10/10 means 1. That's math. I don't know where all your linguistic baggage is coming from.
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The Witness - Reviews Thread
- Thread starter Kenzodielocke
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Yes. This is definitely the best idea yet imho.
Good lord.
Belgian Dude
Member
To be honest I don't think there's any better OT title than this. Some come close (I like the 'non-linear island of lines') but this is the best for me.
But it's math!
LegendofLex
Member
No, it means "on a scale of 1-10, this game gets a 10."
You'd need to define "10" as "perfect game" for 10/10 to mean "perfect."
Midnight for the PS4 version is still up in the air. His exact comment was:
Time will tell!
If I listen really carefully, I can hear the sensible voice in the back of my mind whispering, don't buy this Jonny, it will just be a waste of money. You know you'll get stuck and frustrated and give up easily like you do on most puzzle games.
But I want to play it inner voice, leave me alone! I feel like I'll be missing out on a once in a gaming lifetime experiences if I don't buy this. I enjoy solving these types of puzzles, even if I know I'm rubbish at them.
I'm hoping for when those dark times hit me, and I sit in my bedroom wondering why I've wasted my money on this, I'm hoping some friendly, helpful voices in the OT will help ease my pain and comfort me through the tough times.
But I want to play it inner voice, leave me alone! I feel like I'll be missing out on a once in a gaming lifetime experiences if I don't buy this. I enjoy solving these types of puzzles, even if I know I'm rubbish at them.
I'm hoping for when those dark times hit me, and I sit in my bedroom wondering why I've wasted my money on this, I'm hoping some friendly, helpful voices in the OT will help ease my pain and comfort me through the tough times.
John Kowalski
Banned
conga rats to the team
Oh word? LOL
Perfect. My vote goes here.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
"Myst me" is great because it's short, works as a double entendre, and gives some information about the game in extremely few words.
This new suggestion is a perfect reference to the game both visually and in terms of being a mystery. Even though it doesn't tell you anything about the game if you are completely unfamiliar, it's different from any OT ever and will therefore pique readers' curiosity.
I don't know which is better!
The length doesn't really factor in if the narrative is compelling enough to see you through (see the talos principle) sadly what i've heard about the narrative in the witness is that it is obtuse for the sake of it and just feels incredibly pretentious :/
Trigonometrize.
Member
Arguments over the 10 out of 10 score have been going in circles for decades lol
The PC version is more likely to receive VR support in the future. Other than that, not really, as the PS4 version is 1080p60 and I can't imagine there'll much difference between the two, if any at all, vis-a-vis finer details such as texture resolution and shadow quality.
All right man, you need to stop with this talk. You aren't making any sense and this has been debated ad nausem in so many other threads.
igordennis
Member
My first legit laugh of the year by reading something on internet, thanks.
cpp_is_king
Member
When is the OT going up? less than 24 hours to go!
Primethius
Banned
No VR support is the only thing that stands out. Graphically, depends on your PC.
So 10/10 title name? That's math, it's not really debatable.
TetraGenesis
Member
10/10 comment. Perfect.
-MD-
Member
Wow.
Blow experimented with VR at some point for The Witness, so it might come to Oculus eventually. Or Morpheus. Or both. Or none. Who knows.
Ryo Hazuki
Member
Do you show up in every review thread with a game that gets a 10/10 and post this rhetoric?
Yeah but Binary 1 is good, Binary 0 is bad.
QuantumBro
Banned
I really hope it comes out at midnight and not Grace Chen time, so I don't waste my day off for nothing.
Looking forward to spending tomorrow high on mushrooms while solving puzzles.
I don't agree with this at all. I think you're a bad critic if you can't attempt to remove yourself/your subjective biases from assessing the quality of the game itself. It's acceptable to say the individual, personal effect the game had on you is valuable subjective information in some way, but I feel like its not practically useful for other people to make their own decisions about buying or describing a game. Why should I care if you love a deeply flawed game because you have an emotional connection to it? I may not have that experience. No one else may either. And we're trying to make purchasing decisions and get wholesome understanding of a game. I'm more interested in the verifiable, objective qualities a game possesses that actually help me make informed opinions about a game. If a game is a good puzzle game, I don't have to enjoy puzzle games to believe it deserves a high score for being what it is. My two cents.
Ryo Hazuki
Member
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I was just saying that Antichamber is a great game and if The Witness can accomplish only half of what Antichamber did, it'll be mindblowing. I wasn't trying to imply anything bad about it.
There is no binary 1 game.
Actually went back and messed around in Antichamber again over the weekend to get myself in the right headspace for The Witness. Really an excellent puzzle game, one of the best in recent memory. Can't wait to dig in tomorrow.
Comrade Crunch
Member
Oh, okay then, I missed that!
TylerDurden4321
Member
I thought reviews for this would be (editlittered with
"at the core this is a puzzle game you could find f2p on an android device"-comments,
...maybe I don't give the average game reviewer too little credit, seems like almost all of them do know better than to talk shit like that.
littered with "at the core this is a puzzle game you could find f2p on an android device"-comments,
...maybe I don't give the average game reviewer too little credit, seems like almost all of them do know better than to talk shit like that.
They're both true when you understand that 1 is a full or perfect number.
10/10 for a product with flaws makes zero sense. Please stop. -.-
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Will the humble bundle DRM free codes go out at midnight?
Booo. I'm trying to make the best out of some twisted logic here.
MirageDwarf
Member
Only thing I know about this game is name and 2-3 screenshots which are used repeatedly in marketing.
I knew absolutely nothing about Braid before playing it. Solving that first level end puzzle and having my 'aha' moment in the middle of the night (remember that 2 AM game launch on XBLA?), experience of Braid is itched on my mind forever. Whole game was fucking awesome.
Hope The Witness is same!
I knew absolutely nothing about Braid before playing it. Solving that first level end puzzle and having my 'aha' moment in the middle of the night (remember that 2 AM game launch on XBLA?), experience of Braid is itched on my mind forever. Whole game was fucking awesome.
Hope The Witness is same!
This really shouldn't have to be restated and I feel bad derailing the thread, but think of 3/3, 5/5, 10/10, etc. as the highest possible recommendation our rating system allows instead of perfect game and these kind of scores won't bother you as much.
Having not played the game that's been a concern of mine. "Would this be a lot better played in fits and spurts on a phone?". But I suppose the environment plays a large part in the game and that might be hard to replicate.