Saturday, January 30, 2016

The Witness



15 Hours?

Not properly finished, as the game still refuses to offer up any firm solutions to its mysteries, but I suspect it's all just a meta-wank at its core. Ultimately, I've had my fill of line puzzles, at least for now, no matter how attractive the wrapper that surrounds them or how many variations (some subtle, some radical) there are in the mix. As a primer in in-game tutorials, this is some sort of achievement, to be sure, but it too often substitutes aloof frustration for reinvention. Even after I'm done, I feel like I'm stumbling through the dark...

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