Hands of Stone
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How the hell has this game gone under my radar??
Provided the reviews are decent, I'm picking this up ASAP
Provided the reviews are decent, I'm picking this up ASAP
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The Witness - Release Date Trailer, coming 26th January 2016
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OrbitalBeard
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Remembrance
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The VR thread led me to this other article. http://www.idigitaltimes.com/witness-dev-says-games-voiced-moments-are-pieces-introspection-506039
Not surprisingly, don't expect the voice acting to tell you much about what's going on.
Not surprisingly, don't expect the voice acting to tell you much about what's going on.
Storm Raider
Banned
Looking forward to playing this!
master0fdeception
Banned
I've been looking forward to this game for many years now in some shape or form. When I first finished Braid back in 2008 and finished all of the time trials with my roommate I was hungry for more from the mind of the game's creator. In 2009 I discovered he had plans of making another game and I have been eager to see what it was ever since. The first screens and videos of the witness circa 2012-2013 blew me away and it was one of the reasons I decided to go with a PS4 this gen (albeit there were many many other reasons). I'm not sure if at the time I thought it was a PS4 exclusive or what, but I planned on getting this game from day 1. Then in in 2014-2015 the game fell off my radar (I got caught up in my career and real world stuff) and so I lost track of the game until a few months ago when news of its release started surfacing. Now we are 1-2 days away from the release and I am so excited. So much has happened in life in the last 8 years that seeing this game being released is kind of surreal.
The fact that the game has a such a mysterious aspect to me is like icing on the cake. In these 8 years I've solidified my career and have money finally and I recently built a powerful PC gaming rig so even though I originally planned to have this on the PS4, I'm going to play this game at maximum graphical settings and experience it in all its glory.
My body and my GTX 970 are ready. Now all I need is positive reviews to seal the deal.
The fact that the game has a such a mysterious aspect to me is like icing on the cake. In these 8 years I've solidified my career and have money finally and I recently built a powerful PC gaming rig so even though I originally planned to have this on the PS4, I'm going to play this game at maximum graphical settings and experience it in all its glory.
My body and my GTX 970 are ready. Now all I need is positive reviews to seal the deal.
I never doubted :')
Hoho for breakfast
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Someone is wrong. The site linked is saying 12 hours and 40 minutes from now (which means 10AM EST), which is not the same as 10AM PST. 10AM PST is in 15 hours and 40 minutes from now.
OrbitalBeard
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Yeah, that's where my confusion came from. As long as reviews go up tomorrow, I'm happy!
More_Badass
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Edmund McMillen‏ @edmundmcmillen
Spoiler : the witness is amazing
Anthony Burch‏ @reverendanthony
Been playing The Witness for less than an hour and my brain is already doing fun new kinds of jumping jacks.
Spoiler : the witness is amazing
Anthony Burch‏ @reverendanthony
Been playing The Witness for less than an hour and my brain is already doing fun new kinds of jumping jacks.
TheExhaustedWalrus
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Yep, I wrongly put PST! Sorry about that.
DarkChronic
Member
Ughhh I need this!!!
Not that any negative impressions would deter me at all from enjoying The Witness, it's nice to see that so far it's been nothing but praise. Looking forward to seeing some reviews and possibly Giant Bomb's quick look, although I might have to bail out to avoid spoiling myself too much.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Whoever does the review thread, make sure to post a link here so I don't miss it 
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Only $44 CDN on Steam but I don't know about PSN.
I hope the player movement has a satisfying, fluid feel (with a gamepad, specifically). A strange concern, I know. Haven't seen this mentioned. I'm not expecting my character to be as agile as Corvo from Dishonored, but if I'm gonna' be exploring this island for ~80 hours, backtracking, etc., I hope traversing the terrain feels somewhat enjoyable and not a chore and/or bore. I'm guessing it'll be similar to Ethan Carter, which is fine. A light jog would be nice.
Depends on where you buy it from. Like someone mentioned, it's $43.99 CAD on Steam which is a fabulous price. If you buy it on the Humble Store/The Witness website, you pay in USD so the conversion is done which comes out to $57 CAD plus whatever tax depending on where you live.
The PSN price is still a mystery, but I assume it would be similar to the Steam price but you never know.
*bites lower lip*
The 10 minute stream posted a bit ago shows Blow using the sprint button. You can move at a pretty good clip.
This tweet right here though:
Edmund McMillen @edmundmcmillen
I've never played a game where I felt so creatively inspired that it's difficult to choose between playing and working
cpp_is_king
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Trying to decide whether or not i want to participate in the OP. On the one hand, game is going to be so amazing that you just want to share the hype, on the other hand even with heavy spoiler tags it's too easy to get spoiled.
In other news, I'm playing The Talos Principle right now on ps4, and man it's great. Making me hyped for The Witness
In other news, I'm playing The Talos Principle right now on ps4, and man it's great. Making me hyped for The Witness
Chezzymann
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Is there a specific time for when the embargo lifts?
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Don't know how it feels specifically, of course, but in an interview from last year it was noted that the game has a run button.
http://www.polygon.com/features/201...-jonathan-blow-interview-ps4-playstation-4-pc
Bonus: Check out the screenshots. One contains a detail that is a bit odd. I was legit surprised when I noticed it. Could be a major spoiler if you think every single thing is a spoiler.
Quote
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Around 10am. Time zone of your choosing.
It's 10 am EST / 7 am PST.
You can also mouseover the countdown timer to see the time in your timezone: http://opencritic.com/game/1557/the-witness
We give ourselves a 5-minute buffer to make sure everything gets up smoothly, though most reviews are usually up within ~1 minute of the review being published on a site.
You can also mouseover the countdown timer to see the time in your timezone: http://opencritic.com/game/1557/the-witness
We give ourselves a 5-minute buffer to make sure everything gets up smoothly, though most reviews are usually up within ~1 minute of the review being published on a site.
Icyflamez96
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Yeah that's what I wanted to do to but it aint gonna happen.
I'll probably hold off that game for a while now.
master0fdeception
Banned
Hmmmmm. Yea I just started talos principle..I'm afraid if I play witness first I won't wanna go back to it. What to do, what to do.
cooltrainer
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Damn it a couple of days ago I was thinking I would wait on picking this up but now my hype is through the roof. I've gotta play it now to discover all of the secrets. I love games like this where there is some underlying hidden stuff that's not at all obvious.
It will go quickly if your goal is "get the non-tower ending" and you ignore the stars.
If you want all the stars and all the star worlds and want to climb the tower...better not sleep for two days.
Remembrance
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Man, I went through that article a few times and never noticed that detail until now.
I would bet that it will not be explained, though. You just have to think about what it means.
I'm going for the stars, using a guide for those though. Just the stars as I heard some were near impossible without a guide. I did the first two levels of the tower also. You can just avoid that completely if you listen to Elohim? That's interesting, but I'm gonna go up that tower I'm interested as all hell with what's on top.
Messofanego
Banned
Same here, but i am putting Talos on hold for the Witness.
SanguineShark
Member
It still bothers me it has no music, but the impressions are getting me hyped.
I'm in the same position, leaning towards PS4 since I like trophies and it's 60FPS on both platforms anyway.
The Hermit
Member
I just finished talos principle. If I were you I would stick to it and play the witness later.
Personally, I am waiting for a sale, but its on my wishlist already (too many game to play now)
Remembrance
Member
I only just came across the source for your avatar a little while ago.
I'd say we are in good hands.
Icyflamez96
Member
Yeah me too.
brickarts295
Member
Agreed, but honestly I have nothing serious to play until April, so hopefully 2 months of on and off play time will be enough to at least beat the game.