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[inm8num2]

Oct: Replay of Myst/Real Myst
Nov: Experience Riven for the first time
Dec: Replaying The Talos Principle
Jan: Braid revisited

Riven is an absolute masterpiece - a top 5 adventure game of all time for me.

 

[Sulik2]

YES YES YES! I've wanted this for so long. My hype is through the roof. Feed me your delicious game design Jonathon Blow!

 

[Aurongel]

That trailer on my 4K monitor:

 

[IAmRandom31]

The music is especially incredible in this video. Wow. So hyped for this game. I had it in my Most Anticipated list for 2015, and now it moves to one of my Top 10 for 2016.

 

[PolishQ]

That trailer looks absolutely phenomenal and this excites me more than anything else on the way. I'm thinking of doing some Witness warm-up in the coming months. Something like:

Oct: Replay of Myst/Real Myst
Nov: Experience Riven for the first time
Dec: Replaying The Talos Principle
Jan: Braid revisited

And then, finally, The Witness. Life is good

Honestly you should just start with Riven as it might take you until January to finish it, and it's better than Myst in every way. What I've seen of The Witness reminds me more of Riven than Myst, as well.

 

[wildfire]

I hope someone with a genius level IQ does a stream of this game. I would like to see them tackle a series of puzzles without having to back track to other area to figure out the rules that aren't easy to understand.

 

[Vexidus]

That trailer looks absolutely phenomenal and this excites me more than anything else on the way. I'm thinking of doing some Witness warm-up in the coming months. Something like:

Oct: Replay of Myst/Real Myst
Nov: Experience Riven for the first time
Dec: Replaying The Talos Principle
Jan: Braid revisited

And then, finally, The Witness. Life is good

Have you played Myst III: Exile? That is personally my favourite Myst game. The puzzles aren't too obscure to solve like Riven's are. The ages are gorgeous and the music is phenomenal. Highly recommended.

 

[EGM1966]

It's similarly baffling that Mario is only about jumping.

Pfft. What about all those games you do nothing but pull a trigger constantly? How repetitive.

 

[Nzyme32]

I love the chat of Myst in here. They are definitely looking like a good warm up for this game

 

[Haunted]

clever environmental design

 

[JaseC]

Is the game itself going to have an original soundtrack? I've not read anything about a composer, although I haven't been keeping the an overly close eye on development.

 

[Remembrance]

Is the game itself going to have an original soundtrack? I've not read anything about a composer, although I haven't been keeping the an overly close eye on development.

No music. (Except possibly in one or two places.)

 

[JaseC]

No music. (Except possibly in one or two places.)

That's a little disappointing but not surprising.

 

[IAmRandom31]

No music. (Except possibly in one or two places.)

Is this official? Source?

 

[Handy Fake]

That's a little disappointing but not surprising.

I'm not too disheartened by that. The MYST games' ambient sound was part of the wonder of the world.

 

[Remembrance]

Is this official? Source?

This from last year: http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/24/the-art-of-isolation-in-the-witness

 

[bede-x]

Honestly you should just start with Riven as it might take you until January to finish it, and it's better than Myst in every way. What I've seen of The Witness reminds me more of Riven than Myst, as well.

I'll take than under consideration if Myst proves too boring to replay. I do hope I can do Riven in much less than a month, since there's other games to play as well. If I get helplessly stuck, I do intent to use a guide..

Have you played Myst III: Exile? That is personally my favourite Myst game.

No, but I don't think it's available digitally on PC, which was one of my considerations when picking the games. I suppose I could get the Xbox version quite cheaply on Ebay. It's probably something I ought to play at some point anyway, so I might as well, even if I don't find the time for it before The Witness releases. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Tregard]

So excited for this I'm considering buying and playing Riven right now.

 

[Rosur]

Any idea how much this will end up costing (full price or £20ish)?

 

[Wind's Howling]

This is Day 1 without a doubt. I was hoping for December, though.

 

[PolishQ]

Any idea how much this will end up costing (full price or £20ish)?

I'm guessing it'll be priced similar to SOMA, if not higher.

 

[Starfield]

Mad Max references spotted. Not dissapointed.

 

[JayWood2010]

Looks pretty but not sure about the gameplay. It doesnt seem that interesting to me, but will wait and see

 

[Nzyme32]

In case it wasn't known by some, Vive support for The Witness seems pretty likely from the recent tweets posted by Blow -

"Okay, so ... the wands that come with the Vive are the best game controllers I have ever used. That would be true even without the headset."

