – https://www.beatport.com/track/toi-original-mix/8225699
N’To “Trauma” (Worakls Remix) – https://soundcloud.com/worakls/nto-trauma-worakls-remix
Fauré Requiem Op.48, Angus Dei (perf. by The Sixteen) – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Requiem-Sixteen-Academy-Martin-Fields/dp/B001IJSK8G
Worakls “Salzburg” – https://www.beatport.com/track/salzburg-original-mix/5807891
Edvard Greig, Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op 46, Anitra’s Dance (perf. by Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra)
Edvard Greig, Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op 46, In the Hall of the Mountain King (perf. by Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra)
b.lakes “Cemetary Walk” – https://nowdefuncrecords.bandcamp.com/track/cemetary-walk
The.madpix.project “Bad Chick” – https://www.jamendo.com/track/1111548/bad-chick
Edvard Greig, Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op 46, Death of Åse (perf. by Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra) – https://www.amazon.com/Peer-Gynt-Suite-No-Op/dp/B00NW3QD7G/
Howlround “A Viewless Sea” – http://thefogsignals.com/track/a-viewless-sea
Mikael Fyrek “Bathing in a River of Discordant Music” – http://www.kahvi.org/releases.php?release_number=145
Push-Pull “Liquid Mountain” – https://www.jamendo.com/track/24884/push-pull-liquid-mountains?language=en
Lecyr “Luminautore” – https://www.jamendo.com/track/24890/lecyr-luminautore
Teho “Ade” – https://www.beatport.com/track/ade-original-mix/7971429
Rémy Bourgeois “Nostalgic Memories” – https://remybourgeois.bandcamp.com/track/nostalgic-memories
* Rémy Bourgeois “Few Minutes of Us” – https://www.jamendo.com/track/1314962/few-minutes-of-us?language=en
* Boris Brejcha “Lost Memory” – https://www.beatport.com/track/lost-memory-original-mix/636029
Note: This video was monetized by the copyright holders of Toi & Requiem
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FURTHER READING
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Taming the Inexplicable, Liz Ryerson – http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/taming-the-inexplicable/
The Meaning of the Witness, Sean Han-Tani-Chen-Hogan – http://www.destructoid.com/the-meaning-of-the-witness-part-1-of-3–339358.phtml
The Witness: What It Means, Jeff Grubb – http://venturebeat.com/2016/03/06/the-witness-what-it-means/
The Witness – A Great Game That You Shouldn’t Play, Joseph Anderson (YouTube) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZokQov_aH0
Review: The Witness
In which I risk looking like an asshole for not liking a thing everybody likes.
The Witness is on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/210970/
But you can’t play it if you’re epileptic, colorblind or tone-deaf!
So is Braid: http://store.steampowered.com/app/26800/
And Antichamber (in case you missed it earlier): http://store.steampowered.com/app/219890/
Last week on the TOVG podcast, Matt from the Best Friends Zaibatsu elbowed his way in to brag about drumming up publicity for Metal Wolf Chaos: http://www.thatonevideogamer.com/featured/the-tovg-podcast-77-ft-matt-of-super-best-friends/
