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The Witness

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The Witness is a 3D puzzle game where you explore a mysterious island full of natural and artificial structures. The game is focused on non-verbal communication that should make the player more attentive to the environment surrounding him. To complete the game, you need to solve puzzles in each of the eleven island's regions and get to the mountain in the center of it. While the regions differ a little, puzzles they feature are quite similar and, as a rule, have something to do with symmetry to be solved. Puzzles are activated at the grids you can find around locations. 
There are two modes in the game. In the walking mode you can explore the island, and in the path-drawing mode you don’t move and focus on solving puzzles.
While the game’s plot is quite unclear and The Witness doesn’t give many details on the hero’s background, its key feature is the visual aspect combined with music, inspiring quotes you can hear and the meditative tone of the game in general. The game features several visual illusions based on depth perception.

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NVIDIA Lightspeed Studios
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Thekla
Publisher
Thekla, Number None
Age rating
Not rated
Website
http://the-witness.net/

System requirements for Android

6.0 and up

System requirements for macOS

Minimum:
  • OS: 10.11.6 (El Capitan)
  • Processor: 1.8GHz
  • Graphics: Intel HD 4000 series
  • Storage: 5 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Metal support required
Recommended:
  • OS: 10.12.3 (Sierra)
  • Processor: 2.4GHz
  • Graphics: Radeon R9 M370X
  • Storage: 5 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Metal support required

System requirements for PC

Minimum:
  • OS: Windows 7
  • Processor: 1.8GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD 4000 series
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 5 GB available space
Recommended:
  • OS: Windows 7
  • Processor: 2.4GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce 780
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 5 GB available space

System requirements for iOS

iPhone 5s, iPad Air, iPad Air Cellular, iPad Mini Retina, iPad Mini Retina Cellular, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 Cellular, iPad Mini 3, iPad Mini 3 Cellular, iPod Touch Sixth Gen, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPad Mini 4, iPad Mini 4 Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro Cellular, iPad Pro 9.7, iPad Pro 9.7 Cellular, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPad 6 1 1, iPad 6 1 2, iPad 7 1, iPad 7 2, iPad 7 3, iPad 7 4, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 7 5, iPad 7 6, iPhone X S, iPhone X S Max, iPhone X R, iPad 8 1 2, iPad 8 3 4, iPad 8 5 6, iPad 8 7 8, iPad Mini 5, iPad Mini 5 Cellular, iPad Air 3, iPad Air 3 Cellular, iPod Touch Seventh Gen

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The Witness reviews and comments

Keeps crashing
«Buggy as hell»
Best game ever made.
«Blew my mind»
«Can’t stop playing»
Beautiful.
«Blew my mind»
«Time-tested»
Another masterpiece from the best creator. Knows how to bewitch the mind!
«Blew my mind»
«Time-tested»
well.... I definitely didn't expect to go on a thought-provoking journey with this game. Absolutely AMAZING
Este jogo não é ruim, é desapontador. Você espera uma experiência incrível, mas não é o que recebe. Eu particularmente esperava ser tão bom quanto Antichamber, mas não é. A qualidade gráfica é realmente estupenda, ainda mais com o contraste dos puzzles em uma telinha. Mas o principal foco do jogo, no caso os puzzles, são muito das vezes, nada intuitivos. Além do mais, existe uma parte do mapa, que o puzzle envolvido requer ouvir o som de um pássaro, mas sinceramente, não sei se tentaram serem inovadores, mas isso foi uma porcaria, o áudio é muito alto, e tentam de atrapalhar com barulho de fundo, isso, no final das contas, só deixa um som poluído sair do seu fone de ouvido. Alguns tipos de puzzles são legais, principalmente envolvendo o cenário, entretanto, são tantos puzzles que cansam. Nem sempre mais conteúdo é melhor. Você faz 5 puzzles, pra liberar mais 5 puzzles. Parece que estou dando voltas. Parece que há segredos nesse jogo, mas ele não me da motivos para me interessar. Na metade pra final do jogo, deixei um guia aberto caso precisasse. Parece que o estúdio que criou esse jogo, não sabe a hora de terminar uma parte, e coloca mais uma montanha de puzzles. Estava esperando um 9 ou 10, e saio com um 6,5. Além disso, o jogo é super caro, espere uma promoção, nem se você gosta de se ferrar, isso vale 70 reais. Se você quer se ferrar, vai comprar Spelunky, pelo menos se diverte(e Braid é melhor).
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«Waste of time»
«Boooring»
10/10
«Can’t stop playing»
«Liked before it became a hit»
This game is fantastic, I started seeing the shapes everywhere in the real world too after playing!
«Blew my mind»
Stellar puzzling marred by an incredibly cloying attempt at intellectualism.
This is the best puzzle game I have ever played.
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