He hasn't tried Oculus Touch though, and it isn't mentioned but I'd be sure he's messed with PSVR by now.

 

[inm8num2]

Excellent Gamasutra article from an architectural designer on The Witness.

Architecture in Video Games: Designing for Impact

Much of the design process is conveyed through her experience with and approach to The Witness.

 

[TimeEffect]

Im playing Talos Principle on PS4 and am enjoying it a lot. Makes me so pumped for the Witness.

 

[Robot Pants]

Riven is an absolute masterpiece - a top 5 adventure game of all time for me.

Sure is

 

[Odrion]

clever environmental design

OH SHIT THAT'S A LADY PRAYING.

 

[PolishQ]

Excellent Gamasutra article from an architectural designer on The Witness.

Architecture in Video Games: Designing for Impact

Much of the design process is conveyed through her experience with and approach to The Witness.

Interesting to read that evidence of three distinct civilizations exists on The Witness' island. Some have worried that the structures on the island are somewhat arbitrary; sounds like that's not the case.

 

[Fushichou187]

Even though this is a day 1 purchase for me, I'm really hoping that it'll be playable with a significant presence at PSX.

 

[Moskalova]

New video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4PD0skohfM

 

[Blanquito]

New video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4PD0skohfM

And to think, I almost didn't check this thread.

Thanks.

 

[visiblemode]

Sweeeeet! Finally!

 

[PolishQ]

Video is from this new blog post: http://the-witness.net/news/2015/11/on-music-sound-effects-story/

 

[Syph Medwes]

Video is from this new blog post: http://the-witness.net/news/2015/11/on-music-sound-effects-story/

hype levels increasing
the sale for talos principle reminded me how excited i am for this game

 

[0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55]

So January 26th release date on PS4 & PC. I can't find information on where the game will be available on PC... Steam? I hope?

I originally planned to buy this for the PS4… but this game screams downsample heaven.

 

[Phil4000]

Any word or price or physical release for PS4?

 

[0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55]

Any word or price or physical release for PS4?

not that I know of, but I expect it to be a full priced game ($60USD).

 

[JoshHood]

Getting pretty excited for this...but it also seems like a good candidate for supporting PSVR when it comes out, and I think I'd rather play it there first.

 

[paulogy]

There's a nice 4-page preview of The Witness in the new Edge magazine, now on newsstands in the UK.
https://twitter.com/witnessgame/status/679153392992784384

I'm interested in seeing what this preview looks like but don't live in the UK. Anyone have any scans?

 

[PolishQ]

New blog post: http://the-witness.net/news/2015/12/entering-the-home-stretch/

Physical Box Release

We’ve had some people asking us whether there will be a physical retail release of The Witness. It’s seeming likely, as we have been in talks with a couple of parties for a while about that possibility. *However*, it looks like if there is a retail release, it won’t happen until a little bit after the digital release. The reason is just that we need all the time we can get up until the release date in order to get all the finishing touches into the game; but because of the lead-time involved in physical manufacturing and distribution, we would have to freeze the game right about now in order to have it on store shelves for the release date. *Or* we could delay the digital release date in order to wait for the physical. But I don’t see a good reason to do either of those things. I would rather just focus our energy on making the game as good as we can make it, and a retail version can lag behind by a little bit.

And a new "Long Screenshot": https://youtu.be/xzNh-hdceiU

 

[GlamFM]

Jonathan, you got my money.

 

[OnionPowder]

I want this at Day 1, but if it's getting eventual Vive support I might just hold off until I can experience the entire thing in VR for the first time.

 

[Vashetti]

New blog post: http://the-witness.net/news/2015/12/entering-the-home-stretch/
And a new "Long Screenshot": https://youtu.be/xzNh-hdceiU

Good news for physical owners then, as you'll likely have the version with a few patches on disc.

 

[Mr. Nice_Guy]

Looks gorgeous, like, better than I ever expected. Really eager to hear how it pans out.

 

[StaffyManasse]

That is some "sell a game with one GIF" shit.

 

[metsallica]

New blog post: http://the-witness.net/news/2015/12/entering-the-home-stretch/



And a new "Long Screenshot": https://youtu.be/xzNh-hdceiU

In for physical and digital. Hope he goes all out for the packaged release, maybe something akin to Fez / Gone Home / Limbo.

 

[KTallguy]

Very excited to finally play this.

 

[Icyflamez96]

Very excited to finally play this.

Me too!

 

[visiblemode]

Really, really, hoping this game meets my expectations...because they are high.